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Sound=Space Opera: choreographing life within an interactive musical environment

2011; De Gruyter; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1515/ijdhd.2011.006

2191-1231

Ana P. C. Almeida, Luís Miguel Girão, Rolf Gehlhaar, Paulo Maria Rodrigues, Helena Rodrigues, Paulo Neto, María Mónica,

Music Therapy and Health

This paper aims to describe the different stages of the artistic project SOUND=SPACE Opera, held at Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal and presented during the festival Ao Alcance de Todos (Accessible to All) during 15–19 April, 2008. A series of creative workshops using an interactive musical environment, created by Rolf Gehlhaar in 1984, were run for several weeks with a group of six adolescents with special needs, mainly suffering from Down Syndrome. The translation of their day-by-day experiences into sounds and movements resulted in two final performances which were the public surface of a very empowering and rewarding process that intended to improve the quality of life of those who participated.