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Body Music in Performing Arts
IBMF presents high-level traditional and contemporary performances by leading international artists and groups. Audiences experience concerts in multiple and multisensory formats, family-friendly events, and screenings centered on the expressive power of the human body. The festival also fosters collaborations with local scenes, positioning body music as a vital contemporary art form.
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Body Music in Education
IBMF promotes an embodied approach to music and movement education, reconnecting sound, rhythm, and physical expression. Through workshops led by leading international practitioners, participants actively engage with the body as a musical instrument. The Festival also offers practical pedagogical tools with applications across education, movement training, and group learning.
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Body Music & Society
IBMF highlights the universal human ability to connect through collective movement and sound. The festival emphasizes intercultural, intergenerational, and inclusive participation, with workshops and performances addressing accessibility, body positivity, and collaboration across ages. Through collective participation, IBMF creates spaces of belonging where everyone is invited to take part.
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Body Music & Science
Research in neuroscience and music cognition shows that rhythmic music activates interconnected brain networks linking perception, movement, pleasure, and emotion. Studies on musical groove and embodied perception reveal how meaning in music emerges through physical sensation and action. Cross-cultural research further highlights rhythm as a universal mechanism connecting body, brain, and sound.
01
Body Music in Performing Arts
IBMF presents high-level traditional and contemporary performances by leading international artists and groups. Audiences experience concerts in multiple and multisensory formats, family-friendly events, and screenings centered on the expressive power of the human body. The festival also fosters collaborations with local scenes, positioning body music as a vital contemporary art form.
02
Body Music in Education
IBMF promotes an embodied approach to music and movement education, reconnecting sound, rhythm, and physical expression. Through workshops led by leading international practitioners, participants actively engage with the body as a musical instrument. The Festival also offers practical pedagogical tools with applications across education, movement training, and group learning.
03
Body Music & Society
IBMF highlights the universal human ability to connect through collective movement and sound. The festival emphasizes intercultural, intergenerational, and inclusive participation, with workshops and performances addressing accessibility, body positivity, and collaboration across ages. Through collective participation, IBMF creates spaces of belonging where everyone is invited to take part.
04
Body Music & Science
Research in neuroscience and music cognition shows that rhythmic music activates interconnected brain networks linking perception, movement, pleasure, and emotion. Studies on musical groove and embodied perception reveal how meaning in music emerges through physical sensation and action. Cross-cultural research further highlights rhythm as a universal mechanism connecting body, brain, and sound.
Celebrate the
Day of Body Music
Every first Sunday of February
Celebrate the
Day of Body Music
Every first Sunday of February
Celebrate the
Day of Body Music
Every first Sunday of February
Artists from different parts of the world
Artists from different parts of the world
Artists from different parts of the world
Country partners in Europe, America, Africa and Asia
Country partners in Europe, America, Africa and Asia
Country partners in Europe, America, Africa and Asia
Participants from all around the world
Participants from all around the world
Participants from all around the world
Keith Terry & Evie Ladin
Crosspulse
Founded by Keith Terry and Evie Ladin / Produced through Crosspulse.
Keith Terry & Evie Ladin
Crosspulse
Founded by Keith Terry and Evie Ladin / Produced through Crosspulse.
Keith Terry & Evie Ladin
Crosspulse
Founded by Keith Terry and Evie Ladin / Produced through Crosspulse.
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