This is my country!

Gamet, by Ah Hock and Peng Yu, a contemporary dance company in Singapore. This site-specific work was performed at Raffles Place, in the Central Business District of Singapore. I really like the open, green plots that Aaron Khek performs around; they are located in a little plaza between two office buildings, providing employees with a place to breath and take refuge from the concerns of work. Sort of. It's still hard to rest in that place when everyone is rushing about, even during lunch hour. But the greenery does calm one's spirit slightly.

I first experienced contact improvisation at a workshop conducted by Ah Hock and Peng Yu (also known as Aaron Khek and Ix Wong) when I was 14. I'd locked that experience away in my memory and forgot about it until now. Why did I forget it, when even then I was enthralled by the prospect of moving with another person, the challenge of always being in contact with my partner?

I wonder what things will be like when I return.