Sonorous Dances and Reverberant Matters
Since 2018, Tender Motor has been exploring the connection between voice, body and movement through choreographic methods. ‘Motor’ comes from the Latin ‘movere,’ which means ‘to move’ – that which sets something in motion. In their work, the voice is as much a motor for movement as the body. Through a variety of approaches and methods, the group explores how they can connect with and liberate different sound bodies at the intersection of voice, breathing and choreography. In the research project ‘Sonorous dances and reverberant matters’, the group wants to explore the voice as a performative force that affects both the inner and outer reality through manifestations of new relationships, affective associations and sensory experiences. In the project, the group will seek out new spaces and contexts, such as contexts that are not primarily about art, or with specific acoustic properties, in order to test the practice in relation to the material conditions of the place, e.g. mines and water. The exploration also includes experimental workshops with different groups with the intention of testing the practice in a larger polyphony and thus gaining new perspectives on it. In this way, they want to develop their scores, text material, formulations and find new references regarding the intersection of breathing, voice and choreography. The research project also includes ways of developing methods for documenting and sharing the practice and research with a wider audience.
