Author: Richard Chua

Seeing Manhattan from the 110th floor of the World Trade Center … A city composed of paroxysmal places in monumental relief … The ordinary practitioners of the city live ‘down below’, below the thresholds at which visibility begins.

Suwung

November 1, 2007 8:45 PM

Richard Chua

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Esplanade Presents Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts 2007 Suwung by Besar Widodo (Indonesia) Suwung, literally, “empty” in Javanese, features the highly refined techniques of Javanese court dances and the mystical topeng or mask dance in an experimental, intimate work by Besar Widodo. Experience the contrast between the dynamism of Suwung’s warriors and the …

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ATMA | A Review

October 27, 2007 12:00 AM

Richard Chua

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Last Friday, I walked out of the Esplanade Theatre Studio after watching Maya Dance Theatre’s ATMA with a nagging question in mind. What’s the significance of Ravana’s story in this production, be it the Indian or the Indonesian version, when the production was clearly talking about Atma (The World Soul).