ORBIT

The two-day workshop “Multi-sensory music theatre” will be led by Athena Lange and Franziska Henschel. Together with Benjamin van Bebber, Leo Hofmann and Jeanne Charlotte Vogt, they are part of the music theatre collective [in]operabilities. The collective scrutinises the accessibility of opera as an art form and researches music that cannot only be experienced through hearing. Through the interplay of light, physical expression, movement, touch, spoken and sign languages, the workshop invites participants to familiarise themselves with new forms of music-making and musical performance and to further develop them for their own artistic practice. Which senses do we use to perceive music?
Workshop leaders Athena Lange and Franziska Henschel will report on their artistic practice, present multi-sensory compositional strategies, show instruments that make music visually and haptically tangible and guide practical exercises.

There will also be room for discussion, dialogue and questions.

The workshop is aimed at deaf, hard of hearing and hearing musicians and music theatre makers, as well as cultural professionals and other interested parties. The workshop will be held in German sign language and German spoken language and will be interpreted.

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In German written and spoken language and in German Sign Language (DGS).

A co-operation of ORBIT, Un-Label and ON – Neue Musik Köln e.V.

Un-Label

Un-Label stands for artistic innovation and diversity. The organisation is made up of artists and cultural workers with and without disabilities from all over Europe.

Un-Label creates contemporary stage plays and promotes talent in open inclusive workshop series and masterclasses. Through counselling, Un-Label supports other cultural practitioners and institutions as well as political actors in their process and learning journey towards more diversity and inclusion. Through symposia, research projects and creative labs, Un-Label connects actors and researchers in the inclusive cultural landscape across Europe.

Un-Label wants to show that everyone can and should have access to culture, that inclusion and accessibility can be realised. In culture and therefore in all other areas of life. Un-Label therefore uses culture as a powerful lever to change public perception and shift established norms and standards with regard to the inclusion of people with disabilities in society.