*SCAPE Dance Residency
Into the Abyss
Into the Abyss is the second Residency Showcase by *SCAPE’s 2021 residents. Into the Abyss explores ideas based on individual dancers’ exploration of memories and movements. The showcase will also feature 2 guest performances by Ng Jing Wen (*SCAPE 2021 Dance Resident) and Ryssa Binte Rozalie (NAFA Diploma in Dance Year 2 Student)
Read the synopsis for the performance choreographed by Kow Xiao Jun, Ng Jing Wen and Ryssa Binte Rozalie below.
9, 10 September 2022 | 8pm – 9pm | *SCAPE The Ground Theatre
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Performances
mōna
The Moon, the Sun, and the people of the Earth.
How does it feel to be apart from yet a part of something so unknown?
Distance, distortion and isolation
We continue to find different part of ourselves in different places.
Choreography: Ng Jing Wen
Dancers: Abbie Rebecca Machin, Eunice Kang Sing Yue, Nur Adilah Binte Roslan and Syarifuddin Sahari
I N T O
Where to go
What to do
In or out
Right and wrong
Choreography: Ng Jing Wen, *SCAPE Dance Resident
Dancer: Ng Jing Wen
RE-memorari (a collaboration with the dancers)
This instant, in the next, becomes the past. the past,
then
becomes a memory.
if every instant becomes a memory, what goes and what stays?
inside, every detail of
what I sensed, played vividly;
Oh, so familiar. Replay.
falling. change.
Replay.
falling. change.
Stronger. Replay.
far from the first, and never will.
yet I want to fall for it every time, without fail
Replay.
Repla.
Repl.
Rep.
Re.
.
Choreography: Kow Xiao Jun
Dancers: Nur Artiqa Faryaini Binte Salimi and Syarifuddin Sahari
Worth Saving
Is unrequited love really love?
This work explores the worth of holding on to this one-sided love or simply letting go.
Choreography: Ryssa Binti Rozalie, Diploma in Dance year 2 student
Dancer: Ryssa Binti Rozalie
Special thanks to Ms Susan Yeung for her mentorship; Ms Gillian Tan, Dr Caren Carino and Ms Tara Tan for the help and the opportunity for this piece to be showcased.
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