The Body & the Stage

Catalog description

As the music industry diversifies, many artists are developing conceptual and layered stage performances to help magnify their work as performers. There is a rich history of collaboration and multi-media incorporation within music performance that has defined many artists and audiences. This intermediate performance class will build on each student’s persona and stage performance ideas through innovative exercises in collaboration, movement, creative instrumentation, and experiments in multimedia design. In addition to focusing on the above elements, the students will gain more comfort in performing their songs within differing applications of music direction. With the above practices, students will grow significantly towards a more comfortable place on the stage, in their own body, and in communication with others. This course was developed in conjunction with CDI x Berlin’s performance course, “Experiments in the Future of Performing & Producing” and exists as an excellent companion course for the performance student.