The Ear as an Eye: Multimodality in an Organ Performance (80700)
Session Chair: Florence Toh Haw Ching
Saturday, 13 July 2024 11:50
Session: Session 2
Room: G10 (Ground)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Although the organ frequently occupies a prominent place in an acoustic space, the player of the instrument is often barely visible. In this special concert and listening situation, questions are raised regarding certain (missed) expressive-visual opportunities. In this case study, we explore how an analysis of the organist’s score-driven movements and performative experiences can lead to the development of a basic choreographic framework. The latter is subsequently used as a practical tool for interdisciplinary creation and communication. This presentation provides an account of the creative process and challenges of working with a dancer on the creation of a multimodal performance. The interdisciplinary collaboration between dancer and organist is also discussed as an interesting layer on top of the “historically informed musicking”, helping one access their embodied experience of the music as well as solving technical and expressive issues related to time (timing, articulation, touch) and space (projecting and reflecting sounds). Inspired by the theoretical framework of Embodied Music Cognition, the understanding of the human body as a link between music and mind is expanded to that of the dancer’s body as a mediator in the performer-audience communication as well as performer-performance awareness.
Authors:
Francesca Ajossa, KU Leuven, Belgium
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Francesca Ajossa is a University Doctoral Student at KU Leuven in Belgium
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