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DATE
10 MAY 2012, THU -
12 MAY 2012, SAT
12 MAY 2012, SAT
TIME
8pm
(1hr, no intermission)
(1hr, no intermission)
VENUE
Theatre Studio
PRICE
$25
Package of 4: $80 Concessions for students: $10
Concessions for NSF and senior citizens: $16
Secondary schools, JCs, ITEs, and the CI are able to use the TOTE board arts grant subsidy of up to 50% (excluding GST) of the ticket price. Purchase any 4 The Studios tickets for $80. (Not applicable for concessions)
Package of 4: $80 Concessions for students: $10
Concessions for NSF and senior citizens: $16
Secondary schools, JCs, ITEs, and the CI are able to use the TOTE board arts grant subsidy of up to 50% (excluding GST) of the ticket price. Purchase any 4 The Studios tickets for $80. (Not applicable for concessions)
SYNOPSIS
Explore truth in theatre at PRISMS through the refraction and convergence of distinct perspectives – of history and mythology, philosophy and science, reason and passion, reality and absurdity.
Normalising absurdity, where the absurd makes perfect sense and the weight of existence becomes lighter.
When we fall into an overly structured, predictable and unchangeable system,
we create artificial playgrounds to keep ourselves entertained.
Much like installing a luxurious home-entertainment theatre
with a huge velvet-upholstered sofa
inside a 1-room HDB flat.
How do we make sense of things when there is constant displacement of logic and information?
How much absurdity needs to be introduced to upset the social norm?
a LIFE performance deconstructs snippets of life encounters in an artificially constructed world. Choreographer and performer Joavien Ng mischievously attempts to disrupt and alter the constructions of meanings, creating bodies that move between recognisable familiarity and disconnected awkwardness. Gradually, the performance morphs into an incoherent soup of landscapes and meanings, teasing audiences into disorientation.
we create artificial playgrounds to keep ourselves entertained.
Much like installing a luxurious home-entertainment theatre
with a huge velvet-upholstered sofa
inside a 1-room HDB flat.
How do we make sense of things when there is constant displacement of logic and information?
How much absurdity needs to be introduced to upset the social norm?
a LIFE performance deconstructs snippets of life encounters in an artificially constructed world. Choreographer and performer Joavien Ng mischievously attempts to disrupt and alter the constructions of meanings, creating bodies that move between recognisable familiarity and disconnected awkwardness. Gradually, the performance morphs into an incoherent soup of landscapes and meanings, teasing audiences into disorientation.
Backstage Pass
Joavien’s Living Room
Joavien will share about her work process with a LIFE performance and also discuss her experience as a choreographer. She will reflect on the development of her work over the past 15 years and on how her artistic interest centres round the construction of identity. This talk will give audiences an understanding of the shifting local arts landscape from the perspective of a conceptual dance choreographer working in Singapore and overseas.
12 May 2012, Sat, 4pm
Esplanade Theatre Studio
(50mins)
Free Admission (on a first-come, first-served basis)
Joavien will share about her work process with a LIFE performance and also discuss her experience as a choreographer. She will reflect on the development of her work over the past 15 years and on how her artistic interest centres round the construction of identity. This talk will give audiences an understanding of the shifting local arts landscape from the perspective of a conceptual dance choreographer working in Singapore and overseas.
12 May 2012, Sat, 4pm
Esplanade Theatre Studio
(50mins)
Free Admission (on a first-come, first-served basis)
Choreographed and performed by Joavien Ng
Joavien was born in Singapore in 1973.
She began her choreographing and performing career in 1997 after graduating from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. Her works have been presented at various Singapore and international organisations such as TheatreWorks (Singapore), Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore), Singapore Arts Festival, Kampnagel (Hamburg), Contemporary Dance Fort Worth (USA), Little Asia Dance Exchange Network, Alkantara (Portugal) and Singapore Art Museum.
Joavien was born in Singapore in 1973.
She began her choreographing and performing career in 1997 after graduating from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. Her works have been presented at various Singapore and international organisations such as TheatreWorks (Singapore), Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore), Singapore Arts Festival, Kampnagel (Hamburg), Contemporary Dance Fort Worth (USA), Little Asia Dance Exchange Network, Alkantara (Portugal) and Singapore Art Museum.
Joavien's artistic interest revolves around the construction of identity. Her most recent work, The Diary of Alice (2011) in collaboration with Paloma Calle (Spain), investigated the fascinating universe of identities — fact, fiction or otherwise — that the name “Alice” holds. In 2011, Joavien was appointed Associate Artistic Director of TheatreWorks, where she has presented The Diary of Alice and initiated a choreographic lab, The Screw of Thought.
Her other works include Body Swap (Singapore Arts Festival, Kamnagel- Hamburg 2009), LAB (Esplanade, 2008) and Body Inquire (Singapore Arts Festival 2008).
Co-produced by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Her other works include Body Swap (Singapore Arts Festival, Kamnagel- Hamburg 2009), LAB (Esplanade, 2008) and Body Inquire (Singapore Arts Festival 2008).
Co-produced by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Jochen Roller
Jochen Roller was born in 1971 in Berlin, Germany. Jochen studied at various universities in Gießen, Paris and London, and holds a M.A. degree in Applied Theatre Studies and a M.A. degree in Dance Studies. He has since created over 40 projects in multiple art forms, mainly dance and performance art, but also in theatre and film.
Jochen Roller was born in 1971 in Berlin, Germany. Jochen studied at various universities in Gießen, Paris and London, and holds a M.A. degree in Applied Theatre Studies and a M.A. degree in Dance Studies. He has since created over 40 projects in multiple art forms, mainly dance and performance art, but also in theatre and film.
His projects have toured extensively throughout Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia. His dance works were represented at the German National Dance platforms in 2004 and 2006. From 2007 until 2010, Jochen curated the seasonal dance program of Kampnagel(Hamburg, Germany). In 2008 he founded with seven European partners the network A Space For Live Art and directed the annual Live Art Festival in Hamburg. As dramaturg, he has been involved in productions by Joavien Ng, Monica Antezana and Jecko Siompo. In 2011, Jochen facilitated the choreographers’ exchange of tanzconnexions in the frame of the 8th Asian-Pacific Weeks in September in Berlin as well as the premiere of a new solo work in August in the same city.
Explore truth in theatre at PRISMS through the refraction and convergence of distinct perspectives – of history and mythology, philosophy and science, reason and passion, reality and absurdity.
