Following the Score
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Following the Score

The Ravel Trilogy

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eBook - ePub

Following the Score

The Ravel Trilogy

About this book

Based on a recent touring project, The Ravel Trilogy, this title comprises playtexts and essays that contextualise the themes and approaches of the devised work: Bolero (2014), Concerto (2016) and Solo (2018). The book takes an interdisciplinary critical enquiry into the working dramaturgy of performance 'scores' inspired by the music.

The book frames the playtexts of the trilogy alongside a series of reflective essays and provocations on contemporary dramaturgy and musicology from academics and artists in drama, music, linguistics and fine art. It contextualises themes and approaches of the trilogy and serves as a critical companion to a body of devised work. It stimulates a debate about dramaturgy and composition and invites discussion about postdramatic theatre's relationship to music.

This publication marks the culmination of the trilogy and its critical legacy and explores the work through the dual lenses of postdramatic theatre and research questions articulated and addressed by the practice-research undertaken by its co-creators. The dramaturgical context for The Ravel Trilogy and the reflective essays around it allow the editors to explore the relationship between theatre and music.

It raises questions about practice-research and notions of creating playtexts from musical scores. Pinchbeck and Smith reflect on making and performing The Ravel Trilogy and the process of researching, devising and presenting work inspired by music where score becomes script and dynamics become stage directions.

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Yes, you can access Following the Score by Oliver Smith, Michael Pinchbeck,Ollie Smith, Michael Pinchbeck in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Theatre Direction & Production. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Preface
  7. Foreword: Both One Thing and Another: Notes on Pinchbeck and Smith’s The Ravel Trilogy
  8. 1. The Exposition
  9. 2. The Development
  10. 3. Bolero
  11. 4. Bolero: A Matter of Language
  12. 5. Concerto
  13. 6. A Score of a Score of a Score: Examining Concerto Through Ravel’s Composition
  14. 7. ‘Breathe with Your Arms’: A Conductor’s Experience Working on Concerto
  15. 8. Solo
  16. 9. Enhancing Embodied Music Cognition Through Music Theatre, with Particular Reference to Solo by Michael Pinchbeck and Ollie Smith
  17. 10. Conducting and Composing, Poco a Poco: How We Are Moved Through the Immersive, Theatrical Experience Machine of Solo
  18. 11. Solo, Concerto, and Current Approaches to Presenting Classical Music
  19. 12. Tutti – We Can Complete It Together
  20. 13. The Recapitulation
  21. Notes on Contributors