Anti-musical: Sound work and characters – surveys

The group will explore how to create an “anti-musical” that goes against common musical norms of the genre, but still has the dramaturgical form of a musical. We will work with intensive character, sound and voice work, as well as how to find songs/sound themes and a sound universe for fictional characters in ways that challenge the general understanding of musical theater. What does the inner universe of a character sound like and how is it created as an additional layer of one’s narrative is what we will explore, as well as what dramaturgical tools exist in the musical and how they can be deconstructed.

 

 

THE TEAM BEHIND

Maj Rafferty (Facilitator) Educated dramaturg from Aarhus University and Goldsmiths University of London with exchange at Freie Universität Berlin. Has been coordinator at ST:ART at Sydhavn Teater, and works with inclusive facilitation and play, has taken courses and courses through Deep Play Institute (US) She has staged several different productions, including with the theater group Vesterbro Kælderteater. She often works with deconstruction of genre and concepts.

Mattias Gimiligano (Dramaturg/ Performer) Theatre artist, performer, and facilitator.
My work centers on somatic research, performance training, paratheatre, and pedagogy, exploring the transformative potential of the body and voice. Master of Arts in Dramaturgy from Aarhus University (Denmark) and training in physical theatre acting at the Atelier für Physisches Theater (Berlin). Over the years, I have deepened my practice through intensive work with practitioners such as Anne Zénour, Peter Rose, Ryszard Nieoczym, Ewa Benesz, and Thomas Richards. Professional experience includes working with Teatro della Pioggia (Italy), where I led workshops for adults and children, and with Slovenian artist Jaša Mrevlje-Pollak, contributing as a performer and facilitator in his durational performance projects The Monuments, Rekviem, and Making it.

Kasper Ørum (Musician / Actor)
Graduated from Aarhus Theater School in 2012, has participated in several theater productions, musicals and films. Theater credits include “”De kommer Gående”, graduation performance 2012 based on Per Hultberg book “Requiem” and “Solens Børn”, the role of Nazar, at Aarhus Theater and at Hippodromen, Teater Momentum ‘4.48 Psychosis’, ‘Majinski’ at Sydhavn Teater. In recent years he has spent the last few years working on ØRUM, a Danish-language singer-songwriter project that has been part of DR Karrierekanonen.

Gustav Scavenius (Actor and voice performer)
Gustav Scavenius graduated as an actor from the National Theater School in 2010.
He writes his own music and sings with a deep baritone, and he plays both guitar and piano. He has added his voice to several audio books.

Rakel Valdimarsdottir (Actor) is an Icelandic/Danish actress trained at the Royal Academy of Speech and Drama and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Has appeared in several films and theater plays in Iceland and abroad.