“dead was the body”: Theatre Meets Breaking Meets Therapy
about 70 months ago (07/25/2018)
"dead was the body": Theatre Meets Breaking Meets Therapy | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Adeeb Fazah July 25, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (1500 words, seven-minute read) dead was the body till i taught it how to move ( dwtb ) is Bhumi Collective’s first production of the year, and just like their two principal works of 2017 – Every Brilliant Thing with Andrew Marko and The Last of Their Generation with Mohamed Shaifulbahri – it is a one-man show. Through monologue and occasional interludes of movement, former Ministry of Education scholar, would-be teacher and b-boy Dominic Nah tells a fragmented story comprising significant events in his life, chiefly his fractured relationship with his father and his journey in breaking (Nah deems it “exorcism”) in Singapore and the University of Warwick. At the heart of this story is his trip to the Bronx, New York City, to connect with the roots of hip-hop, culminating in a highly anticipated meeting with the godfather of the genre, DJ Kool Herc.