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Networks of Practice in New Music Theatre

Descripción del proyecto

Las corrientes cruzadas entre profesionales creativos de distintas disciplinas

El teatro musical, que es distinto de la ópera tradicional, puede definirse como una combinación de música y drama con un formato moderno. Desde la década de los años sesenta hasta la de los ochenta del siglo pasado, la colaboración interdisciplinar y la influencia recíproca entre compositores, directores y actores con distintas formaciones fue fundamental para conformar su lenguaje interpretativo. Por ejemplo, los cantantes inspiraron la composición musical y teatral creativa; los directores de teatro y compositores buscaron conceptos similares de voz humana; y el trabajo de dramaturgos innovadores recibió el apoyo de músicos y actores menos conocidos. El proyecto NePraMusT, financiado con fondos europeos, revisará algunas de estas interacciones y dará visibilidad al papel de los numerosos agentes creativos que actualmente están infrarrepresentados en las versiones oficiales. El objetivo del proyecto es identificar las corrientes cruzadas que convergieron en el nuevo teatro musical y que han seguido conformando las prácticas creativas de hoy en día.

Objetivo

From the 1960s to the 1980s, numerous younger European composers were drawn to theatrical projects that overturned the established conventions of the opera house. These projects were typically small in scale and experimented with new relationships between instrumental performance and staged action. This ‘New Music Theatre’ is today regarded as an important manifestation of the experimental spirit of the time, and remains widely influential upon present-day creative production. However, histories of the genre have been misleading in focusing almost exclusively upon the figure of the composer. Documentary evidence shows clearly that new music theatre typically emerged from collaborations between composers, writers, directors, and performers, who dynamically mediated practices and theories from different disciplines and backgrounds. For instance, singer Roy Hart inspired works by Stockhausen and Henze, Eugenio Barba’s and Berio’s contemporaneous views about voice were liminal, while Peter Brook’s dramaturgy was supported by the work of lesser known composers and practitioners. NePraMusT aims to retrace some of those interactions, voicing the role of numerous creative agents currently underrepresented in official accounts. Through gathering extensive documentary evidence from European archives and undertaking practice-led investigation of historical actor training and voice work, the action will establish how music and theatre converged in these projects, throwing light on the creative and aesthetic crosscurrents that have heavily shaped present-day creative practices. NePraMusT will contribute to enhance the ER’s skills and future employability prospects, opening new training opportunities both as an academic and an artist-researcher, furthering her ability to plan, organise, develop her dissemination and public outreach competencies, and reinforcing her professional networks of practitioners and researchers versed in theatre and music theatre studies.

Coordinador

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 224 933,76
Dirección
QUEENSGATE
HD1 3DH Huddersfield
Reino Unido

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Región
Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Calderdale and Kirklees
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 224 933,76