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?

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