FUSE#2

Foreword
Developments at Dance Nucleus continues apace in the
second half of this year. As we gradually establish our
operational SOPs*, we turn our attention towards
fostering artistic exchanges with partners and artists
from the region.
Pat Toh’s The Map has been a great example of what we
are trying to build at Dance Nucleus. The Indonesian
Dance Festival included her as one of their showcased
artists this year. In August, Pat attended a 3-week
residency in Jakarta, and gave a presentation at the
festival in November.
After their ELEMENT residency at Dance Nucleus, during
which they worked with Mandeep Raikhy as guest
mentor, Mandeep invited Chloe Chotrani and Bernice
Lee to continue their creative development at the Ignite
Dance Festival in New Delhi in October, organised by the
Gati Dance Forum.
Lee Mun Wai and Lee Ren Xin reworked their
collaborative creation at Dance Nucleus and Rimbun
Dahan in Kuala Lumpur. This working phase was
followed by work-in-progress presentations at SCOPE#3
and at Five Arts Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Fauzi Amiridin and Ayu Permata Sari, from Kuala Lumpur
and Yogyakarta respectively joined us for ELEMENT#2
and SCOPE#3 in September, during which they met
local artists, Alfian Sa’at, Norhaizad Adam and Amin
Farid.
In December, we also hosted Angela Goh and Luke
George from Australia at SCOPE#4.
At the time of writing, we are awaiting the approval of
next year’s budget for Dance Nucleus. We certainly hope
to be able to do more with and for the artists in Singapore
and the region. To more artists talking, sharing,
exchanging, experimenting with one another!
*SOP = Standard Operational Procedures. A phrase often used in the
Singaporean military that is also popular in Singaporean parlance. By
SOP here, I am referring to all the administrative procedures our new
team at Dance Nucleus has had to set up rapidly over 2018.
Daniel Kok
Independent Artist, diskodanny.com
Artistic Director, Dance Nucleus
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