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Sounds. Like 90 problems. (2015) is an extensive study of music in a somatic practice that focuses on the relation between sounds and the equilibrium of the moving body. Each test case presents an improvisation on a music composition, in total there are 90 music compositions.

This time-coded experiment unfolds in alternating 10 min. performance and 5 min. writing per test-case. Each test-case is a music-composition, in total there are 90 compositions to be experimented in about 20 studio-sessions. These Western compositions are chronologically structured: 15 classical -, 15 Romantic -, 15 Late-Romantic compositions, 30 compositions from the 20th Century, 15 electro-acoustic compositions.

This project produced a series of 46 transcripts that are published online. Supported by P.A.R.T.S. & Ictus Ensemble, Brussels. A link to the transcript made during the first 46 experiments can be found at the bottom section of this page
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Experiment (score)
The experiments unfold in alternating 10 min. performance and 5 min. writing per composition.
1) Make an instant choreography "getting as close as possible to the music.”
2) Make a continuous writing/soundrecording answering "how have you experienced getting as close as possible to the music?”

-> Transcript of all the writings..

90 selected compositions as dance problems
Classical Compositions
1) Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) - Symphonia in D Major, Melodia Germanice, 1750-1754.
2) Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Salve Regina in A. Minor, 1757.
3) Francois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) - Introduzione, Requiem Aeternam, Te de cet hymnes, Exuadi orationem meam, from Grande Messe des Morts, 1760.
4) Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) - Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice, 1762.
5) Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) - Piano Concerto in C. Major, 1773.
6) Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806) - Horn Concerto in D Major, MH 134, P. 134,1775.
7) Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) - Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid, C Major, Op. 30, No. 6, ca. 1780.
8) Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) - Symphony in D-Major, Op. 18, No. 4, 1782.
9) Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) - Olympie Overture, VB 29 (undated).
10) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Piano Concerto No. 24 in C. Minor, K. 491, 1786.
11) Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825) - Concerto-Symphony for Piano, Harp, Two Violins, Viola da gamba, Cello and Bassoon in B flat Major, 1790.
12) Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809 Symphony no. 104 in D „London” (Adagio-Allegro), 1795.
13) Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) - Finale, from Médée, 1797.
14) Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) - Gradus ad Parnassum (5-6: Pieces in B flat Major; 7-8: Pieces in D Major), Op. 44, 1817-1819-1826.
15) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Sonata in A Minor, Op. 42, D. 845, 1824.

Romantic Compositions
16) Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) - 1st mov., Allegro e risoluto assai, from Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 87, 1802.
17) Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) - Overture, from The Barber of Seville, 1816.
18) Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) - No. 7-9, from 24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Flute), Op. 1, 1802-1817.
19) Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) - Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79, 1821.
20) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato, from Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, 1821-1822.
21) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Overture in E major, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21, 1826.
22) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Adagio, from String Quintet in C mayor, Op. 163, D. 956, 1828.
23) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - 4th and 5th Movement, from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14, 1830.
24) Johann Strauss I (1804-1849) - Tivoli-Rutsch Walzer, Op. 39, 1830.
25) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Mov. 1-10, from Carnaval, Op. 9, 1834.
26) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) - Nocturne, No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 48, 1841.
27) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Hebrew Slaves Chorus, from Nabucco, 1841.
28) Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, 1849.
29) Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) - Overture, from Orphie aux enfer, 1858.
30) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28, 1863.

Late Romantic Compositions
31) Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) - Im Herbst, Op. 11, 1865.
32) Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - Suite no. 1, from Carmen, 1875.
33) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Act 2 (prt.1), Götterdämmerung, from Der Ring des Nibelungen, WWV 86, 1876.
34) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Symphony no. 1, Op. 68, 1876.
35) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - I. Stabat Mater dolorosa, Andante con moto, from Stabat Mater, Op. 58 (orig. Op. 28), 1877.
36) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) - Mov. 1, Allegro moderato, from Symphony no. 7, 1881-1883.
37) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Mov. 2, from Scheherazade, Op. 35, 1888.
38) Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Don Juan, Op. 20, 1888.
39) Pyotr Llyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Danses caractéristiques, from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, 1892.
40) Giacomo Puccini 1858-1924) - Love duet, Act I, from Tosca, 1900.
41) Franz Lehar (1870-1948) - Vilja Song, Act. 2, from Die Lustige Witwe, 1905.
42) Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) - Sonata no. 5, Op. 53, 1907.
43) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) - Mov. 3, Finale, Piano Concerto no. 3, Op. 30, 1909.
44) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Finale, from Symphony no. 8 in E flat major, 1910.
45) Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Overture and Act I, from The Tempest, Op. 109, 1925-1926.

