The Lasalle SIA Theatre
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Category: Bits of Inspiration
On masks
The appearance of the tragic mask of the classical era is a representation of a body/mind state of being. A state of meditation is created within the mask wearer, either by focusing the gaze at a single point or by the voice—or more specifically—by the cries, found in the tragic texts as original, archetypical sounds; […]
Read more "On masks"“Ritual is part of preparation to mark the special moments of life, and we move from moment to moment, until the final moment.” – William Teo on why the sense of ritual is important in theatre.
So much of the city is our bodies
So much of the city is our bodies. Places in us old light still slants through to. Places that no longer exist but are full of feeling, like phantom limbs. Even the city carries ruins in its heart. Longs to be touched in places only it remembers. -excerpted from Phantom Limbs, a poem by Anne […]
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Bangkok Theatre Festival: Day 2
I rounded up yesterday by watching Soulstory’s Evening Primrose Blossom for the Moon. I thought I was going to get to watch Pichet Klunchun’s Black and White too but I had misread the publicity materials. It wasn’t a double bill. Soulstory is a Japanese dance theatre company invited to take part in the Bangkok Theatre […]
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Tan Shou Chen 