FUSE#1
FUSE is a bi-annual publication that documents the projects at Dance Nucleus
FUSE is a bi-annual publication that documents the projects at Dance Nucleus
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Element# 1.1<br />
Foreign languages<br />
Maps of broken Bodies<br />
by Pat Toh<br />
Further exploration<br />
MOVEMENT:<br />
Working from breath, tension and twitch all at the same time. Where does<br />
one information start and another begin? How to manoeuvre into and<br />
within a knot of information?<br />
Looking at the micro movements in the form of thoughts and actions when<br />
at the edge of consciousness.<br />
AbouT PAT TOH<br />
FORM AND SHAPE<br />
Try measuring within formalised language and codes of movement such as<br />
a sport, a dance form or a skill.<br />
THEMES:<br />
What can you say with a solo body? What can I say with a group of bodies?<br />
How does each part inform to the greater idea of power and control?<br />
PERFORMER AND AUDIENCE RELATIONSHIP:<br />
Where is the performer’s attention, how does that direct or shape her gaze?<br />
What about performing with an inward gaze?<br />
What does the presence of viewers mean to the act of mapping?<br />
Pat Toh is a performer and performance maker. A<br />
Shell-NAC Arts Scholarship recipient, she trained at<br />
National Institute of Dramatic Arts (Australia) and<br />
graduated with a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts (Acting). Her<br />
artistic interest lies in working on, with and about the<br />
tactile body. She looks to the everyday and walks as a<br />
practice of inquiry into human movement, physically and<br />
socially. Pat is concerned with the corporeal sensibilities<br />
of the contemporary body and seeks to develop a<br />
choreographic practice that sensitises one to physical<br />
lived experiences. Following her Dance Nucleus<br />
residency, she will be presenting her work at the<br />
Indonesian Dance Festival Showcase in November<br />
2019.<br />
www.pattoh.com<br />
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