Tuesday, September 29, 2009
{ 11:14:00 PM }
In reply to (name) who had made a comment in my tagboard, I would like to say that what you had said may not be true. It seems like the title of the production is Dance Reflections: Body Language.
"Since the dawn of time, human communication has been one of the most studied, yet least understood phenomena in society. It is fluid by nature, and now modern technology has rendered it even more complex and dynamic. Or has it?
Body Language by NUS Centre For The Arts' six dance groups explores the relationship between people and the technologies that mediate their interaction. This production not only expresses the meaning of communication in both ancient and modern Asian context, but ultimately questions our humanity in the face of modernity" - extracted from page 3 of the programme booklet.
From the extract, it states that the six dance groups are supposed to delve and explore the relationship between people and the technologies that mediate the interaction. The production is supposed to express the meaning of COMMUNICATION. By right, aren't the dances supposed to show and picture the meaning of COMMUNICATION.
Definition of Theme(n) - a UNIFYING or dominant idea. In the booklet, the unifying idea is expressing the meaning of communication, which is supposed t be shown by all dance groups. If the theme was body language, isn't that expressing something through body movements a.k.a Dance. Is the programme implying that the common theme is Dance? Dance is all about conveying messages through body movement, am i right to say that?
If you are saying that the Theme was changed to Body Language, why doesn't the booklet really explain body language, but communication instead? Was it just poor logistics that everything was not done in time?
In reply to (name) who had made a comment in my tagboard, I would like to say that what you had said may not be true. It seems like the title of the production is Dance Reflections: Body Language.
