Documentation of Meeting 2017

(00:04:20) Singapore theatre practitioner NATALIE HENNEDIGE discussed "Ophelia", her reimagining of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". 

(00:23:05) Contemporary dance artist EISA JOCSON from the Philippines shared her choreographic works — "Death of a Pole Dancer", "Macho Dancer", "Host" and "Happyland" — which explore and challenge female/gender representation in various contexts. 

(00:45:43) Through her past works, "My Other History" and "Absence", Sri Lankan theatre practitioner RUHANIE PERERA explored the female body as a site of contestation and resistance in post-war Sri Lanka. 

(01:05:08) SHINTA FEBRIANY from Sulawesi, Indonesia, shared the production "my name is adam without capital letter", a response and challenge to the patriarchy in the Indonesian performing arts scene.

The session was moderated by LIM HOW NGEAN.

Download the Rapporteurs' Report on "Dramaturgies of Female Performance" (PDF 220KB)

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ONG KENG SEN

72min / 16 FEB, 1600 - 1700

ONG KENG SEN has been the Festival Director of the annual Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA) since the festival's inception in 2014. In his keynote speech, he discusses the dramaturgy behind programming an arts festival in a Singaporean context.

This session by chaired by CHARLENE RAJENDRAN.

Q&A begins at 49:18.

DRAMATURGY IN ASIA: OF ROOTS & TRADITIONS

115min / 17 FEB, 1030 - 1200

In the first session of the second day, ANURADHA KAPUR, CHARLENE RAJENDRAN, MARION D'CRUZ, and KENTARO MATSUI discuss and dissect the term "Asian Dramaturgy" in this roundtable. Each speaker shares their take on dramaturgy in Asia, speaking from the histories of their respective home countries as well as personal memories.

00:12:26 - ANURADHA KAPUR

00:25:58 - CHARLENE RAJENDRAN

00:39:18 - MARION D'CRUZ

00:49:08 - KENTARO MATSUI (with translation by Tomoko Momiyama)

01:01:30 - Roundtable discussion

01:33:30 - Q&A

This session was chaired by PETER ECKERSALL.

DANCE DRAMATURGIES: BODY, MOVEMENT & MEMORY

105min / 17 FEB, 1400 - 1600

The four panellists, DAISUKE MUTO, HELLY MINARTI, NANAKO NAKAJIMA, and IINA NAOTO, draw from past work and research to discuss the strategies and processes that allow for alternative ways of approaching and understanding bodily knowledge.

00:01:40 DAISUKE MUTO

00:13:49 HELLY MINARTI

00:35:25 NANAKO NAKAJIMA

00:56:46 IINA NAOTO (Japanese with consecutive English translation)

01:19:46 Q&A

This panel was moderated by LIM HOW NGEAN.

THE INTERCULTURAL & THE INTERDISCIPLINARY

120min / 17 FEB, 1630 - 1830

In this panel, the four speakers, CHARLENE RAJENDRAN, DAVID PLEDGER, KEN TAKIGUCHI, and NESS ROQUE, drew from their experiences in discussing issues that dealt either with the interventions of the intercultural or the interdisciplinary in their work and artistic practice.

00:02:50 NESS ROQUE

00:23:20 DAVID PLEDGER

00:51:08 CHARLENE RAJENDRAN

01:12:55 KEN TAKIGUCHI

01:40:16 Q&A

This panel was moderated by SANKAR VENKATESWARAN.

SOUTHEAST ASIAN DRAMATURGIES:

ARCO RENZ & CONTEMPORARY DANCE IN

CAMBODIA, INDONESIA & VIETNAM

60min / 18 FEB, 1030 - 1130

Choreographer ARCO RENZ will presented his experience working in the region of Southeast Asia, both as choreographer and dramaturg. 

This lecture was chaired by LIM HOW NGEAN.

The artist has requested that the video not be made publicly available. Those interested in viewing the lecture may write in to info@asiandramaturgs.com.

GENDERED/QUEER DRAMATURGIES

90min / 18 FEB, 1230 - 1400

This panel presented and challenged the notions of gendered and queer dramaturgies. GEE IMAAN SEMMALAR cited the dramaturgy of his play Colour of Trans which addressed and resisted the othering of trans people in society, and aimed to enlighten and transform audiences. ALFIAN SA'AT discussed his play Asian Boys Vol. 1 in a Singaporean context, about how its conception and dramaturgy were shaped by the country's laws, history, culture and perceptions of LGBT. TAKAO KAWAGUCHI shared Touch of the Other, a work based on reenactments of male-on-male sex in public restrooms, which challenged heteronormativity in both mainstream Japanese society and an assimilating queer community.

Download the Rapporteurs' Report on "Japan in Dramaturgy" (PDF 220KB)

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