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About Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981 Tel: 6828 8222 Fax: 6337 3633Customer Service Hotline: 6828 8377 SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555

Board Members

Esplanade is a proud member of

Association of Asia Pacific Performing Art Centreswww.aappac.net

Mr Lee Tzu Yang (Chairman) Mr Benson Puah (Chief Executive Officer)Dr Beh Swan Gin Mrs Rosa Daniel

Mrs Christine Ong Mr Ramlee Bin Buang Ms Saw Phaik HwaMrs Mildred Tan-Sim Beng MeiMr Yap Chee MengMr Andre Yeap

Esplanade is Singapore’s national performing arts centre and one of the busiest arts centres in the world. Since its opening in 2002, the centre has presented more than 31,000 performances, drawing an audience of 22 million patrons and 84 million visitors. This architectural icon, with its distinctive twin shells, houses world-class performance spaces complemented by a comprehensive range of professional support services. Its two main venues are the 1,600-seat Concert Hall and a Theatre with a capacity of 2,000. In March 2014, Esplanade’s Concert Hall was listed as one of the “world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls” by Hamburg-based building data company Emporis.

Esplanade’s vision is to be a performing arts centre for everyone and it seeks to enrich the lives of its community through the arts. The centre’s programming is guided by its mission – to entertain, engage, educate and inspire. Its year-long arts calendar of about 3,000 performances presented by Esplanade, its collaboration partners and hirers cater to diverse audiences in Singapore and span different cultures, languages and genres including dance, music, theatre, visual arts and more. More than 70% of the shows that take place each year at the centre are non-ticketed. In May 2015, Esplanade was chosen as one of SG Heart Map’s 50 special places.

Esplanade regularly presents world-renowned companies and artists that attract international attention and add to Singapore’s cultural vibrancy. The centre is also a popular performance home for arts groups and commercial presenters who hire its venues to stage a wide range of programmes. These carefully curated presentations complement Esplanade’s own diverse offerings for audiences.

Esplanade works in close partnership with local, regional and international artists to develop artistic capabilities, push artistic boundaries and engage audiences. The centre supports the creation of artistic content and develops technical capabilities for the industry nationally.

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is operated by The Esplanade Co Ltd, which is a not-for-profit organisation, a registered Charity and an Institution of a Public Character.

Visit www.esplanade.com for more information.

Ms Kathy LaiDr Jennifer Lee

FESTIvAlMESSAgE

Where has the time gone? da:ns festival turns 10 this year and it seems like only yesterday when we presented our first edition.

At da:ns festival, our sense of time shifts. As we watch bodies move on stage, or as we ourselves dance, time as we know it, is suspended, and we become attuned to time driven by the body and its unique rhythms in movement. Over the years, we hope the festival has given you several experiences and memories that have expanded your sense of movement, and opened you up to different expressions of dance.

The festival team has had the pleasure of creating this dedicated event, growing a myriad of platforms in our festival that support the development of dance. To encourage more people of all ages to try dancing, we have worked with Singapore dance studios to provide fun and easy dance lessons that everyone can enjoy both inside our rehearsal studio, outdoors along our waterfront and around Singapore. Last year, we welcomed over 28,000 participants to these sessions and the overall da:ns festival has doubled in audience size since it’s first year.

To support the creation of new dance works, da:ns festival commissions, co-produces and provides residencies for artists. This has led to long-lasting relationships with artists we deeply admire for their dedication and creativity, and enabled 23 new dance creations, the majority from Asian dance-makers. So this year, for our special 10th anniversary, we have invited several of these artists to celebrate this special occasion with us, some of whom are marking significant milestones in their own personal careers. We host the legendary Sylvie Guillem, who returns to da:ns festival with her final world tour before retiring from 35 years of dancing, while Singapore choreographer Kuik Swee Boon creates a work that brings together leading dance-makers in their 40s back to the stage. The festival would have not been possible without our supportive audience of dance lovers, the dance-makers who continually inspire us, our festival sponsors and partners who have shared our belief in the significance of dance in our lives, and our group of dedicated festival volunteers—the da:ns Kaki Ambassadors.

With deep gratitude to everyone—thank you for being part of 10 years of da:ns festival together.

Faith TanProducerda:ns festival

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About Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

All rights reserved. UEN: 199205206GInformation correct at time of print.Please note that photographs and videos of patrons may be taken at this event for use in our archival and publicity material.

1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981 Tel: 6828 8222 Fax: 6337 3633Customer Service Hotline: 6828 8377 SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555

Board Members

Esplanade is a proud member of

Association of Asia Pacific Performing Art Centreswww.aappac.net

Mr Lee Tzu Yang (Chairman) Mr Benson Puah (Chief Executive Officer)Dr Beh Swan Gin Mrs Rosa Daniel

Mrs Christine Ong Mr Ramlee Bin Buang Ms Saw Phaik HwaMrs Mildred Tan-Sim Beng MeiMr Yap Chee MengMr Andre Yeap

Esplanade is Singapore’s national performing arts centre and one of the busiest arts centres in the world. Since its opening in 2002, the centre has presented more than 31,000 performances, drawing an audience of 22 million patrons and 84 million visitors. This architectural icon, with its distinctive twin shells, houses world-class performance spaces complemented by a comprehensive range of professional support services. Its two main venues are the 1,600-seat Concert Hall and a Theatre with a capacity of 2,000. In March 2014, Esplanade’s Concert Hall was listed as one of the “world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls” by Hamburg-based building data company Emporis.

