Most recently, last week I began studio research for my next project. I also heard the good news that an artist I respect very much, Sara Wookey, has agreed to be my MA supervisor.
It's been a really full year. Since my last update at the end of 2014, I have written papers on Contact Improvisation - a cooperative form of dancing contrasted with its roots in the martial art of Aikido, and separately speculating on Contact settings as a laboratory for new forms of social organisation. I participated in the creation of a new work by Paolo Mangiola, who questioned contemporary dance as a form for the future. I reflected on my choreographic process through a jelly-making lecture demonstration. I turned my last few years' hobby of sliding down staircases into a dance film, with the support of a wonderful group of collaborators mostly from the London Contact Improv community.
And throughout the month of June I worked with a wonderful group of dancers to produce "The Sunshine Empire", an interactive performance selling the secrets of happiness.
Now it's my summer of Contact Improv in Europe, and reflection and rest in between.
In a way it seems that this time in London is allowing me to finally come into my own - spending time with other choreographers and like-minded collaborators has helped me find confidence in my practice: my exploration and research, my aesthetic, and my working style. (For now!)
I'll be home in Singapore soon, looking forward to attending a workshop with Danny K at the Esplanade. And! Fingers crossed, I hope I will get to vote.
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