Multicultural Arts Victoria in association with Tony Yap Company (tyc) and The Necessary Stage, Singapore present
"dis-location: intercultural collaboration Australia & Singapore the Tony Yap Company (tyc) and The Necessary Stage (Singapore)"
Creative Development: 15-22 July 2008
Showing: 7pm, 22 July 2008
Venue: Northcote Town Hall
FLYER
Melbourne based Tony Yap Company in partnership with MAV will be hosting a visit from 5 artists from the Singapore based company The Necessary Stage in July. Creative development 15 July - 22 July
Showing 22 July 7.00 pm Northcote Town HallFollowing on from a Design Workshop held in Singapore in Jan 2008 the tyc have initiated the second phase of a new work - creative development to be undertaken in July 2008 in collaboration with The Necessary Stage Singapore. Visiting Melbourne will be Director, Alvin Tan and playwright Haresh Sharma with two actors from Singapore and one multi media artist who will be collaborating with the tyc.
This Australia-Singapore collaboration will provide the tyc with the opportunity to continue to work with artists from different cultures from here and the Asian region. On the Australian side tyc will be joined by LeRoy Parsons and Glynis Angell, both award-winning Australian actors and Kim Lawler multimedia artist.
The Necessary Stage, Tony Yap Company and Multicultural Arts Victoria are keen to develop a long-term collaborative relationship with a significant performance outcome, based on mutually-recognition of our companies' respective intercultural and creative processes.
REPORT
ARTISTS
Victorian Artists participating in the Intercultural collaboration with The Necessary Stage (Singapore)
Tony Yap Company (tyc)
See www.tonyyapcompany.com for more information.
Tony Yap - choreographer/dancer/director Madeleine Flynn - musician/composer Tim Humphrey - musician/composer Additional invited Victorian artists: Leroy Parsons -Actor Glynis Angell Actor Kim Lawler -Multi-media artist
The Necessary Stage
Alvin Tan - Director Haresh Sharma - Playwright Siti Khatijah - Actor Sukania Venugopal - Actor Loo Zihan - Multimedia Designer BACKGROUND
This collaboration has arisen after the showcase performance by tyc of E1 in the Asian Arts Market in Singapore in June 2007. Following the performance, The Necessary Stage Artistic Director Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma expressed a keen desire to work with tyc in the development of a longer-term and meaningful collaboration.
As part of this development, they asked tyc to suggest Victorian actors - specifying an Indigenous Australian actor, and a female actor plus multi-media artist. The collaboration is proposed as part of a new creative intercultural development and as a part of the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between Singapore and Victoria.
THE COMPANIES
The Necessary Stage
The Necessary Stage was formed in 1987 by current Artistic Director Alvin Tan which aims to create challenging, indigenous and innovative theatre that touches the heart and mind. It is one of the six Major Arts Companies identified by the National Arts Council, Singapore.
The Company produces an average of four original plays each year, devised pieces from a collaborative process that is based on research, improvisation and consolidation into a script.
The Necessary Stage is formally and practically committed to international exchange and networking between Singapore and other countries, including Japan, Phillippines, United Kingdom, Poland, Thailand and its closer neighbours such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia
Tony Yap Company (tyc)
Tony Yap Company (tyc) is an ensemble of culturally diverse independent artists. Each artist is accomplished in their individual field of artistic discipline. The vision is to create a multi-modal form that is intrinsically international in its artistic language.
The unique artistic language that we have created makes us effective representing an Australian-Asian experience in the contemporary arts.
The direction for physical dance practice transforms ancient shamanistic practice into a post-modern medium. tyc foster and continue artistic and creative collaborations in the Asian region and to profile Asian Arts in an international context. They create work that is unique in that it allows evolution: they are constantly looking for a structure that allows spontaneity within structure, work that is always fresh and current and still within the original artistic framework.
MORE INFORMATION
www.multiculturalarts.com.au
