September 8, 2006

Multimedia Guide to Bartók Quartets

On the Bank of America Celebrity Blog, I came across a post, "Digging Bartók with the Emerson Quartet," that describes a multimedia guide to the string quartets of Bela Bartók. I highly recommend that you access this interactive multimedia resource on the Carnegie Hall website.

I'm very intrigued by multimedia guides for the arts that give both audiences and artists a richer means of learning about performances that they are about to see or have just seen. It would be great to see this type of in-depth coverage for dance performances.

Here's an overview of what you'll find in "The Emerson String Quartet: The Bartók Quartets - A Guide for Performers & Music Lovers":

From the opening page of this Flash-based presentation, you can access video overviews for each of the six Bela Bartók string quartets:

Here's an example of one of the video guides:

For me, the most intriguing element of this guide is the section where you can watch video of rehearsals to see how The Emerson String Quartet goes about the process analyzing the score and rehearsing each of the quartets. Plus, ass the music is played, the appropriate portion of the scrore is highlighted. (By the way, to access this section, start by accessing the video for any of the quartets. Once you are watching this video, click on the "Continue" button on the bottom right of the video.):

My question is how could you take this concept and create viewer guides for dance?

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