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Dreaming Life
Join us for this meditative interdisciplinary performance exploring the subconscious, identity and impermanence.
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Tue, 9 Sept 2025
Tue, 9 Sept 2025
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Tue, 9 Sept 2025: 7:15 pm,8:15 pm
Esplanade Concourse
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Dreaming Life

RuanAtWorkz Musical Arts
Crossing Borders 2025Music
9 Sep 2025
Esplanade Concourse
30mins (No Intermission)
Free
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Synopsis

Dreaming Life blurs the boundary between waking and dreaming through an evocative blend of ruan, singing bowls and Chinese dance. Inspired by Zhuangzi’s Dream of the Butterfly, the piece explores impermanence, transformation and our search for meaning in fleeting moments. Structured as an improvised score, sound and movement respond intuitively to each other, creating a fluid emotional landscape where traditional instruments breathe life into the piece.

 

This performance invites audiences to reflect on identity, reality and consciousness in today’s fast-changing world, offering a quiet meditation on being and becoming.

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