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The Sandpit: Womensis | Women Battling to Culturally-Belong in Malaysia»

… These productions were always directed by the late Datuk Krishen Jit, thus making the new staging of The Sandpit after 18 years by a different director, Chee Sek Thim, a highly anticipated event. (K.S. Maniam’s biography in the programme booklet)

舞踏于马来西亚之原貌展现»

身为一个置身在马来西亚工作的新加坡人,我常感觉到身体里那经新加坡培养,置身于多元社会中之束缚,与马来西亚多元社会过量自由喧哗,产生了互相矛盾。乍看之下,这矛盾似乎是一种目前新加坡人因政治转形与过量外来移民的流入,在异地产生的自我解放之情绪涌现;但是,近观之,我觉得这是一个新加坡与邻国马来西亚的感情纠结:一地两国,政治极为差异,但是在社会与文化构造上却那么相似。这感情之纠结并不象一般政治评论员所讨论的文化歧视、经济霸权所引起的不平等等之言说,而是一个马来西亚与新加坡人的身体里所产生的情绪起伏之行动的开始,目前还没体现在身体的外在。在众多新加坡舞蹈作品里,我们都难以发现这新加坡身体里的情绪起伏,作品内所批评的也仅是新加坡社会问题的表面,没有实质的革命性作为。但是,在马来西亚,因为社会与政治之复杂状态,艺术的生态环境变得更加肥沃,竟然让源自于日本的舞蹈形式舞踏在地滋长,衍生了一种新舞蹈生命;藉由舞者李瑞强所创办的寿板舞团开始。

Nyoban Kan Butoh Festival 2011»

This is a reformation of social and culture, a unique behaviour performance, which created by the Japanese as a result of searching the meaning of humanity after the World War II. This uncompromising performance method and concept have deeply influenced many artists around the world.

久违了的澳门舞蹈»

也有很长时间没有走入剧场看澳门舞蹈了,没有很特别的原因,只是没有去看。难得有个老朋友邀请,难得演出的时间我没有特别事做,难得有个要好的朋友陪同,有时就这样地难得才会做一件事。

可惜,我们都是迟到了,最近几年只有这一次,可能是因为难得吧!

Nyoban Kan Butoh Festival 2011»

This is a reformation of social and culture, a unique behaviour performance, which created by the Japanese as a result of searching the meaning of humanity after the World War II. This uncompromising performance method and concept have deeply influenced many artists around the world.

The Sandpit: Womensis | Women Battling to Culturally-Belong in Malaysia»

… These productions were always directed by the late Datuk Krishen Jit, thus making the new staging of The Sandpit after 18 years by a different director, Chee Sek Thim, a highly anticipated event. (K.S. Maniam’s biography in the programme booklet)

11.24 星期三酒吧- 新加坡劇場裡的小型劇場 Host_蔡兩俊( 赤店當代劇場創辦人)8pm»

藝穗二字來自西方,更確切的說是愛丁堡藝術/藝穗節之模式。新加坡似乎有”藝穗節“,但是在華人地區小劇場文化的語境裡,新加坡的“藝穗”是不同的。而在新加坡的劇場環境當中,“藝穗”也是個問題。蔡兩俊將試圖將“藝穗”與“主流”來向華人地區介紹新加坡劇場裡的小型劇場。