
SONOROUS
Inuit Myth with Benjin
Using cello, nyckelharpa, field recordings and a loop station, multi-instrumentalist Benjin creates a stunning and haunting sound world in which this bizarre and beautiful tale takes place. This was performed as part of the open ceremony on the Sankofa Stage at Shambala Festival.
Greek Myth with Alexandra Achillea and Irini Arabatzi
Alexandra and Irini are two thirds of vocal trio Alkanna Greaca, who blend raw folk traditions from the Balkans, Mediterranean, and Black Sea with free improvisation and expansive soundscapes. They will bring their extraordinary vocal power to bring a Greek myth very much alive. This is a distillation of the transcendental power of voices and myth combined. This is a new collaboration that is set to premier at Magpie’s Nest.
Tiff Wear is a professional improviser and storyteller. He works as a Giggle Doctor for Theodora Children's Charity, doing clowning and child-led play in hospitals, and is a humanitarian clown. His work focuses on the transportative power of story, and joy and spontaneity of co-creation. He is currently doing a 10 month somatic mythology training, and has taken courses with storytellers such as Martin Shaw and Josh Schrei. Tiff also works as a nature immersion facilitator.
Sonorous is a collaboration between storyteller Tiff Wear, multi-instrumentalist Benjin and vocalists Alexandra Achillea and Irini Arabatzi.
What does it feel like to listen with your body? If we come to a story cold, we listen with our minds. Music is the heat that melts us, and enables the story to infuse deep within us.
Sonorous works with old stories and myths that move in wild and unruly ways. Stories that lurch unexpectedly, or slowly dissolve into nothing. These tales are carefully paired with musicians that can provide the appropriate sonic container and heat to cook the story, and the audience along with it.
Using beautiful, transcendental music to disarm the listener, Sonorous will open audiences up to the powerful dynamics that move inside old stories.
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