Theatrimusicality

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Situated at the interstices of music and theatre studies, Theatrimusicality:  Spectauralising Performance reframes the dynamic interplay of theatricality and musicality and theorises theatrimusicality as a conceptual consequent of analysing contemporary performance practices that lie in the intersection between theatre and music. The book introduces theatrimusicality as a hermeneutic apparatus and a dramaturgical approach to examining these works of the ‘in-between’ that defy neat taxonomies. Examining the co-transformative inter-workings, where the musical frames the theatrical even as the theatrical fashions the musical, Tan demonstrates how theatrimusicality allows new ways of meaning-making, interpretation and analysis. The book also introduces an accompanying concept of spectaurality, a mode of reception that involves ‘seeing’ musicality and ‘listening’ to theatricality. Encountering performance spectaurally engenders alternative interpretive and affective experiences. Through deep analyses of a range of performances from varying cultures and contexts, Theatrimusicality encourages an appreciation of the co-presence of listening and seeing where perception becomes intertwined and relational.

Marcus Tan is Associate Professor of Drama at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. His publications include Acoustic Interculturalism: Listening to Performance (2012), Performing Southeast Asia: Performance, Politics and the Contemporary (2020), Music Theater and Politics: Restaging Histories, Decentering Perspectives (2026) and Devising in Times of Crisis: Practices for a Post-Pandemic World (2026). He has also published in TDR, Theatre Research International, Performance Research and Contemporary Theatre Review. Apart from his research interests in theatre acoustemology, intercultural theatre and virtual performativities, Marcus is the Assistant Editor of Theatre Research International and the Secretary-General (Communications) of the International Federation for Theatre Research.

Situated at the interstices of music and theatre studies, Theatrimusicality:  Spectauralising Performance reframes the dynamic interplay of theatricality and musicality and theorises theatrimusicality as a conceptual consequent of analysing contemporary performance practices that lie in the intersection between theatre and music. The book establishes theatrimusicality as a hermeneutic apparatus and a dramaturgical approach to examining these works of the ‘in-between’ that defy neat taxonomies. Examining the co-transformative inter-workings, where the musical frames the theatrical even as the theatrical fashions the musical, Tan demonstrates how theatrimusicality allows new ways of meaning-making and analysis. The book also introduces an accompanying concept of spectaurality, a mode of reception that involves ‘seeing’ musicality and ‘listening’ to theatricality. Encountering performance spectaurally engenders alternative interpretive and affective experiences. Through deep analyses of a range of performances from varying cultures and contexts, Theatrimusicality encourages an appreciation of the co-presence of listening and seeing where perception becomes intertwined and relational.

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Marcus Cheng Chye Tan

Themen in »Theatrimusicality«

Theatrimusicality Theatricality Musicality Interstice Margaret Leng Tan Vanessa-Mae Nicholson Lindsey Stirling Simon McBurney The Encounter Performativity Dramaturgy Sonic Theatre Soundscapes Spectaurality Relational Dramaturgies

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“This book innovates new ways of analysing the performance of music, where the focus is not solely on the meaning of sound but also on the theatricality of musicianship that is visible and audible in sound production. In a world where digitisation removes excess and extraneity to produce ‘pure sound’, ‘theatrimusicality’ emerges excitingly in this highly original book as the outward expression of authenticity through performativity.” (Brian Singleton, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin)

“Through an evocative exploration of both ‘music as theatre’ and ‘theatre as music,’ Tan develops the terms ‘theatrimusicality’ and ‘spectaurality’ to study the important relationship between sight and sound on stage. This well-argued book offers a compelling alternative to the ocularcentric norm. Further, it makes its convincing case via provocative studies chosen mostly from Asian performance worlds. It is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and students of both theatre and music.” (Joanne Tompkins, Professor of Theatre Studies & Emeritus Professor, The University of Queensland)

“Theatrimusicality is a deeply thought-provoking and highly original work that requires readers to listen across fields and disciplines, and to search for relations rather than differences within the various prisms inferred in its title.” (Millie Taylor, Van den Ende Chair of the Musical, University of Amsterdam)

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