Listening as artistic practice

Halldis Ronning

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In this essay Halldis Rønning looks at conducting and musical performance through the lense of extended listening. She elaborates on how extended listening is the basis of her artistic practice and how a focus on different listening modes can inform and expand the roles, methods, structures and expressions within a conductor-orchestra relationship. Her listening practice opens up the traditional symphonic roles of conductor and orchestra, by giving space for creative collaborations, flexible leadership, fluctuating agency, transdisciplinary work and an exploration of the performing body as an expression in itself.

type	research exposition
keywords	listening, Conducting, experimental conducting, embodiment, embodied conducting, dance conducting, Choreography, improvisation, classical music, contemporary music, transdiciplinarity
date	02/10/2025
published	20/11/2025
last modified	20/11/2025
status	published
copyright	Halldis Rønning
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	British English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3911614/3911615
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3911614
published in	Research Catalogue

name	From the first workshop with Hrafntinna/Black Obsidian
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name	Choreographical exercises, Hrafntinna/ Black Obsidian 2022
copyright	Gunnbjørg Johannesen
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name	Conducting with the ConDis glove
copyright	Arild Schei
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name	Halldis in Rehearsal
copyright	Gunnbjørg Johannesen
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name	Thuridur Jonsdottir
copyright	Leifur Wilberg-Orrason
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name	Watching the video together
copyright	Gunnbjørg Johannesen
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name	Still from video art by Thorbjörg Jonsdottir
copyright	Thorbjörg Jonsdottir
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name	Video excerpt from Hrafntinna/Black Obsidian art project, 2022
copyright	Halldis Rønning, Hilmar Thordarson, Thorbjörg Jonsdottir
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