Field of study: Performance Practice
Tora Ferner Lange: The Performing Body in an Extended Music Practice

A study of how practitioners' bodies and bodily expressions are understood.
Summary
Several composers and practitioners in Western contemporary art music today include physical, visual, and theatrical elements in their performances. Studying these performances, viewing music as performance and not a representation of a fixed work of art, foregrounds questions of the performing body and how we perceive this musical body.
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Published: Jun 9, 2022 — Last updated: May 2, 2025