SCHEDULE

Schedule updated on 28 Nov, 3:00 PM

DAY 1
MONDAY, 27 NOV



▪︎ 8:30 AM

Registration


▪︎ 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Opening Performance by ITI Year 2 Students


▪︎ 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Welcome Address
by T. Sasitharan, ITI Director


▪︎ 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Keynote 1:

Steppingstones: Retracing the Journey to Now

by Dr Frances Barbe (Australia)

(followed by a Q&A session)


▪︎ 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM

Keynote 2:

Choreography’s Unconscious: Body’s Dance with Power

by Sankar Venkateswaran (India)

(followed by a Q&A session)



— Lunch break —



▪︎ 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 

Work Demo 1: 

An Etude in Silence & After the Silence

by Sankar Venkateswaran (India)


▪︎ 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM

Work Presentation 1:

A Puppeteer Prepares: Contemporizing Traditional Practices in Puppetry

The Finger Players (Singapore)

Presented by Oliver Chong, Artistic Director


▪︎ 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM

Panel Discussion 1

Moderator: Sonia Kwek (Singapore)


▪︎ 6:45 PM

Reception

DAY 2
TUESDAY, 28 NOV



▪︎ 8:30 AM

Registration


▪︎ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Work Demo 2: 

The Vibrated Self

by Andy Ng Wai-shek (Singapore/Hong Kong)


▪︎ 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Work Demo 3: 

Alam as Inspirasi (Nature as Inspiration)

by Dr Noramin Farid (Singapore)



— Lunch break —



▪︎ 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Work Presentation 2: 

Soulful Synthesis: Weaving Language, Literature and Technology

AGAM Theatre Lab (Singapore)

Presented by Subramanian Ganesh, Founder


▪︎ 3:30 PM – 4:40 PM 

Special Talk

“Mixing the Ingredients” and “Creating the Moon”: The Actor’s Affective Practice in Kutiyattam and Noh Theatre

by Dr Giorgia Ciampi Tsolaki (UK/France)


▪︎ 4:55 PM – 6:25 PM

Panel Discussion 2

Moderator: Sonia Kwek (Singapore)



DAY 3
WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV



▪︎ 8:30 AM

Registration


▪︎ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Work Demo 4: 

The Contained Body, The Conflict Body

by Seng Soo Ming (Malaysia)


▪︎ 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Work Demo 5: 

Encounters in Tradition

by Raka Maitra (Singapore)



— Lunch break —



▪︎ 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Work Presentation 3: 

A Southern Odyssey

Siong Leng Musical Association (Singapore)

Presented by Lim Ming Yi, Education & Outreach Manager / Principal Artist


▪︎ 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Panel Discussion 3

Moderator: Sonia Kwek (Singapore)


▪︎ 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks
by T. Sasitharan, ITI Director

Asian Intercultural Conference 2023


UEN Charity/CPE No: 200818680E | CPE Registration Period: 13 Jul 2020 to 12 Jul 2024


Intercultural Theatre Institute Ltd is supported by the National Arts Council for the period from 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024