this archive is split into 4 sections which correspond with the 4 stages of our process from inception to performance.
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new work for movement and sound 2025 is a collaborative performance practice created with choreographer and dancer, lydia swift.
this document is an archive of the 4-month process we went through to create this piece. it narrates the origins of the piece, contains ephemera generated through the collaboration, provides insights into the devising process with the group, and showcases rehearsals which provide alternative instantiations of our practice.
below is the documented public performance of the piece.
the rest of the archive will deal with what came before.
made by reuben esterhuizen, composer
as a process-led collaboration, the piece exists as a practice developed with all of the people involved, and as such, a score for performance does not exist. in lieu of a score, this archive aims to lay bare that process, tracing the various decisions made and iterations that the work went through to reach the version which was performed on the 27th of may 2025.
this is not a score. the score exists in the bodies and minds of the performers and is not intended to be suitable for restaging.