20th Century Composition
46) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - L’enfant Prodigue, 1884.
47) Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, 3rd movt.,1904.
48) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) - Gaspard de la Nuit, 1908.
49) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Symphony No. 8, 1910.
50) Igor Stravinksy (1882-1971) - Finale, from Firebird, 1910.
51) Charles Ives (1874-1954) - Piano Sonata no. 2 from „Concord, Mass., 1840-1860”, 1915.
52) Alban Berg (1885-1935) - Wozzeck Act. 3 sc. 2-3, 1917.
53) Anton Webern (1883-1945) - Passacaglia, Op. 1, 1918.
54) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Suite, from The Love for Three Oranges Op. 33, 1921.
55) Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) - Pacific 231, 1923.
56) Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) - Variations for Orchestra Op. 31, 1928.
57) Edgar Varèse (1883-1965) - Ionisation, 1929-1931.
58) George Gershwin (1898-1937) - Suite, from Porgy and Bess, 1935.
59) Bela Bartok (1881-1945) - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta III, sz. 106, BB 114, 1936.
60) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, prt. 1-7, Op. 10, 1937.
61) Michael Tippett (1905-1998) - Four Spirituals („Steal away”, „Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord”, „O, by and by”, Deep river”), from A Child of Our Time, 1939-1941.
62) Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, 1st and 2nd mov., 1943.
63) Aaron Copland (1900-1990) - Appalachian Spring, 1944.
64) Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Metamorphosen, 1945.
65) John Cage (1912-1992) - Sonatas and Interludes (for prepared piano, no. 1, 2, 3, 5, 1946-1948.
66) Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) - Symphony no. 2, The Age of Anxiety, prt. 1, 1948-1949.
67) Pierre Boulez - Polyphonie X, 1951.
68) Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) - Metastaseis, 1953-54.
69) Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) - Five Songs, 1956-1957.
70) Oliver Messiaen (1908-1992) - Catalogue d’Oiseaux II (in 7 books), for piano, 1956-1958.
71) Kryszlof Penderecki (1933) - Fluorescences, 1961.
72) Georgy Ligeti (1923-2006) - Clocks and Clouds, 1972.
73) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - I Elegy: Adagio - attaca, from String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144, 1974.
74 Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) - Rondo, from Concerto Grosso I, 1977.
75) Philip Glass (1937) - Act 1, Prelude, from Akhenaten, 1983.

Avant-Garde & Electroacoustic Compositions
76) Luigi Russolo(1885-1947) - Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners, ca. 1916.
77) Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) & Pierre Henry - Orphie 53, 1953.
78) Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) - Metastasis, 1953-1954.
79) Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) - Static Relief, 1956.
80) Luciano Berio (1925-2003) - Perspectives, 1957.
81) Edgar Varèse (1883-1965) - Poème Electronic, 1957-1958.
82) Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001) & Barry Bermange (1933) - Falling, 1964.
83) Bernard Parmegiani (1927-2013) - De Natura Sonorum, 1975.
84) Pierre Boulez (1925) - Répons, 1980-84.
85) Tristan Murail (1947) - Désintégrations, 1982-1983.
86) Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) - Luzifers Abschied, from Licht, 1983.
87) Luigi Nono (1924-1990) - Prometheus Suite, from Promoteo, 1984.
88) Thierry Lancino (1954) - Profondeurs de Champ, 1983-1984.
89) Grischa Lichtenberger (1983) - Treibgut Ununbium, 2009.
90) Sasu Ripatti (Vladislav Delay) (1976) - Part one, from Recovery IDea, 2012.
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