Esplanade’s vision is to be a performing arts centre for everyone and it seeks to enrich the lives of its community through the arts. The centre’s programming is guided by its mission – to entertain, engage, educate and inspire. Its year-long arts calendar of about 3,000 performances presented by Esplanade, its collaboration partners and hirers cater to diverse audiences in Singapore and span different cultures, languages and genres including dance, music, theatre, visual arts and more. More than 70% of the shows that take place each year at the centre are non-ticketed. In May 2015, Esplanade was chosen as one of SG Heart Map’s 50 special places.

Esplanade regularly presents world-renowned companies and artists that attract international attention and add to Singapore’s cultural vibrancy. The centre is also a popular performance home for arts groups and commercial presenters who hire its venues to stage a wide range of programmes. These carefully curated presentations complement Esplanade’s own diverse offerings for audiences.

Esplanade works in close partnership with local, regional and international artists to develop artistic capabilities, push artistic boundaries and engage audiences. The centre supports the creation of artistic content and develops technical capabilities for the industry nationally.

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is operated by The Esplanade Co Ltd, which is a not-for-profit organisation, a registered Charity and an Institution of a Public Character.

Visit www.esplanade.com for more information.

Ms Kathy LaiDr Jennifer Lee

Esplanade’s da:ns festival programming team(L-–R: Marlene Ditzig, Iris Cheung, Faith Tan, Emily J Hoe, Rydwan Anwar, Christel Hon & Shireen Abdullah. Not in photo: Suhana Laila Abdul Shukur, Fezhah Maznan & Joyce Yao)

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Cry Jailolo has been a process of diving; of plunging beneath the surface and into Indonesia’s maritime culture, beyond the more common rhetoric of Javanese land and courts. Here, within the waters that make up 80% of Indonesia reside movement forms that speak volumes for both the collective and individual experience of Indonesia today. Jailolo has taught me that the true beauty of the world resides beneath the surface—from the forms and intelligence of schooling fish to the social make up of the communities. The Jailolo society is a woven combination of different tribes, Christian and Muslim households, churches and mosques living side by side. Within these potentially complex combinations, the communities have developed sophisticated structures that uphold the peace in the region.

The dancers themselves derive from a combination of tribes and Christian and Muslim farming families. Before joining the process of this work, the only future these boys could aspire to was to join the military or police force.

Cry Jailolo belongs to the dancers you see here on stage. It was developed from their own histories and movement traditions over the two years I spent working in the region. Ultimately, it is a work that provides a platform for their voices, for the potential of youth in remote communities.

Diving in the waters of Jailolo has been one of the greatest gifts and challenges of my career thus far. I have come to believe that—for me at least—the future of dance lies underwater.

- Eko Supriyanto

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Founder and artistic director for Ekos Dance Company and Solo Dance Studio in Surakarta Indonesia, Eko is the leading Indonesian dancer and choreographer of his generation. Trained in Javanese court dances and the Indonesian martial arts of pencak silat since the age of seven, Eko’s performance career spans major works and tours throughout Indonesia, Europe, America and the Asia Pacific, ranging from commercial productions, stage works and dance research projects. He was enlisted as a dance consultant for Julie Taymor’s Lion King Broadway production, has choreographed for and performed in major international productions including Peter Sellars’ Le Grand Macabre; John Adam’s Opera Flowering Tree in Vienna, the Barbican Centre London and the Lincoln Center New York; Garin Nugroho’s Opera Jawa; MAU Lemi Ponifasio’s Tempest; and was a featured dancer in Madonna’s Drowned World tour. Recent productions include Solid.States with Arco Renz, which premiered at STUK theatre in Leuven Belgium; FireFireFire, a Goethe Institut Tanzconnexions production; and dance research projects in Freiburg, Germany. Eko holds a PhD in Performance studies from the Gadjah Mada University (2014) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance and Choreography from the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures (2001). His most recent performance research on Body Embodiment of Indonesian Dancers is connected to his work in Jailolo, titled The Future of Dance is Under Water.

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BIogRAPhIESgERI kRISDIANToASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER

Geri is a professional dancer based in Bandung, Indonesia. Working in the performing arts and commercial dance industry, his projects include Beta Love Indonesia Kinarya Guruh Soekarno Putra, Sri Dream Kinarya Guruh Soekarno Putra, major musicals, video clips and television series Boy and Girl Band Indonesia (BGBI) SCTV, with Jury Kevin Aprilio. He was the choreographer for SMASH, Princess and Tatis. Since 2010, Geri has worked with Eko Supriyanto as a dancer on selected projects. He is rehearsal director and assistant choreographer for Cry Jailolo.

