Sculpting Music Performances: About Choreomania and the Process of Shaping a Performance

Silvia De Teresa Navarro

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Sculpting Music Performances: About Choreomania and the Process of Shaping a Performance (2025)

Silvia De Teresa Navarro

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This research explores how choreomania - the historical phenomenon of uncontrollable, communal dance “plagues” that emerged in the Middle Ages - can inform and shape my artistic practice. Central to this inquiry is the question: how does choreomania influence my creative process and the way I shape my performance practice as a classically trained pianist? The study unfolds three main blocks. First, an essay examines the conceptual formation of choreomania, its contemporary relevance, and its impact on my artistic work. Simultaneously, I observe and document the creative processes of artists-in-residence during my internship at the residency programme "Choreomania - Bodily Excess, Collective Unrest". The thrid block involves an experimental playground consisting of several performance try-outs, each rigorously documented, analysed, and reflected upon. Adopting a rhizomatic approach, I explore performance-making as a fluid, irregular process. The resulting performances weave together classical piano, improvisation, movement, voice, collaboration, live-electronics, audience engagement, and the submerged elements of choreomania. The research culminates in a synthesis and reflection of the entire process, offering new insights into performance-making.

type	research exposition
keywords	choreomania, creative process, experimentation, collaboration, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, socially engaged art, choreography
date	05/03/2025
published	30/06/2025
last modified	30/06/2025
status	published
copyright	Silvia De Teresa Navarro
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3193793/3193794
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.3193793
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	1. Master Research Projects

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Benhmidouch, Chafik, and Xander Straat, “The Circle of Truth - Part 2”, 2024 <https://www.jointhecircleoftruth.com/>

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name	A selection of my 'DOOR Residency Personal Journal'
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name	Interview with Alexandra Cassirer
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name	Interview with Aun Helden
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name	A selection of my Master Project Journal - 1st try-out
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name	Figure 2. Sanne Bakker's synthetic table on Karen Scopa's research
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name	Figure 4. Map of Components (Gester 2021).
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name	figure 6. Volunteers and neighbours singing Valencia's anthem (eldebate_com 2024).
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name	Figure 8. Production tool. Detailed schedule of the day of the performance (try-out 2).
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name	Figure 9. Try-out 3 mood board.
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name	Figure 10. Production tool. Detailed schedule of the day of the performance (try-out 3)
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comments: 1 (last entry by Stefan Petrovic - 05/03/2025 at 22:46)

Stefan Petrovic 05/03/2025 at 22:46

This research exposition is approved.

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05.03.2025

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