Scene 1.1 – MEMORIES UNFOLD / BIRTH
- Opens with scenes of the racial riots - Media used: projection
- Dancers running in and out in fluid movements to trigger each character’s memories
- Development of a foetus into a baby – Media used: projection of short video
- Both scenes will be shown concurrently to portray the contrasts
- Dancers act as moving tableaus as the images are projected on them
Scene 1.2 – GLORY
- Highlighting Singapore’s achievement – moving from a rural landscape into a progressive ‘Little Red Dot’
- Developing from a little baby to a young adult
- Images of the country’s pride (such as the Esplanade) will be projected on the dancers
- In terms of movements, dancers progress from small steps into simple movements like mimicking birds etc
Scene 2.1 – SYSTEMATIC / STRUCTURE ?
- Point to ponder: Does receiving education translate into being educated?
- Dancers – move in a synchronized robotic sequence
- Things are done quickly but are they effective/of any value?
- Projection: Words which are contradicting in meaning thrown out
Scene 2.2 – CONTRADICTION / INCONGRUENCE ?
- Solo dance item – to reflect the predicament of the older generation (with voiceovers)
- Significance: Do they get left behind due the progress of society? DO they get lost in the process?
- Emphasis on the importance of keeping abreast with changes without eroding one’s cultures/values system
- Do the senior citizens/old folks get marginalized as a result of modernization
Scene 3 – WHICH STEPS TO HEAVEN
- Finding one’s inner tranquility
- Knowing and recognizing our own limitations
- Dancers – stepping on paint (a metaphor of leaving one’s footprints behind)
- Walking out with lit candles
- What have you done today that will leave an impact on the country that we live in?
