This thesis is the supplementary document of the new music theatre composition “Tune and Motion”. “Sportsmen”, an important painting by Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935) during the Suprematism period, was the inspiration of the music composition in which the author explored the relation between graphics and music. From the synesthesia of color and music to the transformation of abstract graphics into music, the association with the sport was demonstrated in diverse musical elements based on various geometric forms and color blocks. The author tranfers the relation between geometry and motion of the painting to musical contexts such as structures, pitches, rhythms and timbre varieties. The purity of color and form in Suprematism is projected into the music, coupled with the performance of the light and the human body, presenting a

polynary, interdisciplinary new music theatre work.

This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter One is the preface. Chapter Two presents the background and ideas of this composition and introduces some related compositions. Chapter Three is the compositional analysis of “Tune and Motion”, detailing the ideas and applications of the music and geometric figures extending to the movement. Chapter Four is the conclusion of thesis.