Acts of Voicing Artist Panel, Parkview Museum Singapore, 19 Jan, 3pm Moderated by Dr. Michelle Lim, Acts of Voicing is a dialogue session which presents the experiences of Singapore artists negotiating fields of artistic production and concept of the ‘international’. The practices and approaches of the shortlisted artists focus on revealing perspectives about society, narratives […]
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Read this review in English. Baca review ini dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Lima tahun belakangan, Eko Supriyanto, seorang koreografer terbaik yang dipunya Indonesia, telah menyita perhatian publik baik domestik ataupun mancanegara. Kerja koreografi yang dilakukannya melibatkan riset mendalam pada sebuah tempat dengan locus yang berbeda dari kebiasaan serta kebudayaannya. Jailolo, sebuah daerah di Halmahera Barat, Maluku Utara,
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Read this review in Bahasa Indonesia. Baca review ini dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Over the last five years, Eko Supriyanto, widely considered the best choreographer in Indonesia at the moment, has attracted both domestic and international attention. His choreographic work involves deep research in places with different habits and cultures. Jailolo, an area in West Halmahera,
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Yogyakarta and Bali from 1 – 7 January 2018 & some Open Calls YOGYAKARTA My Friend Has Come, 6-7 January 2018, 7:30 PM, Jogja Contemporary, Yogyakarta To usher you into the new year, the Flying Balloons Puppet invites you to a production of Toshiro Suzue’s “My Friend
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Insatiable, presented by Sigma Contemporary Dance and choreographed by Hong Guofeng, is crafted to explore the concept of choice and its consequences in our current world. As we are embroiled in a system dominated by corporations with their far-reaching influences, how much autonomy do we still retain? In accordance with the idea of choice, there
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By Ezekiel Oliveira (573 words, 5-minute read) Subtle lighting can enhance any dance piece, but the gloom that pervades this triple bill too often leaves the fine choreography lurking in the shadows. The decision must have had an artistic impetus, but the result often leaves everyone – performers and audience – dancing in the
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THEATRE Southernmost: 1 Table 2 Chairs Project by Emergency Stairs, 12 – 24 December, The Arts House Presented by up-and-coming experimental theatre company Emergency Stairs, the first edition Southernmost is a theatre festival which brings the most outstanding and established traditional and contemporary theatre artists from the region together in this red dot for an intensive
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta and Yogyakarta from 11 – 17 December 2017 JAKARTA Alur Bunyi – Indra Perkasa, 14 December 2017, 8 PM, Goethehaus, Jakarta Alur Bunyi is Goethe Institut’s musical series under its Listening Differently performance series. Alur Bunyi presents performances that juxtapose electronic music against other genres of
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Three Kin by T.H.E Dance Company, Esplanade Theatre Studio, 7 – 9 Dec Three Kin is leading contemporary dance group T.H.E Dance Company’s closing production for the 2017 season and part of the company’s annual headlining showcase of creations by acclaimed Singaporean and international guest choreographers. Performed by T.H.E’s full-time principal dancers, the triple bill
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by Chan Sze-Wei (745 words, 5-minute read) Singapore-based Raka Maitra and her company Chowk are familiar names at the Esplanade’s Kalaa Utsavam and Raga programmes annually. The company is firmly based in classicial Odissi dance and the martial arts of chhau and kalari. But with them, tradition is not a formula. Walking into the Esplanade
“from: The Platform” by Chowk Productions: A Running Imprint on the Mind Read More »
ANWESHA-Beyond the darkness! by Maya Dance Theatre, 1 – 2 Dec, Drama Centre Black Box Daily stories of unsuspecting victims crumbling under its consequences increasingly populate the media and social forums. Anxiety, depression and pressure are regular features, yet the awareness and discussion on the extent of their impact on mental well-being is rarely discussed. Maya
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Dreamseeds Arts Fest by Club Rainbow, 18 – 25 Nov, *SCAPE An initiative by Club Rainbow (Singapore), Dreamseeds Arts Fest 2017 is a multi-experiential arts festival headlined by the non-profit organisation’s beneficiaries. Dreamseeds Arts Fest is an open-to-public inclusive arts platform that offers beneficiaries the opportunity to realise their creative potential and connect with a
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Duration: 21 min Dr Stephanie Burridge and dancer Chloe Chotrani recap the da:ns festival 2017 by Esplanade Theatres on the bay, sharing their personal reflections on the shows they’ve seen. Chloe discusses the relevance of Eisa Jocson’s practice to Filipin@ sociopolitics, and how this comes through in Jocson’s double-bill of Macho Dancer and Corponomy, while Stephanie
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By Chloe Chotrani (927 words, 7-minute read) To witness the work of Eisa Jocson is an absolute privilege at this point in history. The double-bill pairing up Jocson’s internationally acclaimed Macho Dancer and the new Esplanade commission Corponomy, investigate the economic body as archive of labor and service in the Philippines. It is said that
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For Esplanade’s da:ns festival 2017, LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) come together for The Next Generation to present 70 minutes of well choreographed works that offer an insight into what we can come to expect from the next wave of dancers anticipating to enter the industry. LASALLE College
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German Film Festival by Goethe-Institut Singapore, various venues and timings from 2 – 12 November 2017 The German Film Festival will present its 21st edition in 2017 over two weeks. This year, more than 30 ambitious and fascinating films will provide a unique insight into contemporary life in Germany
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By Bernice Lee (800 words, 5-minute read) Dance Clinic by Choy Ka Fai is thick with information and ideas. The choreographer performs a trickster role in an artistic approach similar to his previous offerings of SoftMachine (2015). Dance Clinic projects into the future, and digs into the past. It is in conversation with a curated canon of dance, with neuroscience, with
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The Asia Europe Foundation’s Culture360 and ArtsEquator present a series of 5 co-commissioned articles that look at arts groups, artists and performances in Southeast Asia that are comprised of or address artists with disabilities. In this article, Bilqis Hijjas speaks with Low Mee Li, who has been leading the dance troupe of the Beautiful Gate Foundation for
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Macho Dancer and Corponomy by Eisa Jocson, Esplanade Theatre Studio, 27 – 28 Oct This weekend at the Esplanade’s da:ns festival 2017 sees Eisa Jocson perfoming a double-bill of Macho Dancer and Corponomy. Corponomy is a new commission by the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay
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Who are the next generation of dancers in Singapore? What do they aspire to? On stage, defying gravity looks like their natural state of being. Bodies slip from sentryesque sequence, to uncoagulated fluidity within a beat’s count, before turning back on themselves. Crispian Chan goes behind the scenes to capture the labour that bears these
Photo Essay: “The Next Generation” Dancers of NAFA and LASALLE Read More »
9th Love & Pride Film Festival by Golden Village and Singapore Film Society, various GV cinemas, 27 Sept – 8 Oct Curated by the Singapore Film Society (SFS), Golden Village’s 12-day Love & Pride Film Festival returns for its 9th year, featuring a bold lineup of six internationally acclaimed
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One of the highlights of da:ns festival this year is a double bill by Eisa Jocson, Macho Dancer and Corponomy. While Corponomy is a new commission by the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay for da:ns festival 2017, Macho Dancer is a critically acclaimed piece that has travelled extensively to major international festivals. Philippines-based curator and writer, Eva McGovern-Basa, recently managed and edited an interview
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bali from 25 Sep – 1 Oct 2017 JAKARTA Memoria: Five Indonesians Shorts Films, 26 September 2017, 7 PM, Goethehaus, Jakarta This week’s Goethe Art Films presents 5 Indonesian Short Films. They are Pulang ke Indonesia, Sendiri Diana Sendiri, Memoria, Lemantun, Prenjak. All five
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Langkau sebuah joget sinkretik, joget fizikal, atau malah joget pascamoden (jika boleh kita gelarkan) yang berlingkar tentang sebuah mesin basuh yang bertanya. Ceritanya metafiksyen yang straight-forward dan salah satu poin reviu ini adalah untuk articulate ia tentang apa. Kerana dari judul, sinopsis dan teaser rata-rata ia tidak mendedahkan dengan jelas sebenarnya Langkau ini fasal apa.
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Duration: 21 min Dr Stephanie Burridge is joined by Sufri Juwahir, co-founder of Soul Signature, to discuss two shows that took place in August: Era Dance Theatre’s Tumasik – Revisiting History and Rewriting Our Story, and Dance Ensemble Singapore‘s Pulsating Resonance《鸣。鼓》. In reflecting on these performances, the conversation evolves into a larger discussion on the
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Bandung and Jakarta from 18 – 24 Sep 2017 BANDUNG Prabu Perdana – Artist Collaboration Month, Now – 26 September 2017, SemAta Gallery, Bandung SemAta Gallery is one of the very few art galleries that focus on children. It is a children art center in Bandung that
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By Felipe Cervera (1400 words, 10-minute read) It is as if Mozart were able to capture what death sounds like, in those moments when people run around trying to assert themselves in the face of a body that has just ceased to breathe. Personally, it takes just a few notes of his Requiem for me
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Art that Moves is an occasional series where we ask artists and other creative workers to reflect on artworks, performances or events that were personally important to them. Lim How Ngean (PhD) is a performance-maker, dramaturg and dance researcher. In recent years he has dramaturged dances for choreographers such as Daniel Kok, Joavien Ng, Kuik Swee
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“From 1–3 September 2017, the Chinese Malaysian dance community in Kuala Lumpur witnessed a historic event at Damansara Performing Arts Centre: the Malaysian premiere of ‘Boy Story’. Dancers Loo Jay Jen, Ong Yong Lock, Aman Yap Choong Boon, Ix Wong Thien Pau, Goh Boon Ann and Chou Shu Yi performed the work choreographed by Yuri
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta and Bali from 28 Aug – 3 Sep 2017 JAKARTA Jakarta Dance Meet Up, 30 August 2017, 7 PM, Gedung Kesenian Jakarta Organized by the Jakarta Arts Council’s Dance Committee, the Jakarta Dance Meet Up is back for its second time at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta.
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