Body Music Mini-Festival

Sunday, November 1, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Pendleton Room, Michigan Union

Co-sponsored by U-M’s Arts on Earth and Crosspulse

DO NOT MISS THIS!

Performances by renowned musicians
Small-group workshops with the performers
All-audience work / play in Balinese kecak (or “monkey chant”)
Open mic

Body music is any music you can make with your body alone, by slapping, popping, clapping, stomping, vocalizing, scraping – you name it.

Arts on Earth is bringing in Keith Terry, one of America’s foremost practitioners, to teach us how to find joy in our bodies in ways we’ve never dreamed.

For this mini-festival, artists from across the country join Keith to perform and teach body music traditions from all over the world.

The artists:

Keith Terry
Dewa Ketut Alit Adnyana, artistic director of Gamelan Cudamani
Sreyashi Dey
Bryan Dyer
Joe Gramley and student
Tacuma King
David Pleasant

The Forms:

Indian, Balinese, African, Caribbean, African-American and contemporary classical traditions, including

Gumboot — Learn more.

Hambone — See an example

Contemporary — See Barbatuques, See Mr. Scratch, See Sandy Silva

Kecak — See Kecak in Bali, See Kecak at the Burning Man Festival

Odissi (Indian) — See examples

And Gullah-originated moves such as Shout, Juba, Jive, and Step

The schedule:

1 – 2 pm	Master performances
2 – 2:30 pm	Participant-performance of kecak
2:30 – 3:30 pm	Workshops with master performers
3:30 – 5:00 pm	Open mic emceed by Bryan Dyer (everyone invited)

Thanks to the body-music mini-festival planning partners:

Judith Becker, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Emerita
Tom Bray, School of Art & Design
David Harnish, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Bowling Green State University
Charley Sullivan, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Keith Terry, Founder and director, Crosspulse
Susan Walton, Ethnomusicology, Residential College
Robin Wilson, Professor of Dance