PANFLUTES
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PAPERWORK
BELOW ARE MATERIALS FROM THE PROCESS BEHIND PANFLUTES AND PAPERWORK, A WORK BY NORWEGIAN DUO INGRID BERGER MYHRE (CHOREOGRAPHER) AND LASSE PASSAGE (COMPOSER). TOGETHER THEY EXPLORED THE QUESTIONS: WHAT DOES 'DANCING TO MUSIC' REALLY MEAN? AND HOW DO YOU CREATE MUSIC FOR DANCE? IN THEIR DUET, INGRID AND LASSE EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DANCE AND MUSIC, USING SCORES AS TOOLS TO UPHOLD STRUCTURE OVER SKILL, METHOD OVER INDULGENCE. THE TITLE OF THEIR DUET ALLUDES TO THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE WET AND THE DRY: PANFLUTES, ON THE ONE HAND, ARE PLAYFUL AND PASSIONATE; PAPERWORK, ON THE OTHER, REFERS TO NOTATION AND SOUNDS BUREAUCRATIC. THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THESE STATES PLAY WITH CONVENTIONS IN THE CHOREOGRAPHER-COMPOSER RELATIONSHIP. WITH BOTH TOOLS AT HAND, INGRID AND LASSE INVENT GAMES THAT RE-NEGOTIATE THIS RELATIONSHIP.
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