Hello!
I'm sharing the music tracks I used in the character essence exploration exercises at the 2019 T2PDI, as well as a few additional tracks for further essence exploration. These are tracks I've used with grades 5-12th and they've worked really well. All of these tracks are available on Apple Music. I've also included YouTube links for each track.
Physical warm-up/stretching music:
"Umayeyo" by Mickey Hart & Planet Drum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjtKIMka8c
Note: I use many tracks in class from the album "Supralingua" by Mickey Hart & Planet Drum for general warm-ups and exploration of Rudolph Laban's action efforts. Great album for movement!
Element of Nature exploration:
Fire - "Summer's Gone" by The New Relaxation Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BB5eveMBh8
Animal exploration:
Cat - "Meow" by Party Favor & Zooly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brut30uwEoA
Man-made object exploration:
Vacuum Cleaner - any vacuum cleaner sound effect will do! Here's one on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSgFoZokpk
Additional tracks:
Elements of Nature:
Ocean - "Blue Angel" by The New Relaxation Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1762kQmaLtg
Darkness - "Any Other Name" by Thomas Newman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUwDI_bV-U
Animals (any non-human living creature):
Primate/Monkey - "We Will Rock You" by Queen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdIVPs8gZ8
Bee - "The Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TIHBa17bTk
Bird - "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8
For man-made objects, I typically search for specific sound effects, white noise, etc. For alarm clock, I might play a couple of different styles and see what they discover in their physical exploration.
Here are a couple of alarm clock sounds that you can play on loop. However, I don't let these explorations go on for very long.
Classic alarm clock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqyWPfGfbg
Digital alarm clock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P74QOttOIw8
I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks,
Sheridan Posey