Making, performing and experiencing improvised work

This dialogue between Julyen and Andreja was inspired by the desire to present, more closely, the work that both of them are engaged in, each in their own way and in their collaboration, most recently in the performance titled A Scoreless Time (2024). An integral part of their collaboration is the conversations they have before and after working on stage and within the process itself.

The reflections recorded in the interview open up some key questions about the experience of performance works, as well as about relationships and expectations; both of the audience and the performers.

Common questions that arise in the field of instant composition, i.e. improvisation, are: how imperative is it, in our opinion, that the audience knows the performers are improvising? Is it possible to see the work of performing as such?