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Cesca Grace - Photography by Kate Griffin

Alongside her creative projects and performances, Cesca is also a keen researcher. A lot of her work examines the politics of music, specifically racial politics. Cesca's work also heavily features improvisatory music, in a range of capacities, from the perspective of its social impact to its potential as an embodied practice. Examples of her work are demonstrated here.

Conversations Between a Scat Singer

and a Tap Dancer:

An exploration into the intricacies of inter-practice discourse and its significance regarding vocal improvisational development

This project was an exploration into the improvisational practice of scat singing. It looked at the fundamentals of inter-practice discourse between vocalising and tap dancing and offered a personal examination of Cesca's own practice and potential for further development. The work looked at developing coherent improvised conversation between herself and a tap dancer, and the methods which could be used to enhance this connection. It not only looked to demonstrate that they were able to communicate, but more specifically, to understand how they did so, offering an in-depth analysis of improvisational practice and potential. The research utilised a practice as research model which employed literature and practice reviews, interviews, workshops, and live performance. The work also aimed to inspire new potential avenues of research regarding jazz vocalising and improvisation.

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, MA Sustained Independent Project

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