Synopsis:

Dive into a hyper-sensualised world where three dancers investigate the psychology behind transformation. What drives an individual to pursue anonymity, and can it liberate one from the constructs of gender, age and beauty, to allow for a truer self to emerge?

Skin Tight heralds the return of one of Singapore's most groundbreaking contemporary dance companies, Ah Hock and Peng Yu, who will be collaborating with performance-maker Andrew Ng to present a playful and exhilarating choreography inspired by taichi, butoh, zentai and physical reflexes. Clad in zentai bodysuits that erase identity markers, the dancers distil their highly stylized movements to create a topography of curves that come alive, juxtaposing images and challenging our oft-held notions of normalcy.

Is identity one that is predicated on societal definitions and prejudices? Can you escape from your skin, and in doing so, be emancipated to rediscover and reassert your unique self?

About Ah Hock and Peng Yu (AHPY)
Ah Hock and Peng Yu (AHPY) is a Singapore-based contemporary dance company founded by the choreographic duo Khek Ah Hock Aaron and Wong Thien Pau Ix.

Relationship to Art & Skin
Our skin is an identifier: It betrays us with marks of age, unique formations, and individual features. This performance explores zentai and its ability to hide identities by shielding bodies with a second skin. Through this act of eliminating individuality, the ensuing anonymity allows for personal liberation and the exposure of a deeper self, a self that is free of constructed societal standards of gender, age and beauty. In Skin Tight, we ask if our faces are the real masks that we wear.