人类的生活

Time is 21-Dec-08. Nutcracker with SDT has juz ended. The collaboration with Jeffrey Tan has ended. Its my honour to be in this proj of his, which coincides to be his last dance choreography with SDT when he leaves in Jan-09. At a age of 40, he is leaving SDT aft 19 yrs with it and then he intends to teach in schs or freelance ard. Well, in the normal society's eyes, tt is like retreospecting right? For me, i beg to differ and i really admire and respect him for this decision.

This incident led me to think; its like quiting a well-paid job to take up something more insecure. In many's eyes, this is a silly/ immature/ irrational decision but then, is it the only way to look at tt? Though it seems like referring to Jeffrey but then, me myself oso face this thing ah. Its only a matter of whether i can bring myself to do it or not only.... =(

Haha, on a side note; interesting thing worth mentioning is how come artists called Jeffrey are all Talented ppl? =) In fact, the person who introduced me into the world of theatre is oso called Jeffrey Tan. In fact, cos he knows tt SDT has a Jeffrey Tan, So he prefers to be known as Jeff Chen 陈日辉, the ex-director of The Necessary Stage TNS. In fact, JC is oso well-versed in Dance. He graduated from Laban Movement Centre. Well, I hereby salute to the 2 Jeffreys in the arts industry, the 2 super talented ppl. =)

Well, 人类的生活 is just so contradicting and full of dilemma. But then, yet for some, 人类的生活 can be just so simple. Still dun understand why we gotta complicate it so much? I think i shall go back to be a caveman soon... Life shld/ can be v simple, ain't it? Work so hard is for?
I cannot ans tt qtn, i dunno how to ans tt qtn yet...

Perhaps many in this world realize their dreams at an expense of other ppl, tt's y... Eg. A person can persue his dreams in whatever way becos his family is rich, so in a way, he is realizing his dreams at the expense of providing for his family. Cos his family doesnt need his income, so he can juz either support himself or even take $$ from the family to finance himself till the day he realize his dreams. Another scenario, if family not rich, worse, He is realizing his dream at the expense of his family and they haf to live a v frugal life so as to make ends meet. Children cannot enjoy some material goods, wife gotta work hard so as to contribute to family income.

So perhaps in a way, Dreams are v often realized at an expense of the others... Sigh....

Unknown, Despair, Lost

Going into depression soon? Audit peak comes again....

ANYHOW ART 2008

Time is Dec-08. AHA 2008 has ended on 7-Dec-08. I had a super long journey this yr. It was a success but audience turnout was lower as compared to last yr. This yr turnout is abt 160+ ppl but last yr it was 200+.

This yr put up an item abt 8 dancers. This time the ppl who collaborated in this project were mostly from CCHY. Vanessa, Yiting, Vivian, Alpha, JK, Ron and lastly Xinyu & Ivy from NH. Supposedly, there were more NH grads joining in this dance. To the best i can recall; I was told Jeanette, Audrey, Qiaoyu, Joanna. Haha in the end due to schedule issues, they withdrew.

This yr it was quite an interesting event. The less than perfect thing is tt the CCHY dancers are a little inexperienced, but nvtheless hardworking. =)
One of the few things that struck me and left an impression in me was a few comments from some ppl as listed below.

Weiyang; Mentioned that the item was interesting with the Mario music and the structure of the item was fluid and smooth.

Michelle Tan; Haha this girl said she liked my item and it stood out from the rest of the items. =) Though cant really pinpoint why she liked my item, but nvtheless, it's always nice to know tt audience understands and like the item.

Zhenyu; Haha he mentioned tt my item was one of those with more distinct characteristics throughout the night. What i felt more interesting was tt he once mentioned: 一看这个Dance 就知道是Zhongyi 的作品, Zhongyi 的style.

Jinghui; This girl from NHDS said the same thing as Zhenyu above on the v same night of the perf. She juz said: 1 look at the dance, u know its Zhongyi's choreography. =)

Well, these are the few comments that left an impression on me tt night. Hope every1 who watched/ participated in my item enjoyed it, u ppl are great. =) Its a pleasure working with u ppl. Its a super long journey, Im kinda drained now and the peak for my job is coming back again, so im like a bit sian....


Being Production Manager for AHA 2008 was not easy. Gotta coordinate among all the diff various dance troupes requirements. Each different dance troupe got their own requests/ pattern, i still gotta consolidate and work them out (on top of which i haf my own item to tc of...) It was an enriching exp but super tiring la....

For the ppl who haf helped/ supported me throughout this difficult period, thank u so much. Couldnt haf done it w/o u all. For e 8 dancers who danced my item, thank u so much, w/o u ppl, the item wouldnt be able to be presented to the audience in the 1st place. For audience who like my item, thank u so much, it makes me more motivated to continue in the creation of danceworks =)

With much thanx & appreciation