To Örebro University

Lysistrate- Återkomsten:

-en musikalisk gestaltning av fred, frihet, feminism och framtid. 

Att skriva musik och texter till, samt gestalta politiskt orienterade föreställningstexter. 

I en samtid där en mängd olika konspirationsteorier figurerar, där vi inte kan veta säkert vad som är sant eller falskt, där sanna fakta, falska fakta, mina fakta eller sanningen enligt mig, blir en del av samhällsbyggets vardagliga retorik tror jag att den konstnärliga gestaltningen har en oerhört viktig plats.

I denna vår nu-levda kontext står musiken och den möjliga gestaltningen av densamma som en oerhört viktig kraft för att spegla och möjliggöra en annan typ av uppfattning och omfattning av det vi är med om.

I mitt arbete som kompositör, sångerska och skådespelare har jag bl.a fått uppdragen att för Kungliga Dramaten i Stockholm skriva och framföra text och musik till Erik Uddenbergs text Konspiration som regisserades av Suzanne Osten, samt till föreställningen Lysistrate -Återkomsten, en fri tolkning av Aristofanes text skriven av Maria Olsson med regi av Sara Jangfeldt och Fredrik Meyer på Soppteatern vid Kulturhuset i Stockholm.  

Båda dessa kompositions-uppdrag ser jag som starkt politiskt inriktade. Lysistrate – återkomsten är främst   en kritik av de våldsamma konflikter som pågår i vårt närområde men också en berättelse om frihet, feminism och en möjlig framtid. I konspiration möter vi ett berättande där vi kanske plötsligen får syn på att inget eller allting är som vi trott. Sanningarna var kanske lögner, eller så var de sanningar i alla fall. Föreställningen tar upp olika konspirationsteorier och relaterar dem i viss mån till synen på vårt folkhemsbygge från ett mer kollektivt 1960-tal till ett mer individualistiskt samhällsbygge med individen i fokus.

Jag vill i denna lecture-recital dela med mig av det material och de konstnärliga val jag gjorde utifrån analysen av de narrativ jag ombads ton och text-sätta samt gestalta.

Presentationsform:  Lecture-recital

Flygel/ piano och mikfrofon- PA (samt projektor och ljudanläggning)

Författare: Maria Johansson Josephsson

Institutionstillhörighet: Universitetslektor, Musikalisk gestaltning 

Musikhögskolan, Örebro universitet 

maria.johansson-josephsson@oru.se

It is as it is A song cycle-A dance macabre Through sincere musings, danced in cantations and newly written music for one - and sometimes two voices - we encounter possible transactions, possible and impossible passages in time and space, the unmentionable but also the lust for life, the joy of being and a large measure of humor while dying - is cleaned out. It's a performance with two actors, they use their voices and bodies to make visible change in the different stages of life. The work has been created in a collaboration between Maria Johansson Josephsson, singer, actor and composer and Tove Sahlin choreographer and dancer. "It is as it is" is inspired by various theories and thoughts about change, transformation, care, decay and man's opportunity to find comfort in and believe in the power of music, dance and art. The theme that runs as a, perhaps some what blurred but still highly present, line through the entire work is the most central and yet among the most unmentionable themes in our lives: Life and death.The performance had its premiere in Stockholm in 2017 and has since then, among other things, played at festivals in Sweden and Germany and toured in Sweden for the Riksteatern."It is as it is" is an attempt at a post in a discussion about who we are and become in the cycles of change that meet humans throughout life, both the natural movements through the years but also the worrying injuries, diseases, caring person-centered practices and the worrying end of earthly life. Through the performative art and music, the actors are not looking for answers but something that can be compared to comfort, and it is alsosomething comforting that they want to express through their songcycle and dance macabre- ”It is as it is”. For more information.

It is as it is

A song cycle-a dance macabre

Maria Johansson Josephsson & Tove Sahlin 

Through musings, danced incantations and newly written music for one - and sometimes two voices - we encounter narrative interpretative resources in form of possible transactions, possible and impossible passages in time and space, the unmentionable but also the lust for life, the joy of being and a large measure of humor in relation to loss and dying. The aim is to investigate the cycles of change that meet humans throughout life, both the everyday movements through the years but also the worrying injuries, diseases, the caring practices and the worrying end of earthly life.

It's a performance with two actors, using their voices and bodies to make visible change in the different stages of life. The work has been created in a collaboration between Maria Johansson Josephsson, singer, actor and composer and Tove Sahlin choreographer and dancer.

"It is as it is" is inspired by various theories and thoughts about change, transformation, care, decay and human's opportunity to find comfort in and believe in the power of music, dance and art.

Narrativity, embodiment and voice in actors meaning making practices.

MARIA JOHANSSON JOSEPHSSON 

The purpose of this study is to explore the role and functioning of narrativity and embodiment in professional actor’s voice training. 

The shaping of voice looks different within different workgroups, there are many different professions requiring professional voice use such as teachers and call-center staff.  One group practicing strong connections between voice and embodied narrative meaning making practice is professional actors.  The intersections between voice narrativity and embodiment is however seldom addressed.    

The research uses mixed-method design drawing from interviews, workshops, and measures of voice. This study presents some vignettes from narrative analysis, indicate a changed perception of the transaction between the self and the role and that the actors sees themselves finding more dimensions in their acting abilities. 

Presentation will involve narrative elements such as singing and acting.