Direction, Choreography & Performance
Concept & Artistic Direction: Kuik Swee Boon
Choreography: Kuik Swee Boon In Collaboration With The Performers
Dramaturgy: Kok Heng Leun
Performance: Brandon Khoo, Ng Zu You, Klievert Jon Mendoza, Fiona Thng, Haruka Leilani Chan & Chang En From T.H.E Dance Company & Billy Keohavong (Guest Performer From Australia)
Rehearsal Assistant: Brandon Khoo
Understudy: Marcus Foo
Design
Lighting Design: Adrian Tan
Sound Design & Music Composition: Kent Lee
Projection Content Design: Seesaw (Jay Lei & Jay Lee)
Filming Of Projection Content: The Curious Pangolin & Melonrock
Spatial Sound Design: Guo Ningru
Set Conceptualisation Design: Kuik Swee Boon
Costume Design: Choi In Sook
Projection System Design: Low Wee Cheng (Ctrl Fre@K)
Production
Production Manager: Tennie Su
Technical Manager: Terence Lau
Stage Manager: Lee Xinzhi
Assistant Stage Manager: Koh Yi Wei
Projection Technical Realisation: Low Wee Cheng (Ctrl Fre@K)
Projection Technical Consultants: Low Wee Cheng (Ctrl Fre@K) & Gary Chan
Immersive Audio Solution: Soundscape By D&B Audiotechnik Asia Pacific
Set Realisation: Artfactory
Set Fabrication: Indc Pte Ltd
Costume Realisation: Fertile Land
Could we draw infinitely closer to the crux of true freedom?
Man is born free, yet we also become increasingly restrained by the various labels of our identities, be it infinite, exacting, fluid, or imperceptible forms. How would the process of breaking out of these purported identities, of consciously choosing to inch towards the freeing truth, be? Is this heart of truth and freedom even within our human reach?
Man’s search for his own authenticity, value, and raison d’etre becomes a persistent, dialogical struggle (a peculiar paradox, since we never know what life holds for us in its next moment). In this process of seeking, perhaps what we need is to both establish yet challenge our own state of equilibrium, because the essence of this life lies in transcending what was deemed fixed, pushing through boundaries, and constantly rebuilding a renewed sense of self and stability.
Could freedom simply lie in our continuous work to uproot self-imposed restrictions, deep-seated social prejudices, and autocratic control?
Premiere: 13–16 October 2022 at Singtel Waterfront Theatre
Commissioned for da:ns festival 2022
premiere date 16–18 Sep 2021 | Goodman Arts Centre Black Box | Nah Jieying, Klievert Jon Mendoza, Goh Jia Yin & Maybelle Lek
T.H.E Dance Company is supported by the National Arts Council under the Major Company Scheme for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023.
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