Pop-Up Noise: Shortcut Dreams

Synopsis:

Are you looking for me?
Can you tell my name from my body?
Are you afraid of being alone?
Have you forgotten the power this moment gives?
Start living without fear.

Shortcut: we want things fast, faster and in the fastest time and way possible.

Dreams: some things we have forgotten about; some things we want to make true; some times, all we have.

Pop-up Noise: Shortcut Dreams is a creative encounter that is a surprising and at times unexpected fusion of dance, flash mob performances and public interaction. It is a dance experience, inspired by Singapore literary works, that offers a thought provoking look at the contradictions that mark the human condition in the 21st century. It is a way of looking at how our body can transform our everyday hand gestures to tell the story of our lives, aspirations, needs and desires.

Pop-up Noise: Shortcut Dreams draws its initial inspiration from texts by Singapore theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun and well-known poet and 2016 Young Artist Award recipient Pooja Nansi.

Pop-up Noise: Shortcut Dreams is commissioned by Noise Singapore, conceptualised and produced by Global Cultural Alliance, co-curated with Laniakea Culture Collective and choreographed by Wayne Ong and Leia Ang. Pop-Up Noise: Shortcut Dreams is project managed by The RICE Company and features youths of 10 Square @ Orchard Central.

Schedule:

Shortcut Dreams [performance, 15 mins]
12pm / Venue: Promenade
3pm, 7pm / Venue: Cove
Be energised by this unexpected fusion of dance, words and music that explores how we transform our everyday hand gestures to tell stories of our lives, aspirations, needs and desires.

The Moving Finger [workshop, 30-min]
12.30pm, 5pm / Venue: Cove
Let your body speak for you! In this hands-on session, Shortcut Dreams choreographer Wayne Ong shows you how hand and sign gestures of the everyday can be transformed into a choreographic language that uses the entire body.

Of Words and Dreams [workshop, 30-min]
2pm, 6pm / Venue: Cove
This interactive session is for anyone and everyone. Be refreshed, inspired and ready to make that change to shortcut your dreams through the exploration of art and stories with award winning poet Aaron Lee.

Shortcut My Dreams [mass dance]
3.30pm / Venue: Cove
Let the dancer in you shine and dance like nobody's looking – with everyone else in the mall! Learn some moves, feel the rhythm and make some friends as we shimmy our way in this interactive dance.