About
MoM
Not following the music, but being the music.
Deepen music interpretation, increase quality in stage- / concert and
music-theatre performance.
The progressing, practical approach is focusing on training the musicians / composers / performers in body and spatial awareness, in physical dialogue.
We start from discovering and understanding the body, our relation to it and its musicality in relation to space, working on neutrality as a basis, articulation in all aspects and interaction.
Musicality of Movement is an approach to understand the complexity and simplicity of stage performance.
It includes all performing arts qualities as clear focus, rhythm, energy and intensity, sensitivity and sensuality as well.
The final result shows open, playful musicians, performers, who are able to surprise themselves and the spectator by a combination of preciseness and originality.
This particular pedagogical program is based on training the musicians / composers / performers in physical, spatial awareness, listening, physical dialogue and feedback through individual, partner and group exercises based on a given form or guided improvisation.
In an advanced level using real time composition as a challenge of recognizing the special qualities of the given moment and be able to make instant decision without any doubt relying on developed skills and trust.
Creating - coaching
MoM is a core element of new music-theatre. Tailor made training program to prepare musicians on the making process of music-theatre, where physicality as essential base for stage performing becomes crystallized.
The creating / making process is based on coaching method, where the guided progress of performing quality playes a major role.
It also allows the spesific qualities of the players to be chosen and sthrengthen as specific element / role in the composition / performance.
Taking the body as a main means of expression and the performer as a starting point for creation with the aim of “making the invisible visible” (Etienne Decroux).
In this particular situation where different disciplines intertwine, the MoM approach helps to find and create the balance between music playing and stage performing.
History
"musicalité de mouvement"
as it is well known from 'corporeal mime' by Etienne Decroux, is an important starting point and inspiration for MoM.
Corporeal mime accentuates the vital importance of the body and action on stage in relation to space and applies to physical movement principles that are at the heart of stage performance / theatre such as pause, hesitation, weight, resistance and surprise.
"musicalité de mouvement"
is also the core issue of contemporary mime and movement theater as for example further explored during the 25 years laboratory work of the Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA-Amsterdam) under the direction of Ide van Heiningen and further developed and designed as a special study program for musicians at the Conservatory of Amsterdam by .
MoM is an official subject for music students at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam since the academic year 2015, at the University of Debrecen / department Classical Music since 2017, at Codarts since 2020. In MAPA MoM became one of the core training program besides 'modern mime', 'object animation' and 'neutral mask'.
New approach
The MoM approach as it is today is entirely developed and worked out by Virág Dezső. She is in constant research for the transformation and inclusion of divers elements from different training techniques, embraced by essential mime principles to come to a high level of physical understanding from a theatrical viewpoint and balance the relation between body and mind.
One of the main inspiational factor for her besides mime is the 20th century period of Hungarian 'art of movement' especially Valéria Dienes (orkesztika).
specific process enhanced by improvisation creates an honest ground for exploring musicality on a physical way
through actions, movements in relation to breathing, energy, space, time, and sound.
Musical terms are often used directly in the processes.
She is frequently asked by musicicans to help improving their music interpretation,
stage presence and physical performing quality.
She coaches theatrical / music performance processes and creates music-theatre productions for children besides her solo work.