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DATE
23 OCT 2009, FRI -
24 OCT 2009, SAT
24 OCT 2009, SAT
TIME
3.30pm (24 Oct only) & 8pm
60mins, no intermission
60mins, no intermission
VENUE
Theatre Studio
PRICE
$30
Limited concessions for students, senior citizens and NSFs: $25
Shift Early Bird Package (14 Aug – 25 Sep 09)
Schools may use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 60% of the cost of this programme.
20% savings when you purchase a package at $70, comprising a ticket to the three different Shift performances (VOID, Out Of Time, Transmission of the Invisible). Does not apply to Shift: The Next Generation performances (The Third Space Series, Tuesday’s Child & Other Dances) and concession tickets.
Schools may use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 60% of the cost of this programme.
20% savings when you purchase a package at $70, comprising a ticket to the three different Shift performances (VOID, Out Of Time, Transmission of the Invisible). Does not apply to Shift: The Next Generation performances (The Third Space Series, Tuesday’s Child & Other Dances) and concession tickets.
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“… mesmerising… with movements that were both strong and fluid at the same time” – The Jakarta Post, on Boi Sakti
“T.H.E’s work invigorated our senses; not least because they have the courage of convictions” - Dance Europe
“T.H.E’s work invigorated our senses; not least because they have the courage of convictions” - Dance Europe
If our souls were the windows of civilisation, what would they reveal? In VOID, choreographer Boi Sakti confronts the moral decay and hypocrisy engulfing society and calls into question the very meaning of ‘civilisation’. The soul is wounded. Conscience has fallen into a black hole. Principle and reason have given way to greed and falsities. There is a tragic loss of humanity despite claims of greater openness in a civilised world. This affecting and insightful work examines these distortions and seeks to contextualise them.
The world premiere is performed by T.H.E Dance Company led by artistic director Kuik Swee Boon, and features award-winning sound designer Darren Ng. At once powerful and poetic, VOID throws the windows wide open and compels you to face what is really there.
Regarded as “one of Asia’s most interesting and important choreographers”, Sakti’s artistry draws from the traditions of Minangkabau dance and martial art forms, and the aesthetics of contemporary movement. His earthy yet fluid choreographic style has been described as one that combines “sensitivity and precise, gentle power”.
He created Jendela Peradaban as a festival commission, with a two-month artist residency at da:ns 09 that took place at Esplanade and in Indonesia. T.H.E. Dance Company has come to be regarded as one of Singapore’s fastest-rising and most dynamic contemporary dance groups.
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