von/by Gisbert Schürig DE Gestern habe ich im Rahmen der tanzproduktion “N” von Jascha Viehstädt die beiden Tänzer David Vossen und Philipp van der Heijden gecoacht. Hier ging es einmal gar nicht um melodische Möglichkeiten, die sich beim Kehlgesang mit den Obertönen ergeben, vielmehr standen theatral nutzbare Ausdrucksqualitäten des Stimmklanges im Vordergrund. Diese Arbeit hat [...] Read More
Whirling Video
by Gisbert Schürig EN Some impressions from a whirling rehearsal with Jennie Zimmermann & Naïma Ferré. I accompanied their whirling with vocal loops in the manner of Minimal Improvisation, some of these can be heard in the video. The visual patterns of the whirling arms, bodies, clothes amaze me. To me, there is a musical [...] Read More
contact meets contemporary Göttingen 18.-24. August 2014
English version see below. DE – Phyla sind als Musiker dabei beim Tanz-Festival contact meets contemporary 18.-24. August 2014 in Göttingen. Das Festival bringt Contact Improvisation und zeitgenössischen Tanz zusammen, es gibt Intensives und Classes zu verschiedenen Themen, außerdem Jam Sessions. Da die Contact Improvisation eine Inspiration bei der Entwicklung der Minimal Improvisation war und [...] Read More
Rehearsing with Yifat Cohen
by Gisbert Schürig Some impressions from a rehearsal with Yifat Cohen. Yifat is mixing baroque repertoire for flute with vocal improvisation. I´m adding electronics to this, mostly looping some snippets of her playing and transforming these into wide aural spaces. Listen to us here. Thanks to Adrien Gaumé for taking these pictures.
Whirling session music
Here are two tracks of music I contributed to the whirling research of Naïma Ferré. While Naïma was whirling I improvised with a pre-arranged setup in the music software Ableton Live. Also, I did loops of some vocal snippets, mainly throat singing, breathing and some stuff inspired by Inuit Katajjait singing. Whirling is a practice [...] Read More
Whirling research with Naïma Ferré
by Gisbert Schürig Today, I took part in Naïma Ferré´s research on whirling. This is a traditional practice of the Sufi. Naima takes it as an inspiration for her work as a modern dancer, using elements of the tradition, exploring it in a flexible, open minded way and also incorporating other influences. If you never [...] Read More
Whirling Berlin 17. Mai 2014
by Gisbert Schürig We are happy to participate in the Whirling research activities of Naïma Ferré. Naïma Ferré will be giving a Whirling Workshop with live music by Jennie Zimmermann and Gisbert Schürig. The workshop will take place at: Tatwerk Berlin Hasenheide 9 10967 Berlin Gewerbehof Aufgang 1, 3. OG Participation fee : pro Workshop [...] Read More
Recordings with Yifat Cohen
by Gisbert Schürig A few weeks ago I did a jam with wonderful Israeli singer and flutist Yifat Cohen. She was improvising on the spot into a microphone, I processed this input through effects in the ableton live music software. In the first piece (Y&G), I also used some samples of my voice and from [...] Read More
Sunday Jam Beats
By Gisbert Schürig This was recorded live at the Sunday Jam April 6th, 2014 , Berlin. The Sunday Jam is a regular event for Contact Improvisation dancers. What you hear was all done in Ableton live music software, no live percussion involved. Contact Improvisation is a form of dancing that requires no music and that [...] Read More
Mnemozyn Fields Photographs
by Gisbert Schürig Jennie Zimmermann performed at the Mnemozyn Fields, a collectiv & soli Impro-butoh Performance set by La Clique de BAtifuls (Adrien Gaumé) Here are some photographs I shot during the performance. If you have been there and also have pictures to share please post a comment below.