Music in motion: proposing a gestural and spatial analysis of music-dance works

Helen Julia Minors

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Abstract

Members of the panel will question assumptions about how musicians and dancers are able to communicate and collaborate. Reassessing how music speaks to, with and through dance the panel explores examples of choreo-musicology drawn from conceptual integration networks and gesture analysis to interrogate the audio-visual dialogue in twentieth century dance works. We question how composers, choreographers, and performers communicate across the audio-visual divide. How do choreographers 'translate‘ music when choreographing a pre-existing score? How do musicians 'translate‘ dance when performing with dancers? In what way(s) can the sense and content of these art forms be transferred and shared in a collaborative work.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusSubmitted - 19 Sept 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event49th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association - London, U.K.
Duration: 19 Sept 201321 Sept 2013

Conference

Conference49th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association
Period19/09/1321/09/13

Bibliographical note

Note: Part of a section entitled: 'Crossing the audio-visual divide: music and dance in dialogue'.

Organising Body: Royal Musical Association

Keywords

  • Music

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