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The music of CLASS V is essentially the music of the contemporary dance class in performance. It’s not a normal dance class by any stretch of the imagination, but something quite extraordinary.

As a performance piece, CLASS has been recognised as a major challenge for both musicians and dancers alike. Movements and sound events cascade one upon the other for nearly 30 minutes. It all happens at high speed, with the musicians playing like they have four hands, and is an open exploration of the many ways that dance and music each define space, rhythm and timing.

In this highly synchronous style of dance and music, the music mirrors the unpredictable directions that the dance takes, and these capricious changes make the choreography and music riveting.
 
 
 
For the first time since it’s inception, the remarkable music for Robert Cohan’s contemporary dance work CLASS is now available on CD. This dynamic percussion music score, composed by Jon Keliehor in 1980, was the fifth (and last) music version of a collaboration that begun in 1975 to bring the essence of the London Contemporary Dance technique alive on stage as a theatrical performance.

Recorded 23 November 1981
Magritte Studios
Harmondsworth
West Drayton, Middx, UK

Mixdown 04 December 1981
Jon Keliehor . . . . . . . . . . Percussion 1
Tony McVey . . . . . . . . . . Percussion 2
Roger Harrison . . . . . . . . Percussion 3
Barrington Pheloung . . . . Percussion 4/Conductor
 
LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE

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THE MUSIC OF CLASS V
 
 
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Class V - sample one

Class V - sample two

Class V - sample three

Class V - sample four

Class V - sample five

Class V - sample six

Class V - sample seven
 
 
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