I have an idea of Recital that is closer to today’s daily life. I don’t like the division between
the prima donna and the audience, used to say Cathy Berberian.
In 1976, during a broadcast on the French Radio – France Musique, Cathy Berberian
participated with the recording of a masterclass entitled: La règle du jeu.
(The rules of the game)
The workshop takes inspiration from that recording, sharing some moments and listenings,
to explore creative possibilities between body and voice within the rules of the game. Each
phase of the practice will be put in dialogue with a piece performed by Cathy Berberian.
1) Democracy and experimentation – Sequenza III for female voice, by Luciano Berio
I wish the professors at the Conservatory would accept that what I do, anyone can do it.
I hate the idea of the phenomenon. It’s about knowing the rules of the game and, then,
knowing how to play within them to experiment with new possibilities.
2) Acousting phasing: the neighing of the horse and the sound of the voice – Stripsody.
3) Imaginary choreographies and scores – Fontana mix by J. Cage
A work in pairs, experimented with blind people, on writing and moving in space exploring
the 30 seconds conditions requested by Cage.
4) I ask you to be an actor/actress who, by chance, sings… – Summertime, A ticket to ride.
Io di te mi fido…I trust you…Black is the colour, a sequence of sentences, distributed to the
participants, to be pronounced at different speeds until the meaning disappears while
maintaining and transforming sound and gesture.