Author: Richard Chua

換景成詩，人生如鏡—-台灣、澳門共製，法國導演的《鏡花轉》

October 20, 2018 3:07 PM

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3. Voices of Sungei Road

August 1, 2018 3:47 PM

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One Metre Square: A Good Reportage

July 23, 2018 4:55 PM

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Theatre and Breaking: Dead was Theatre till Taught it How to Break | A Response

July 13, 2018 11:00 AM

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Performer Dominic Nah instils audience confidence at the beginning of the show. He grooves to the house music, a contemporaneous piece that hints on possibly an unusual narrative about a street dancer.

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Lee Ren Xin’s Little Girl to the Odd Artistic Partners Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Dae Juk: A response.

June 23, 2018 3:59 PM

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Richard Chua reflects upon the work in M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2018 in Singapore.

Lee Ren Xin’s Little Girl to the Odd Artistic Partners Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Dae Juk: A response.

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From Orientalist Views to Misread Data

June 19, 2018 3:53 PM

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Responses to Choreographies in T.H.E Dance Company’s M1 Contact 2018 Pictures: Crispian Chan and Bernie Ng By Richard Chua I applaud dancers Anthea Seah, Brandon Khoo, Billy Keohavong, Lynette Lim, Ng Zu You, Afiq Noorazwa and Klievert Mendoza for their good effort with Earth and Filled with Sadness, the Old Body Attacks. Under the stewardship …

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Review | Atoll | John Mead Dance Company

May 19, 2018 2:05 PM

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Date: 11 May 2018 Time: 8pm Venue: ITE Central Black Box (Singapore) Picture: John Mead Dance Company, Lim Mei Chian. By Richard Chua Dancer Lim Mei Chian opened the scene with a series of nuanced spider-like movement that focused on moving joints of limbs. She executed it beautifully. At that moment, for me, there was …

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1. 知己間的身體對話 | Dialogue with A Contemporary

May 10, 2018 10:01 AM

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]文：驫舞劇場計劃緣起：一段台灣與泰國、個人與群體、記憶與文化的舞蹈對話來自台灣的陳武康，與來自泰國的皮歇．克朗淳(Pichet Klunchun，以下簡稱皮歇)，年齡相近，外貌有些相仿，一個 12 歲開始學習芭蕾，一個從 16 歲起與泰國傳統舞結下不解之緣，兩人的身體皆擁有厚實的傳統訓練基礎，卻又不約而同地投入當代舞蹈創作，也許是他們體內叛逆因子的相互吸引，也或許是生命的緣份使然，2016 年的夏天，驫舞劇場邀請到皮歇來到台灣，與陳武康共同發想主題 – 身體的傳統，以兩週的時間，進行在創作、文化與個人經驗的交流，兩個藝術家之間首次的碰撞，讓他們對於彼此產生更多的好奇，也持續進行過程中激盪出來的哲思與提問；2017 年，武康赴曼谷拜訪皮歇的排練場與其自行興建的象劇場 (Chang Theatre)，並進行了同樣為期兩週的交流與排練工作。經歷 2016 – 17 年的雙向交流過程中，兩位藝術家透過密集的身體對話、傳統議題的對談，探討各自的傳統文化與成長背景：當身體的記憶/回憶，不只是口述或歷史的傳統時，傳統對於自身的意義是什麼?何謂傳統? 當代如何沿著傳統的足跡進而衍伸?而兩者存在的蛛絲馬跡又有多少? 這些提問，開啟了陳武康與皮歇，共同創作 2018 年《半身相》作品的創作契機。[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Translated by: Richard Chua How did the project come about? From Taipei to Bangkok to Japan and back to Taipei, dancers Chen Wu Kang and Pichet Klunchun had numerous conversations about …

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