Sound=Space Opera: Choreographing life within an interactive musical environment

Ana Paula Almeida; Luis Miguel Girão; Rolf Gehlhaar; Helena Rodrigues; Paulo Maria Rodrigues; Paulo Neto; Maria Mónica

doi:10.1515/IJDHD.2011.006

Sound=Space Opera: Choreographing life within an interactive musical environment

Ana Paula Almeida, Luis Miguel Girão, Rolf Gehlhaar, Helena Rodrigues, Paulo Maria Rodrigues, Paulo Neto, Maria Mónica

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This paper aims to describe the different stages of the artistic project SOUND=SPACE Opera, held at Casa da M ú sica, Porto, Portugal and presented during the festival Ao Alcance de Todos (Accessible to All) during 15-19 April, 2008. A series of creative workshops using an interactive musical environment, created by Rolf Gehlhaar in 1984, were run for several weeks with a group of six adolescents with special needs, mainly suffering from Down Syndrome. The translation of their day-by-day experiences into sounds and movements resulted in two final performances which were the public surface of a very empowering and rewarding process that intended to improve the quality of life of those who participated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-53
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal on Disability and Human Development
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/IJDHD.2011.006
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2011

Keywords

Cooperation
Daily life experiences
Interaction
Musical topologies
Participation
Perceptive embodied awareness
Taking ownership

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