Concepts of Embodiment in Interdisciplinary Work Within a Musical Context

Sarah Albu

Integrated musical experiences have long existed, previous to and outside of the traditional concert music setting. Interdisciplinary approaches to performance creation are becoming more accepted and more common in academic music contexts. This research asks the question "How does the concept of embodiment serve the creation of interdisciplinary work within a musical context?", examined through the lens of definitions of embodiment, spinning, technology, community, and inter/multidisciplinary vs. intermediality and expanded through case studies of two of the author's recent performance works.

2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND SUBQUESTIONS

The major inquiry of this research is therefore “How does the concept of embodiment serve the creation of interdisciplinary work within a musical context?”

This will be explored in an examination of my own artistic practice through artistic research methodology, with the theoretical framework I have developed over the course of my degree and through the following sub-questions:

-What strategies can help to encourage, support, and develop the creation of “embodied” interdisciplinary work both in educational and professional settings?

-How does knowledge of specific extra musical practices – in this case textile craft and ancient wool traditions, coupled with theatre, dance and movement – relate to and inform the musical process and content of an artistic project?

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