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Moving Stillness - a VR Dance Experience
Join us for an immersive 10-minute virtual reality dance experience, ‘Moving Stillness’, presented by KCC in collaboration with Maya Dance Theatre and Avventura on 13 May, 6pm onwards.
Witness the effects of plastic pollution on our oceans as you become engulfed in a sea of debris through the stereoscopic 180-degree VR format. Co-choreographed by Rianto and Kavitha Krishnan, this Asian traditional dance practice focuses on structure, rigour, rhythmic cycles, intricate gestural language, and leg mandala positions to delicately negotiate the state of stillness through the moving body.
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Get transported into these meditative realms and witness the Ocean Mother-Spirit of the Ocean, played by Rianto himself, glide, swirl, and traverse through space with meditative energy. Don't miss out on this surreal and engaging experience that will connect you with stillness and the beauty of dance.
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About Kavitha Krishnan:
Kavitha Krishnan is the Artistic Director of Maya Dance Theatre - Diverse Abilities Dance Collective (DADC), a non-profit arts company that focuses on arts for social cause and works with artists with special needs and disabilities. Trained in Bharathanatyam and with vast international performing experience, Kavitha creates contemporary dance with an Asian perspective. She has represented Singapore in the ASEAN Contemporary Dance Production, ‘Realizing Rama’, and toured internationally from 2002 to 2007. Kavitha has collaborated with international artists, and some of her works have been presented at international festivals in NYC, India, Indonesia, and Morocco. In 2019, MDT collaborated with IPTANZ from Germany for
the project, ‘Puffying Bodies’, which addressed societal implications on diverse body shapes and sizes.
Kavitha has received an Artistic Excellence award from the late President, Mr SR Nathan, and has been conferred the title, ‘Women with a Heart’ by SICCI. Recently, she was recognized as one of the 12 finalists of Singapore's Silent Hero 2022 for her contributions to the disability and senior’s community. With her professional qualification as an occupational therapist (OT), Kavitha values dance as a medium for communication and building connections, and she strongly believes that dance heals and empowers.
About Rianto:
Rianto is a revered Indonesian choreographer and dancer who is known for his contemporary take on the Central Javanese form of Lengger, a traditional, cross- gender dance developed over hundreds of years. His work explores the relationship between his religious body, social body, political body, and traditional body,
occupying a liminal space between male and female, human and non-human, and conscious control and trance. Currently, Rianto is researching cross-gender traditions and transgender performance across the Indonesian archipelago.
