Project Title & Description Live Visual Music Performance.
45 minute live storytelling and music performance with performers and visuals. Before each song, the songwriter will tell how the song evolved. Whilst the songwriter is telling the story, several actors/dancers will act it out on stage, from the story’s start to the end of the song. Each song is it’s own story, but the performance as a whole will have a consistent artistic aesthetic that will glue them together, as not to feel too disjunct. Project Aims The main aim of this project is to create a new way of experiencing live music, that will be successful enough to sustain itself as a performance piece capable of touring. It will work better in theatre and studio spaces as a performance, but I would like to make sure there is a version that can be performed in more traditional music venues. I can see it potentially developing into a tv series that has established artists taking part in the process, explaining the stories behind their songs and creating a live performance. The storytelling aspect would also lend well into workshops within theatre schools and primary/secondary schools. Exploring what lyrics mean, which words are emphasised melodically and how can we interpret that into physical/visual art. Project Development Requirements To develop this project I would have to improve on my knowledge of theatre tech and performance. I would research into what is feasible within the spaces that the project will be performed and how to get the set from A to B when touring, whilst also considering the financial side. Plus I’d need to work on event management and organisation if it were to tour. Fields of Practice/Research Theatre Dance Acting Staging Directing Songwriting Storytelling (verbal and physical) Current performers that tell their stories before singing their songs - Passenger, Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, etc. Bibliography 'Performance Now: Life art for the 21st century’ by RoseLee Goldberg. ‘The Art of Songwriting’ by Ed Bell ‘Costume in Performance’ by Donatella Barbieri
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