Tripping over Triple? Embodying Solutions through Physical Movement

Saturday, January 24, 2026
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Description
Are your students struggling with triple meter? This session focuses on providing solutions via live piano performance, dance movement, and learning activities for all levels. Topics include feeling beats at different levels of the metrical hierarchy, embodying triple meter through purposeful movements, and providing multiple paths toward stronger entrainment. Audience members will be invited to explore these concepts via motion throughout the presentation.
Speakers
David Keep
Anand Sukumaran
Learning Objective 1
How to help students more naturally feel triple meter via dynamic physical motion
Learning Objective 2
How to transfer musical traits into physical motion while listening to music in triple meter (provided through a shared playlist of excerpts)
Learning Objective 3
How to scaffold a sequence of movement activities to better feel triple meter (e.g. 3/4 of the waltz)
Session Level
Elementary, Middle School/Junior High, High School, Collegiate