Performances

• 2022

  Soundbites: Sounding Now

  Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

  Yue Ning Foo, violin

  Cheong Chi Yun, Estene, yangqin

  Zi Tao Chua, piano

• 2022 (Dance premiere)

  Grief, The Third Space

  Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

  Dan Kwoh, choreographer

Exuviation: to shed a skin or shell, moulting

This five-movement work was created for a dance in collaboration with choreographer Dan Kwok on the topic of grieving, reflecting on what it means to have lost something close to our hearts, to crumble into darkness, not knowing how to get out. A model for grieving was formulated by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969, and it includes the following five stages: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. However, it should be noted that these stages are non-linear, and anyone going through grief can enter any of the other stages at any point and re-enter states that they previously overcame. As such, grieving can be seen as a continuous process of breaking down and picking ourselves up in different states, like individuals moulting out of their old skin. While the movements are to be played in order, each of the movements lacks a title, allowing listeners to freely interpret the states that are experienced.