Shawn and the Zebra, the brainchild of Claudia Hansen and Julia Oschewsky, is an experimental voice/percussion duo, which encompasses the common ground of music and movement theater. In combining these disciplines, they go on a continuous quest to explore the movement in the music and the music in the movement. The incorporation of the visual and physical aspects associated with their music has been the core motivation for this ensemble. Both musicians compose the original music and the socially critical storyboards for the Shawn and the Zebra productions. Also, the stage and light design are created by the ensemble itself. The music is a combination of the human voice and percussion instruments such as marimba and kalimba, which are enhanced by effects and loop stations. Shawn and the Zebra is Music Theater which makes the music - the main storytelling device - move around the theater's stage.

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