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2022 Apr–Jun

HIGHLIGHTS

ASYLUM: Reflections & New Collaborations (26–28 May)

This May, the graduating cohort of students performed in ASYLUM, devised with acclaimed artists Jean Tay and Oliver Chong. The piece was inspired by the long-forgotten histories of Singapore’s old quarantine sites. The creative team also engaged in a lively post-show discussion with the audience, moderated by ITI faculty member Koh Wan Ching.

Read the full audience reactions here.
"ASYLUM does more than simply reflect the pandemic of the present. It draws links to history, to human history, to the history of how disease, when it rears its ugly head, is never the true enemy, but how its greatest skill is always in turning the human race against itself in its fight against what is purportedly the Enemy: disease."

~ Phillipe Pang, Arts Republic 

Renowned Swedish thespian Peter Oskarson visits and presents his works

Members of the arts community were invited to a presentation by renowned Swedish theatre director, producer and actor Peter Oskarson organised by ITI about “Alchemy Staging and Kabbalah Acting — how to transform the actor and the spectator,
from Shakespeare to today, in the light of antithetical prejudice and theatre hostility through history?”
“Maybe it’s the purpose of your school — to give birth in the shadow of death, to give birth to this new theatre that we are longing for.”

~ Peter Oskarson 

NEWS
ITI Director delivers lecture for WAAPA (17 May)

ITI Director T. Sasitharan (Sasi) gave an online lecture to Bachelor of Performing Arts students from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) titled “Curatorial Contexts and Productive Axes: A Primer for Intercultural Theatre Practice”.
COVID-19 and the Intercultural at ITI 

As we transition into a post-pandemic world, ITI Researcher Dr Cheng Nien Yuan pens her thoughts about what intercultural actor training meant during the time of COVID-19 — examining what she observed within ITI’s studios. Read the article here.
Q & A with New Colombo Plan Scholar

Special placement student Jemima Dunn from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) shares her experience completing her final year of study in ITI so far under the New Colombo Plan Scholarship in an interview with the Australian High Commission, Singapore. Read it here.
"The work ethic I have developed from my training has given me a new sense of confidence and a broader understanding of what I'm capable of and where I can take this career. It has allowed me to work with people from all walks of life with very different performance approaches."

~ Jemima Dunn, special placement student from WAAPA

ALUMNI
ITI alumni around the world have been busy contributing to their communities through stage, screen and online. Some highlights:
  • Yeo Yann Yann (‘03) is in the cast of Modern Love: Mumbai, a new adaptation of the anthology Amazon Prime series set in Mumbai. Her performance has been hailed as "outstanding" and "perfectly judged" by critics.
     
  • This year’s Singapore International Festival of Arts involved various alumni — Sonia Kwek (‘17) performed in site-specific performance ubin that investigates the history and future of the island while ITI Researcher Nien was involved in the research and creation process; Liz Sergeant Tan (‘16) performed in Devil's Cherry co-written and co-directed by ITI Exam Board member Paul Rae.
     
  • As part of cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2022: Caroline Chin (‘18) performed in i have nothing to do with explosions and Sonia performed in the festival’s Off Stage. The festival also presented two workshops for the public by each of them.
     
  • Rhian Hiew (‘21) and Tan Weiying (‘17) performed in GAPS, directed by Wendy Toh (‘19) and commissioned by Esplanade for Flipside 2022. GAPS was a clowning performance where four “misfits of society” attempt to make sense of the new normal that we now live in.

UPCOMING

Masterclasses by Guillermo Angelelli

This July to August, enhance your skills with masterclasses on theatre and clowning, led by ITI faculty member, actor and director Guillermo Angelelli from Argentina.

Masterclass on the Creative Process from Training to Composition
For professional artists and those training in theatre, circus, dance, singing and performers in general.
23 Jul – 13 Aug (Saturday | 4 sessions)

Clowning Masterclass
A masterclass for performers on awareness, presence and complicity.
20, 27 Aug (Saturday | 2 sessions)

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Venue: Intercultural Theatre Institute, 11 Upper Wilkie Road, 
Singapore 228120
More Info / Register Now!

Save the Date — FYiP

Save the dates for Final Year Individual Project (FYiP) — 12 original works conceived and performed by the graduating students. FYiP is primarily student driven and features graduands Daisy Zhao Xiaoqing, Ismael Gallaza Pantao, Kaleem Zafar, Karlwinn, Ng Yuan Ci, Oliver S. K. Wu, Peh Jun Kai, Ruthi Lalrinawmi, Wan Ahmad, Will Wong Keng Ip, Wong Jin Yi as well as special placement student Jemima Dunn.

Group A: 1–3 Sep | Group B: 8–10 Sep
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