✨🐝𝗕𝗲/𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲: A Workshop for Brown Bodies 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘂 (Malaysia) 🐝✨
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A performance workshop on claiming the names we carry, the stories we bury and the selves we were born to be.
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📅 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 | 🕗 𝟮:𝟬𝟬 - 𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠
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📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: MIAO DANCE (18 Boon Lay Way, #10-123, TradeHub 21 609966)
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🐦⬛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢 (Until 18 Jul) at 𝗦𝗚𝗗 $𝟰𝟴
🎫𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 (19 Jul onwards) at 𝗦𝗚𝗗 $𝟱𝟴
🎓𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 is available, please contact 'Ice' directly via WhatsApp at (+65) 8768-8824
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🟢To reserve your spot in this workshop, please express your interest to our Assistant Director, Titisa 'Ice' Jeamsakul. You can reach her via email at
bWlhb2RhbmNlICEgaWNlIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20= or by WhatsApp at 8768-8824.
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📖𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Who were you before the world told you who to be?
What stories live in your bones, waiting to rise?
What names (given/chosen/buried) are yours to claim?
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🐝𝗕𝗘/𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘🐝 is a performance workshop led by Malaysian artist, facilitator and storyteller 𝗗𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘂: an intimate and transformative space for anyone who identifies as brown to gather, reflect and reclaim.
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In this four hour experience, participants will be guided through writing rituals, performance exercises and body based storytelling practices to unlock hidden narratives and reconnect with ancestral, cultural and personal truths.
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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼:
💚 Unearth the names and narratives you carry (and hide)
🩵 Rewrite and reimagine the stories you have been holding on to
🧡 Reclaim the sacred in your voice, body and creative self expression
💛 Show up more fully: as artists, storytellers and selves
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Whether you’re a creative, a seeker, a performer, or someone in search of your true voice: this space is for you.
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You do not need to be a writer or actor or performer to join.
You only need to come with a willingness to remember and reimagine.
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⚙️𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
Ages 18 and above, identify as brown* and a willingness to learn + explore + play
*In the context of South East Asia and Singapore, brown can mean a lot of different identities. We will accept anyone who identifies as brown in your personal/cultural context which in Singapore can also mean those of the Malay and Indian diaspora.
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⚠️If anyone is facing financial challenges and wants to join, please email ‘Ice’ at
bWlhb2RhbmNlICEgaWNlIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=, Facebook msg us MIAO DANCE 淼舞 or (WhatsApp 8768-8824) directly⚠️
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💖𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿:
𝗗𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘂 (He/They) is a Kuala Lumpur based multi-disciplinary storyteller, theatre maker and facilitator. As a Malaysian Indian artist of Tamil and Malayalee descent, his work currently explores queerness, migration, identity and diaspora. His work has been featured at festivals and on platforms like HowlRound Theatre Commons, Vice India and Vice Asia. As of 2024, Dhinesha is also the Artistic Director for Theatresauce, a Malaysian theatre company now focused on championing minority and underrepresented Malaysian stories. Dhinesha is an alumni of Theatresauce's Emerging Directors Lab of 2020-2022 and is currently a Fellow in Singapore for T:>Works's Artistic Directors Academy of 2024-2025.
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📷 Photo Credit: Theatresauce
You may also like the following events from MIAO DANCE 淼舞:
- This Saturday, 12th July, 08:00 pm, QUANDARY (Body x Sound - SS5, Ep.7) Guru Susanta Chowdhury x Tien Hsiao-Tzu in Clementi
- This Sunday, 13th July, 07:30 pm, Contact Improvisation Jam @MIAO DANCE (Once a month) in Clementi
- Next Saturday, 19th July, 08:00 pm, Work-In-Progress Sharing by Tien Hsiao-Tzu (Taiwan) in Clementi
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