Date of Award

2015

Document Type

Thesis

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

Degree Name

Master of Arts (Performing Arts)

School

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Arts

First Supervisor

Dr Lindsay Vickery

Second Supervisor

Associate Professor Cat Hope

Abstract

This Masters by Research project explores the integration of different concepts relating to the presence of the human body in Dubstep music performance. Three intended performance systems propose that the body is the logical site for the interactive control of live Dubstep music. The physicality and gestures of instrumentalists, choreographed dancers, and audience members will be examined in order to develop new and exciting ways to perform this genre in a live setting.

The systems take on a three-tiered hierarchical approach on two levels in regards to the extraction of gestural information from human body movements, as well as in regards to the importance – and length – of musical phenomena and parameters that are under control. The characteristics of Dubstep music are defined and maintained within each interactive music system. A model for this each proposed system will be examined, including discussion of the technology and methodology employed in order to apply the two hierarchies and create the interactive environment.

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