Soul Sounds is a dance/movement improvisation practice that explores the sounds and rhythms of the moving body.
Performers work through a series of states intended to explore or enhance bodily sounding and non-verbal voice, or their absence, and their relationship to each other and the rhythms they are making. Performers shift between a darkened atmosphere, intended to heighten their sounds and rhythmic relations, to a startling brightened atmosphere that they must cope with amid various states.
Created by: Ebony Muller
Performed by: Meg Chappel, Ebony Muller & Oskar Revesz
Lighting & Photography: Michael Simpson
Poster Design: Alex Wiltshire
Supported by Deakin University, School of Communication & Creative Arts
Performed as part of Deakin Launch Festival at Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, October 2017.
Performed on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation.
Artist Manifesto
No to the aid of props, instruments or technology
No to narrative, plot or character
No to prolonged consideration of the audience
Yes to the weird, eccentric, silly and nonsensical
Yes to sound and voice
Yes to the rhythmic and non-rhythmic
Yes to the body being the primary source or reference point
Yes to imperfections
Yes to considering virtuosity as relative
Yes to the simple, chaotic and complex
No to value
Yes to all bodies and their capabilities
