{"id":291,"date":"2014-06-30T13:11:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T04:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peatix.com\/article\/free-defined-or-can-it-raw-moves-takes-it-on"},"modified":"2018-06-28T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T09:54:22","slug":"free-defined-or-can-it-raw-moves-takes-it-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/experiences\/free-defined-or-can-it-raw-moves-takes-it-on\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE defined (or can it?): RAW Moves takes it on"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is free<\/em> – Is it the freedom of choice, movement, space, expression, or something more that your mind can conceive? Is it that item you receive after winning a competition or redeeming a coupon you possess? Is free simply an adjective, a verb, or perhaps even a metaphor to you?<\/p>\n

\"FREE\"<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Ricky Sim<\/span><\/center> <\/p>\n

However you may see free play out in your life, the truth is, what\u2019s free to you might not be what free is to another. The truth is, we crave for it more than we truly comprehend it.<\/p>\n

In Ricky Sim<\/strong>\u2018s upcoming movement research, FREE<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the Artistic Director of RAW Moves<\/a><\/strong>, a local contemporary dance company, explores what being free means.<\/p>\n

\"FREE,<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Ricky Sim<\/span><\/center> <\/p>\n

\u201cMy previous full length piece as a director was two years ago, and back then I overheard dancers speak of feeling confined. But what does it mean to be confined, or not? I\u2019ve always been interested in human emotions,\u201d Ricky contemplated on his decision to explore what free is.<\/p>\n

In a collaborative effort together with 12 dancers, the notion of free is captured through movement in contemporary dance and theatric elements. Over a 2-month period, Ricky worked closely with the dancers, taking it to a personal level through interviews that fleshed out each dancer\u2019s story and opinions towards the word free and physically enacting and translating words into body language.<\/p>\n

\"FREE<\/p>\n

Image Credit: onefootprint photography<\/span><\/center> <\/p>\n

Interestingly, despite the many differing and even self-contradictory perceptions to the word free as shaped by one\u2019s experiences, political affiliates, religious influences, culture and more, he discovered one recurring theme, \u201cThey all wanted to have a choice or say in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about his own definition of free, he laments, \u201cI\u2019m lost myself. I dare not think about it because being free is also scary. But in reflecting on my own free will, I\u2019m also continuing to look and search yet am thankful that I have the opportunity to at least look. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be okay if I find it or what I\u2019ll do with it when I find it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will never be a finalised product. Everyone\u2019s definition of free always changes and that\u2019s why FREE<\/em> is a movement exploration or research.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FREE,<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Jon Cancio<\/span><\/center> <\/p>\n

FREE<\/em> features up-and-coming 22-year-old thespian Lian Sutton<\/a>! We\u2019re stoked to have had a sneak preview into his dancing debut and acting finesse played out through an emotionally stirring recount of a young and eager 12-year-old Lian at soccer tryouts only to be dejected by rejection because he didn\u2019t play by the pre-conceived \u201crules\u201d of soccer game-play.<\/p>\n

His freedom to experiment and redefine what works was constrained.<\/p>\n

Yet, sports history has been made through many an athlete\u2019s stroke of brilliant creativity – think Richard Douglas Fosbury\u2019s \u201cFosbury Flop\u201d revolutionising Olympic high jumps, and more recently, flying Dutchman Robin van Persie\u2019s sensational diving header at the Brazilian World Cup.<\/p>\n

On a brighter note, Lian\u2019s ability to recount the scene repeatedly through rehearsals has in fact been pretty therapeutic for him, almost free<\/em>ing him from that painful memory of lost dreams.<\/p>\n

Sports aside, it\u2019s intriguing to watch a blend of dance and theatre in our local arts scene. Typically, it\u2019s one or the other, rarely both. Perhaps in part to Ricky\u2019s stint in Europe where this combination is more commonplace, he believes that doing so here grants dancers and actors more repertoire in performing – certainly apt considering the exploration of free.<\/p>\n

\"FREE<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Ricky Sim<\/span><\/center> <\/p>\n

In as much as the way we define free can vary vastly, FREE<\/em> allows us to consider other individual\u2019s notions and perspectives (or at least the twelve dancers in the RAW Moves performance).<\/p>\n

Maybe, it\u2019s also in initiating open communication about what free means that healing, mutual understanding and dialogue can begin.<\/p>\n

Catch FREE<\/em><\/strong> by RAW Moves (a movement research by Ricky Sim), showing this week!
\nDetails: Thu-Sat 3-5 July, 8pm, $25 (conc.) \/ $30 (standard)
\nGet your tickets on Peatix<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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