BODY LIVE LIVE MUSIC

Choreographer/director/producer Dimitri Chamblas (Paris Opera, CalArts, Studio Dimitri Chamblas) and curator/artistic director/producer Kate Nordstrum (Liquid Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra) join practices with BODY LIVE LIVE MUSIC, an ongoing venture dedicated to site-inspired performance projects that meld music, movement, and environment in extraordinary ways. Together they focus on artistic and natural landscapes that center body and sound with a commitment to ‘shared reality’—communal art experiences of the highest caliber.

Chamblas and Nordstrum began collaborating in 2019. A defining project of the current season is an expansive staging of environmentalist composer John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground for 40 musicians, unfolding across distinctive landscapes nationwide. In Spring 2027, BODY LIVE LIVE MUSIC will transform the decommissioned Topanga Tower into a living instrument for LA Phil's Ritual festival, invoking sound and movement as part of a communal artistic rite.  

Combined, their work has been presented by leading cultural institutions (Opéra national de Paris, The Barbican, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ultima Festival, MOCA Los Angeles, Tate Modern, Carnegie Hall, Walker Art Center, Musée du Louvre, Performa, MASS MoCA, Center for the Art of Performance UCLA, Centre Pompidou, Montpellier Dance Festival, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) and iconic brands (Chanel, Longchamp, Dom Perignon, Van Cleef & Arpels) in natural sites, historic halls, abandoned structures, floating cinemas, frozen lakes, fashion runways, public parks, and architectural wonders.