Music Theatre as Labyrinth. Extension of liminality in the production The Navidson Records by Till Wyler von Ballmoos and Tassilo Tesche

Dick, Leopold (2017). Music Theatre as Labyrinth. Extension of liminality in the production The Navidson Records by Till Wyler von Ballmoos and Tassilo Tesche Studies in Musical Theatre 11:2, Volume(Nummer), pp. 103-118. 10.1386/smt.11.2.103_1

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For the 2016 edition of the ‘Münchener Biennale – Festival für Neues Musiktheater’ (Munich Biennale – Festival for New Music Theatre), its new Intendants Daniel Ott and Manos organised a series of preparatory workshops intended to promote the creation of new works. This essay explains the influence that this new form of curating process exerted on the gestation of the production The Navidson Records by Till Wyler von Ballmoos and Tassilo Tesche. Our focus is on investigating the working methods employed in the process of conception and rehearsal: the setting of The Navidson Records was from the start intended to avoid creating fixed performance procedures and instead to create an open space of potential. The author analyses the characteristics of that space with the aid of hypotheses derived from ritual theory. A central role here is played by the concept of liminality, which Victor Turner uses to describe the ritual borderline phase between two stable states. This article demonstrates the tendency of current composed theatre to undermine normative patterns of roles and organisation by means of strategies of liminalization. The potential and the difficulties inherent in participant observation in a creative work process are also discussed here.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Bern Academy of the Arts Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Interpretation Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Interpretation > Intersection of Contemporary Music
Name:	Dick, Leopold
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Language:	English
Submitter:	Andreas Leopold Dick
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2020 11:21
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2020 11:21
Publisher DOI:	10.1386/smt.11.2.103_1
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.13168
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/13168