JoAnne’s work is based upon the SYnthesis of three key components:

music/sound


text/spoken word


the visual: stage/spatial.

JoAnne refers to this synthesis as

Total Composition(al) Theatre

a form that deals with the total premise of composition...

composition (noun)
compositional (adjective)
compositionally (adverb)

Composition: the way in which something is made, arranged, combined, formed or prepared.

Artistically, the word is applied to music, writing, photography, painting, dance and the stage.

...which doesn’t attempt to put one medium above the other. Essentially, the elements when dissected shouldn’t be able to stand coherently on their own, as opposed to musical theatre or opera where the elements can function, independently, apart from one another.

In terms of content, JoAnne fuses social/political commentary with the pure experimentation of form and structure. JoAnne strives to challenge the conventions within both music and theatre, attempting to alter the traditional or ‘pop’ular perceptions of performance, ultimately erasing ‘audience expectation’.

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