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[Event] Royal Musical Association Annual Conference 2013

This year’s RMA conference includes a panel on music and dance that might be of interest to some readers of this blog. Panel: Crossing the Audio-Visual Divide: Music and Dance in Dialogue Helen Julia Minors (Kingston University), convenor, ‘Music in … Continue reading

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[CFP] The Performing Body in the Hollywood Film Musical

The Performing Body in the Hollywood Film Musical: An Interdisciplinary Symposium April 4-6, 2013 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Call for Papers Since its emergence in the 1920s, the film musical has woven together utopian visions and cultural realities, simultaneously creating, … Continue reading

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[Event] Soundwave ((5)) Humanities

San Francisco 5th July 2012 – 30 September 2012   “MEDIATE Art Group is excited to announce the return of Soundwave this summer for its fifth season, entitled HUMANITIES, exploring our sonic connections to the human experience. Arguably the largest … Continue reading

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Manifold Motion’s Compos Mentis

Readers in or near Seattle might like to know about Manifold Motion’s latest performance, Compos Mentis. The multidisciplinary performance company has created an evening-length work that uses real-time biofeedback technology to measure the mean heartbeat of the audience and determine the pulse of the … Continue reading

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Call for Works: Sounding Bodies

I am curating an event called ‘Sounding Bodies’ as part of Fringe Arts Bath’s 2012 Festival. The aim is to explore the body as a producer and receiver of sound, through performance, installation, broadcasts and any other medium that might … Continue reading

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[Event] Conference of Contemporary Music and Dance 2012: Sound, Music and the Moving-Thinking Body

Composer/Choreographer/Performer Collaborations Conference of Contemporary Music and Dance 2012 19-20th April, 2012 Chancellors Hall, Senate House, University of London Conference focus: In order to see and hear divergent views of practitioners and researchers on the topic of music and the … Continue reading

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Amplified Movements

Much of my recent research has been about musical works that sample the sounds of the body.  While my study has focused largely on electroacoustic music, I’ve also gathered examples from pop music, live and performance art, installation, and dance. … Continue reading

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Dancing to an Invisible Beat

Brandon LaBelle: Notes Toward a Sketch of a Sonic Body In Notes Toward a Sketch of a Sonic Body, sound artist Brandon LaBelle explores the sound of dancing bodies. But there’s a catch: he’s taken away the music they were … Continue reading

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