POA Closing Studio: Embodiments and Exhibitions — a work-in-studio exploration
About Xavier Le Roy
Xavier Le Roy holds a PhD in molecular biology and has been working as an artist since 1991. He is also a professor at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in Giessen, Germany. His early solo works were credited as ground-breaking, opening new perspectives in choreography. Motivated by the need for transformation, he creates with the desire to alter our understanding of dichotomies.
About This Event
Duration: 4 hours per day, 5 days in total
Dates: 24-28 February
Time: 6.30pm-10.30pm
Where: 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road, Singapore 239007
Attire: Come dressed comfortably and ready to move. Additional attire to be used as workshop tools are welcome.
Fully subsidised process. Limited space available.
Expression of interest/enquiries, please contact perform@tworksasia.org
POA Closing Studio is a fully subsidised work-in-studio exploration with acclaimed contemporary artist and choreographer Xavier Le Roy. Working on 2 or 3 movement materials, as well as noises and specific modes of embodiment, this workshop examines the alternating roles of performer and spectator. Participants explore and reflect on how the materials generated can produce specific qualities of relationship between the performers, and between the spectators and the performers, i.e. how one choreographs the other and vice versa.
We will explore the interpretive potential given by spaces without an architectural pre-given front, how the possibility for visitors to enter and exit at will induces choreography without being able to decide the time, duration, beginning and end of the visitor's experience, and how the oscillation between proximity and distance between performers and visitors becomes a choreographic parameter.
Embodiments and Exhibitions extends the experiments developed for works (such as "Retrospective" (2012- ) and "Temporary Title, 2015") conceived for the times and spaces of museum exhibitions.
Donation Ticketing
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Admission Rules
Rating / Age Limit
- No age limit for registration.
- All other admissions are subject to valid registration tickets produced at the entrance.
Photography / Video Recording Rules
- Please note that photographs and videos of patrons may be taken at the event for use in our archival and publicity materials.
Refund Policy
- All donations are non-refundable.
Wheelchair Users
- 72-13 is wheelchair-accessible and includes limited wheelchair seating. Please contact us at 6737 7213 to book wheelchair seats.
Contact Us
- For more information on Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations, visit performfellowship.org.
- For any enquiries, please email perform@tworksasia.org or call at 6737 7213.
About Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations
Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations (POA), T:>Works’ pioneering platform on thought leadership in the arts, returns 7–28 February 2025. POA 2025 brings together some of the most respected and renowned figures at the intersection of arts and social responsibilities. Drawing on their decades-long practices to address issues of minority, disability, gender, sexuality, cultural representation, and stakeholder and public engagement, they challenge conventional perceptions on what is possible today.
Portrait and banner: Images courtesy of Xavier Le Roy.