NovElDI BoNTENANDATE OF BIRTH: 22 NOV 1994 TRIBE: SANGER AND WAYOLI

Prior to the Cry Jailolo tour this year, Noveldi performed in Sasadu On the Sea, Festival Teluk Jailolo 2013 and 2014, and Semalam di Jailolo (A Night In Jailolo), Jakarta 2013.

BUDIAwAN SAPUTRA RIRINgDATE OF BIRTH: 28 OCT 1997TRIBE: SAHU

Prior to the 2015 Cry Jailolo tour, Budiawan performed in Sasadu On the Sea and Festival Teluk Jailolo, 2013 and 2014.

gREATSIA yoBEl yUNgADATE OF BIRTH: 18 SEP1995TRIBE: SAHU

gERRy gERARDo BEllADATE OF BIRTH: 9 AUG 1996 TRIBE: TOBELO

vEyNDI DANgSADATE OF BIRTH: 10 DEC 1996TRIBE: SAHU

FERNANDITo wANgElAhADATE OF BIRTH: 17 JAN 1997TRIBE: SAHU

Prior to their Cry Jailolo tour this year, Fernandito, Gerry, Greatsia and Veyndi performed in TARI13’s 8th international dance festival, Dancing Across Borders in Malaysia, Sasadu On the Sea, Festival Teluk Jailolo 2013 and 2014, and Semalam di Jailolo (A Night In Jailolo), Jakarta 2013.

ARCo RENz DRAMATURG

Arco Renz is artistic director of Brussels-based dance company Kobalt Works. He works as choreographer, director, dancer, actor and dramaturg. In the past 15 years, Kobalt Works|Arco Renz have created over 25 evening-length choreographies in Europe and Asia, as well as numerous commissioned works for Opera Houses and companies around the world. Arco Renz’ activities are currently focusing on the field of contemporary dance. He creates works that reveal an intense physicality and explore the emotional force of abstraction. An important aspect of Arco’s activities is his engagement in projects promoting the development of research and exchange between European and Asian artists.

For more detailed information, visit www.kobaltworks.be

ISkANDAR k. loEDINLIGHTING DESIGNER, SCENOGRAPHER

Iskandar K. Loedin has been actively involved in designing various theatre and dance performances since 1996 and had worked with Robert Wilson (USA), Robert Draffin (Australia) Sophiline Shapiro (Cambodia), Pichet Klunchun (Thailand). Besides Eko Supriyanto, he also worked with many Indonesian directors/ choreographers, such as, Sardono W. Kusumo, Retno Maruti, (the late) Gusmiati Suid, Boy G. Sakti, Hartati, M. Miroto, Mugiyono Kasido, Jecko Siempo, N. Riantiarno and Putu Wijaya.

Iskandar Loedin was trained by Jennifer Tipton at the Design Department at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, USA.

TANg FU kUENPRODUCER

Tang Fu Kuen is an independent dramaturg, curator and producer of contemporary performance and visual fields, working in Asia and Europe. He was the sole curator of the Singapore pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale, presenting artist Ming Wong, receiving a special jury mention. He has worked in the Singapore Arts Festival, Indonesian Dance Festival, In Transit Festival (Berlin), Bangkok Fringe Festival, Colombo Dance Platform (Sri Lanka), amongst others, and curated a platform for Exodos Festival in Ljubljana in April 2013.

He produces and manages for contemporary Asian dance and performance makers: Pichet Klunchun (Thailand) Daniel Kok (Singapore), Choy Ka Fai (Singapore) and Eisa Jocson (Philippines). He continues to collaborate with artist Ming Wong (Berlin).

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Cry Jailolo developed during Eko’s involvement in a tourism festival, for which he was invited to work with

300 youths from the Jailolo community for two years.

The piece is a contemporary interpretation of traditionaldance forms inspired by the

Legu Salai dancefrom the Sahu tribe and

Soya-Soya dancefrom North Maluku.

He was first taught to dance by his grandfather Djojoparjitno, a classical Javanese dancer.

Eko was determined to become a traditional dancer in Magelang when hewas in elementary school.

He majored in Economics during senior vocational high school, and studied Balinese dance, martial arts as well as modern dance.

Eko was enlisted as a dance consultant for Julie Taymor’s Lion King Broadway production.

Eko graduated with a Master’s of Fine Art in Performing Arts at the University of California Los Angeles in the USA, and holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.

Eko’s most recent performance research on the Body Embodiment of Indonesian Dancers is connected to his work on maritime culture entitled The Future of Dance lies Under Water.

Despite being teased byhis friends for choosingdance as an extra curricular subject, Eko continued his studies in the artform.

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Eko was chosen by Madonna to be one of the dancers on her Drowned World tour around the United States and Europe in 2001, after outshining 6000 other candidates from around the world.

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