by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Trotz Unwetter marks a speaking subject(s)’s defiance of external conditions. The title invokes the German idiom Trotz Unwetter findet die Veranstaltung statt [Despite the weather, the event will take place], emphasizing the resilience of action against environmental...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Following research on operatic structures and the performer’s engagement with limits imposed on characters in Western European opera, in practice: habanera presents an excerpt of exercises leading toward the composition of the EP and concert lecture-performance “Just...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
in practice: a public moment is a collaborative work that brings together voice, movement, and installation in an improvised encounter, foregrounding openness, uncertainty, and reciprocal engagement. Drawing on Édouard Glissant’s concept of trembling thinking—a mode...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Through vocal improvisation and a critical engagement with the operatic voice, leo dismembers and reorganizes song structures. For the Sommerfest 2022 at Akademie Schloss Solitude, this process is performed using Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put a Spell on You as a base,...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Variations, Four Women after Nina is the first track of “Just Another Shadie Bitch” (Epilogue): Plenty of Nothing, an EP reflecting on what remains of performative practices for performers when the spotlights are off. The work explores voice, instrumentation, and...