Alexander Cromer is a storyteller, researcher, and spoken word artist pursuing his doctorate through the Academy of Creative and Performing arts, Leiden University. Alexander’s focus revolves around Afrofuturism, Black Ontology, and ecological issues. Using his storytelling practice (which includes spoken word, poetry, music, and performance art), he translates theoretical research to produce and design meaningful …
Artistic Research is the specialty of the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University. Artistic research places great value on trying things out, experiencing them physically and emotionally, and then drawing conclusions from the resulting proprioception. This workshop, led by experienced historical actor Kat Carson, gives the audience an opportunity to better understand what …
Declamation is the art of musical speech, and in no performance genre is the relationship between musical and textual expression more pronounced than in that of melodrama. The melodrama, or “dual art,” combines spoken texts with musical accompaniments. It makes special demands on the speaker to pitch and organize their speech rhythmically in relationship to …
Music, Speech and the Performance of Melodrama ca. 1900 Read More »
Join us Wednesday evening, Oct. 26, for a special literary Veenproef in collaboration with De Gids. In addition to a multi-course dinner, we will serve music, poetry and stories. We ask writers and poets “What are you doing right? That question is central to our performances, because after the days of “tall tales,” the …
