HIGHLIGHTS

Connecting with our Friends in Australia (16 & 18 Feb)

ITI Director T. Sasitharan (Sasi) delivered two seminars on the topic of culture and identity over Zoom to final-year students from ITI and Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), moderated by WAAPA Associate Dean of Performance Frances Barbe.

These seminars mark the seventh year of our ongoing partnership, and were organised in lieu of the WAAPA Study Tour to Singapore which could not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conversations on and Performances for The Substation

Sasi contributed to recent discussions about The Substation's vacation and eventual closure.

ITI alumni, students and staff have also been involved in The Substation’s SeptFest 2021 — presenting new and original works.

Regina Toon (‘19) and Wendy Toh (‘19) performed in The Last Chapter, a creative collaboration of artists led by faculty member Lim Chin Huat, which was featured in The Straits Times
Caroline Chin (‘18) restaged her Final Year Individual Project (FYiP), Waltz of the Flower featuring final-year student Marvin Acero Ablao, while Lina Yu (‘14) presented a new work, OEOS
Sonia Kwek (‘17) and Tan Weiying (‘17) performed Hymen Instinct and What? That’s It? that were also developed in ITI as part of their FYIP. Both were interviewed by ArtsEquator about their works

NEWS

Connecting with Youth through Sharing of Experiences (3 Mar)

ITI joined other educational institutions in the virtual edition of MOE’s E-Drama Careers Day. Faculty member Koh Wan Ching and alumna Tysha Khan (‘19) shared with O-Level and A-Level Drama students about actor training and career prospects in the arts.

Celebrating the Enrichment of the Contemporary Artist through Kutiyattam (1 Mar)

Sasi was invited to give a speech at the virtual celebration of Kutiyattam master teacher Gopalan Venu's 50th Navarasa Sadhana workshop, an actor-training methodology that was first developed in ITI and subsequently taught to more than 300 artistes.

"This is the great achievement of the Navarasa Sadhana. It gives us a sense of predictability and assurance in order to convey the truth of the emotions, and it enables the actor to achieve the highest form of his craft, which is vulnerability."
~ ITI Director T. Sasitharan

ALUMNI

ITI alumni around the world have been busy contributing to their communities through stage, screen and online. Some highlights:

Zelda Tatiana Ng (‘03), Catherine Ho ('16) and Wendy Toh ('19) were part of Memories Café Storytelling Visual Podcast, a community-based programme that focuses on the use of performing arts to engage persons with dementia and their caregivers
Felimon Blanco (‘05), Denise Mordeno Aguilar (‘14), Earnest Hope Tinambacan (‘19) and Ted Nudgent Fernandez Tac-an (‘19) performed in TAHANAN, an online international collaborative project presented by The Japan Foundation, Manila to promote cultural and arts exchange
Regina Toon (‘19) and Wendy Toh (‘19) directed an original short film Heart Shape, featuring Rhian Hiew Khai Chin (‘20) and faculty member Lim Chin Huat, as part of the StoriesTogether series by Viddsee to raise donations for the Community Chest
Yeo Yann Yann ('03) was featured in Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre's Break, an interactive film about parent-child relationships, and gave talks for Life Line Association Malaysia
Grace Kalaiselvi (‘14) and Liz Sergeant Tan (‘16) performed in a sold-out restaging of a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be, a play that examines climate change directed by faculty member Koh Wan Ching as part of M1 Singapore Fringe Festival

Image by Singapore Book Council

Thought Leadership in Arts and Culture

ITI alumni have also been active as thought leaders in the arts and culture scene.
Some highlights:

Melissa Leung Hiu Tuen (‘05) spoke in a panel discussion about the crisis and opportunities of Hong Kong’s performing arts scene during a pandemic
Felimon was interviewed by CNN Philippines for National Arts Month 2021, and his article ‘Teatro Guindegan: Innovating Performance in Mindanao’ was featured in Lakbayin ang Sining: Readings in Creative and Cultural Work in the Philippines, published by the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Seng Soo Ming (‘08) was part of a panel discussion organised by GroundZ-0 and Singapore Book Council about translation and adaptation of original work for audiences, moderated by Zelda

UPCOMING

RevoLOOtion (29 Apr – 1 May)
Goodman Arts Centre Black Box

What happens when a community’s only toilet is taken away?
How does it feel to be helpless in the face of such adversity?
Is there hope for a community in shambles to overcome their differences and work together?

Devised by ITI’s 2021 graduating cohort under veteran theatre practitioner Li Xie’s direction, RevoLOOtion is an original production that is uniquely designed as a performance-cum-workshop. Unpack the complexities of working together as a community through collective intervention and constructive dialogue! 💪

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