Neither and Both: Presence, Ambiguity, and a Methodology for Interdisciplinary Music-Theatre (pdf)

Thesis written for completion of the Contemporary Performance and Composition (CoPeCo) master’s degree at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, with studies also at the Kungliga Musikhögskolan, Stockholm; the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon; and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Link to Blog Post (Sasso Residency, CH)

Reflections on the interrelationships between myth and improvisation, against the backdrop of a 4-week music-movement improv research residency with Keefe Jackson and Lindsay Hopkins, June 2023

Link to Blog

After his sudden passing in May 2013, I’ve been occasionally collecting stories and (re)discovering the dance/theatre work of my father, Henry Clay Smith, and his company Solaris Dance-Theatre. These archival materials are intermingled are my own stories and reflections on/through grief.