Open AccessProposal for a Dance Performance
Author(s) -
Ioannis Panagiotou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
music.ology.eca
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2752-7069
DOI - 10.2218/music.2021.6484
Subject(s) - notation , dance , narrative , visual arts , character (mathematics) , art , computer science , literature , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , geometry
Proposal for a Dance Performance is an artwork for music ensemble and PowerPoint. This work aims to transform -through the use of self-referential narration- dance notation, emails, program notes and technical rides, into performing instances. The paper puts the above artwork in a dialogue with works by Hanns Eisler, Alfred Johannes and Johannes Kreidler, which use music notation as a conceptual visual tool. Furthermore, this paper discusses the role of music as a character in a play, a technique found in Samuel Becket’s work. This combination of narration and notation is being proposed as a transdisciplinary methodology for breaking fixed notions of artistic practice.