Musical Chairs
The tournament-style game accompanied by a string orchestra. Be there or be chair!
What: The classic party game reimagined.
Kid Musical Chairs - An immersive event for the entire family, designed as an accessible, approachable, and humorous classical music experience. Our family programs have been called “the ideal orchestra concert for young children.”
Adult Musical Chairs - Pause adulting and start dancing with this interactive music experience. Grab a beer and your sense of humor for this funny, thought-provoking, enigmatic, and subversive evening.
How: Part-immersive concert, part-interactive game, Musical Chairs is an hour-long performance that can be stand-alone or in conjunction with programming by local arts, education, and community organizations. The event includes tournament-style games of Simon Says, Thumb War, and Musical Chairs; as players are eliminated, they watch the increasingly complex dance performance, blurring the lines between observer and participant.
Why: On average, only 4.1% of Americans attend a social event on an average weekend. Annually, only 3.3% of Americans attended a ballet concert, complaining that they are neither participatory nor social. Musical Chairs pairs two art forms often seen as elitist - ballet and classical music - with childhood games. By fusing the familiar and the absurd, passive and active engagement, and sensory and abstract concepts of expression, Musical Chairs invites players to think deeply, dance wildly, and laugh unabashedly.
Who: 10-12 person string chamber orchestra + 4 dancers + conductor