Badie Khaleghian’s Electric Sky Blue (2022): A Multidisciplinary Work for Piano, Dance, and Interactive Intermedia

Abstract

The central focus of this article, which I have adapted from my doctoral treatise, is my collaboration with composer Badie Khaleghian on a new work, entitled Electric Sky Blue, for piano, dance, and interactive intermedia. Furthermore, this document serves as an account of the collaborative and compositional processes of producing a new multidisciplinary work that bridges the art forms of dance and piano. I also provide an analysis of the dialogue between these media and interactive visuals and audio throughout the piece and, further, the structural and expressive significance of this dialogue. Lastly, I discuss reasons for the importance of producing multidisciplinary, intermedia works for twenty-first-century audiences.