my movements and Matt would
sort of translate them into sound.
I liked that I was composing with
my body and Matt was reading
my movement and translating it
into sound. It was quite opposite
with dance and figure skating
where you usually start with the
music and then you translate it
into movement.”
They essentially combined dance,
art, music, and performance art
into their work.
“That’s the cool thing, it starts to
open up all these other pathways
creatively,” said Runciman.
“Especially for myself coming
from a traditional songwriting
background and playing music
with other instruments. It can
become pretty one dimensional
quickly in terms of writing and
how you write. After a while, I
found myself more responding to
the things that were happening
immediately in front of me instead
of an idea floating around my
brain that might have been
from an experience or watching
people have a conversation. It
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