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Authors:
Dr. Fausto Borém (UFMG, CIRMMT, IDMIL), Dr. Marcelo M. Wanderley (McGill University, CIRMMT, IDMIL)Publication or Conference Title:
GT12 - Recognizing bodies, technologies and companion speciesAbstract:
Departing from a theatrical improvised performance recorded on video (2008) and its subsequent annotation in a graphic music score (2009), D. Andrew Stewart creates a choreography of 8 minutes and 45 seconds for his work, “Everyone to the Power of One”. The human body and its “extension” (the T-Stick, a digital music instrument created in 2005 at the IDMIL lab of McGill University) play a fundamental role on stage, delivering explicit and subliminal meanings produced by this Canadian composer-performer. We present an analysis that consists of a superimposition and understanding of several artistic layers (context, words, sounds, dance, theater, and video). Despite being part of an improvisation, it reveals a coherent, meticulous performance plan and an intense, deliberate practice. It allows the construction of climaxes, including the demarcation of two golden sections within the general form A-B-[AB]’. The results of this study also highlight the interweaving of (1) musical motifs (notes, timbre, intensity, and sound envelopes), (2) large and small body movements based on martial arts, and (3) images and shadows produced by the performer, stage lighting and real time screen projection.
Publication Details:
Type: |
Conference Paper |
Date: |
05/26/2025 |
Pages: |
16 |
Location: |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |