Redefining Movement

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222/23 Season
Pacing - The movement of Time

Over time, we have each individually and collectively developed mental and physical schemas to make sense of the world around us. New models of thinking and acting in the world are marked by moments of transition and change. When such shared knowledge arises and creates different perspectives, we reconstruct the pacing of our activities – taking up new positions within the context of biological, ecological, social and technological paradigms.

Each body-mind operates on an inner-time, complete with its own rhythm and pace. Constantly navigating external realities, it reworks and replays past experiences that seek expression, combining it with new input to not only connect and communicate, but also to generate new perspectives. Arguably, the synchronisation of many different paces across individuals give rise to cultures and traditions. But to enter into a new era of growth, we need to recognise our own narratives, examining the pacing of our internal tempo. Only by understanding what gives rise to our authentic selves, can we begin to grieve the losses in this day and age, whilst marking new moments of transition with new rhythms going forward.

RawGround (RG) promulgates a curated mini-showcase that nurtures dialogue through the trajectory of widening our perception of daily life. The short films are conducted by artists and practitioners of diverse disciplines, each reinstating the scope of aesthetics of the everyday.

RawGround: Pacing

Wendy Mack (Singapore)
Lim Ci Xuan (Singapore)
Ashley Ho (Singapore/Netherland)
Rachelle Lee (Singapore)
Ke Yu-Fang (Taiwan)
Teoh Jie Yu (Singapore)
Matthew Goh (Singapore)
Natasha Fawzi (Singapore)

Dramaturg
Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

Physical Event (10 to 12 February 2023)

10 February 2023
Premiere of 12 films and Artist Sharing
Duration: 7:00 to 10:00pm (3 hours)

11 February 2023
Workshop 1: Wendy Mack (Singapore)
Art form: Craft + Discussion
Duration: 3:00 to 5:00pm (2 hours)
Description: Botanical Soap-Crafting

Workshop 2: Ashley Ho (Singapore/Netherlands)
Art form: Movement + Discussion
Duration: 7:00 to 9pm (2 hours)
Description: How do we begin to dance?

12 February 2023
Workshop 3: Matthew Goh (Singapore)
Art form: Movement + Text
Duration: 10:00 to 12pm (2 hours)
Description: Moving memories

Workshop 4: Ke Yu-Fang (Taiwan)
Art form: Movement + Film
Duration: 1:00 to 3:00pm (2 hours)
Description: Body Mapping

Workshop 5: Lim Ci Xuan & Teoh Jie Yu (Singapore)
Art form: Applied Drama + Discussion
Duration: 4:00 to 6:00pm (2 hours)
Description: Trauma and its invisibility

Digital Event (13 to 19 February 2023)

Run Another Way (RUN) is a movement clinic that functions as an unconventional work in an unusual theatre setting. It serves to create opportunities for the public to engage, participate and interact in the dance-making.

Stutter

Synopsis

“How has your internal ‘tempo’ changed over the past two years?”

Stutter examines how the pandemic has forced us to adapt to new and unexpected circumstances, resulting in the disruption of pacing within and between people. Consciously and unconsciously we have had to adjust our inner timings and rhythms to fit this uncertainty. As parts of the world stop and start, open up and lock down, the effects continue.

Creator/Conceptualiser
Murasaki Penguin

Choreographer
Anna Kuroda (Japan)

Sound/multimedia
David Kirkpatrick (Australia)

Dramaturg
Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

Performers
Matthew Goh
Audrey Desmond

Date / Time

1 to 3 December 2022, 8pm

Venue

Goodman Arts Centre, Block O, Multi-purpose Studio 1 & 2

Research & Development (R&D) promotes creative investigation in a curated practice, with an emphasis on unveiling the creative process and methodologies through archiving and performance.

Glitch

Synopsis

We live in a time of unprecedented technological development. From ancient stone tools all the way to the computers that we use to work and live, we have always possessed the innate desire to progress and advance. We’ve come far enough that we’ve begun to trust in our computers in ways that we wouldn’t trust another human being.

As we further develop these systems, could we one day ask the machine to interpret our dreams? Can we see ourselves in the machines we use? Can we ground ourselves in the ‘now’ to catch a glimpse of possible futures?

Glitch examines & meditates on man’s relationship with the machines we live with.

Creator/Conceptualiser
Wu Jun Han (Singapore)

Dramaturg
Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

Movement Collaborator
Ricky Sim

Performers
Matthew Goh
Natasha Fawzi
Kang Minchae (Intern)

Understudy
Alden Wong (Intern)

Date / Time

1 to 3 September 2022, 8pm

Venue

Goodman Arts Centre, Block O, Multi-purpose Studio 1 & 2
A little RAW logo
Our programme for children/teens with different abilities, encourages young dancers to discover more about themselves, moving beyond the boundaries of conventional methodology in dance learning through the practice of creative movement.

IN/OUT

Synopsis

In adolescence, arguably a huge aspect of growing up concerns the establishment of one’s identity. As both an individual and social phenomenon, adolescents navigate this process of identity formation by experimenting with possible self- identities, seeking significance in their relationships with others and their place in the world.

But what happens when this process is disrupted and interrupted by the isolating experience of living and schooling in a pandemic? How does both the distancing of oneself from others, and the increasingly enclosed space of home, affect the direction and outcome of their identity development?

Bringing together young movers from diverse abilities and backgrounds, In/Out provides a creative and experimental outlet for A Little RAW (ALR) Company where youths develop and pursue their personal reflections with each other’s assistance. We invite you to witness this evolving and interactive space that promotes expression and connection over shared questions of identity, in a time of disruption and distance.

Co-Directors
Wong Wai Yee and Ricky Sim

Conceptuliser/Performers
Annika Mei Das, Choo Qian Ning, Ellyssa Yeo, Estelle Yeo, Eunice Loh, Gabrielle Chia, Lee En Jie

Facilitators
Matthew Goh, Natasha Fawzi

Date / Time

6 Aug 2022, 7pm | 7 Aug 2022, 1pm & 5pm

Venue

Goodman Arts Centre, Block O, Multi-purpose Studio 1 & 2