Redefining Movement

Photo: Bernie Ng
Photo: Bernie Ng

Cmmunity 2019 - 2021

Scape dance residency poster

Scape Dance Residency

2021
RAW Moves Artistic Director Ricky Sim was invited to give a masterclass to the *SCAPE dance residents as part of their programme for aspiring youth dancers. This programme aims to help them grow as artists and bridges them to a series of mentorship, masterclasses, opportunities to apprenticeships and showcases.
Goodman Open House 2021- The Digital Edition Director's Exchange

Goodman Open House 2021- The Digital Edition; Director's Exchange

2021

Meet RAW Moves Artistic Director Ricky Sim and other leading Artistic Directors as they dance through the hallways of Goodman Arts Centre. Come hear their words and watch their movements, opening a window into the richness of the human soul and of our local dance community.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/vx2ATVtsmhc

Ghost Call - A Short Film

2021

A call with no one on the other line.
An accidental call you didn’t mean to make.

Wrongly addressed letters.

Ghost Call explores the idea behind one-sided communication and its effects on a person. With technology making it so easy for humans to connect, what does it mean when that connection is broken?

A collaboration between playwright Nabilah Said and RAW Moves Artistic Director Ricky Sim, Ghost Call is an experiment exploring the intersection between movement, text and the raw emotional connection with the audience.

As part of Media Literacy Council’s Better Internet Campaign 2021, Ghost Call is a short film that reflects on online falsehoods.

View the Educational Kit for more fun activities and insights into online falsehoods.

Dance Composition Whiteboard

Dance Composition - Learn Leadership through Dance!

2020
Dance composition is an excellent arts programme in delivering movement as an educational exposure through creativity and expression, while stimulating students toward a higher holistic outcome, alongside academic learning. Through this unique syllabus of Creative and Movement exploration, students are introduced, informed and involved in the framework of the central organisers in dance; namely – choreography, performance and appreciation.

GOT TO MOVE - XITY AR APP

2021

Synopsis

In this digital iteration, Matthew Goh teams up with VizioFly to create a minimalistic representation of XITY through an Augmented Reality application fusing movement, sound and visual animation. It comprises a 3D object with interactive points for viewers to participate in the self-discovery of the living environment through an audio geometry experience.

XITY AR App can be downloaded via the following:

IPhone
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1546716143

Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.VizioFly.XITY&showAllReviews=true

Launch Date

18 January 2021

Platform

Google Play & Apple Store
VS Dance Call for Audition

Very Special Dance Audition, RAW Moves in Partnership with Very Special Arts

2020
RAW Moves in partnership with Very Special Arts introduces a dance programme that will develop persons with disabilities (pwd), aged 18 and above, with interest and talent in the dance to achieve excellence. People with disabilities such as those affected by autism, Down syndrome, and/or wheelchair users participated through auditions held on 19 December 2020. Successful applicants will continue with the programme on a weekly basis.

"Where It Ends, We Begin" Holiday Workshop

2020

Where It Ends, We Begin is a creative Movement Parent-child workshop for children aged 5 to 12 years old, facilitated by Wong Wai Yee. This inclusive workshop celebrates and welcomes children with different learning abilities and conditions. Exploring movement concepts, words and texts inspired by poems from Where The Sidewalk Ends written by Shei Silverstein!

Arts in Your Neighbourhood

2020

As part of 2020’s season of Arts in Your Neighbourhood, RAW Moves presented BOUND at Bedok Town Square and Toa Payoh HDB Hub. The Arts in Your Neighbourhood programme is an initiative by the National Arts Council to bring enriching arts experiences to different spaces across the island.

SAFRA Toa Payoh

2020
RAW Moves ushered in the New Year with BOUND at SAFRA Toa Payoh. This interactive performance was a crowd favourite where even the “Rats” joined in a game of Zero-point!

Ghost Call - NYC, Spark The Next

2019
RAW Moves collaborated with the National Youth Council (NYC) and Spark The Next to re-stage Ghost Call for their youth engagement. Ghost Call concluded with a poignant discussion with our artistic team and speakers. Lee Xi Ping from Community Health Assessment Team and Chi Ming Xiu from Campus Psy shared their experiences on dealing with youths and mental wellness. Playwright Nabilah Said, RAW Moves’ dramaturg Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara and NYC’s Gracia Ong facilitated the post-show dialogue. We thank the speakers for their meaningful contribution.

Goodman B-Sides (Get Lost in the Arts)

2019
As part of Goodman Arts Centre’s open house, RAW Moves conducted an ‘A Little Raw’ open class and “We Can Dance!” – an integrated Hip Hop and Creative Movement workshop. The open class and workshop allowed participants to try out RAW Moves’ studio classes for children.

A Talk with Arts Manager

2019
Ebelle Chong was invited to give a talk based on her experiences the company manager of RAW Moves Ltd. In this guest lecture pitched for Arts Management Students (BA Level 1) at LASALLE College of the Arts, Ebelle shared about the type of skills and characteristics that are pertinent for a company manager in our local arts industry.

Goodman Open House 2019: The Play-full Edition Sharing a RAW Moment with You

2019
As part of Goodman Open House: The Play-full Edition, A Little RAW’s main facilitator Ms Wong Wai Yee and mother of three, Ms Adeline Koh, shared about their experiences with our inclusive creative movement programme.

Got to Move Islandwide

2019
As part of Got to Move Islandwide, Sengkang Sports SG Complex, we travelled back in time with RAW Moves playing the Singapore past time “Zero Point” through dance. Who knew that rubber bands could get people of all ages moving and grooving?

Very Special Arts Annual Concert: Welcome to My World

2019
At Welcome to My World 2019, an annual concert organised by Very Special Arts, RAW Moves presented BOUND – a movement exploration on the theme of boundaries and how they can restrict, confine and yet also define the body and space. The performance highlighted the breaking of boundaries and showcased that the arts are for everyone.

SAFRA Celebrates our Singapore: Be Part Of The Act by RAW Moves

2019
As Singapore celebrates our Bicentennial, RAW Moves presented BOUND at SAFRA Jurong as part of SAFRA’s National Day Celebrations. BOUND is an interactive dance performance inspired by “Zero Point”. Back when people did not have access to games like “Pokemon GO”, simple functional rubber bands were creatively tied and transformed into long ropes of rubber bands.

KidsConnect 2019: Playeum

2019
As part of KidsConnect 2019 at Playeum, RAW Moves presented BOUND, an interactive dance performance inspired by zero point, a childhood game of jump rope.

Light to Night Festival: Asian Civilisation Museum (ACM)

2019

On 26 Jan 2019, RAW Moves celebrated Light to Night Festival – Traces and Echos of Our Past, at ACM. In BOUND (excerpts), the artists of RAW Moves, inspired by the humble rubber band and memories of “zero point”, pulled and pushed boundaries within themselves.

Remembering presented by RAW Moves & A Little RAW Company, saw our young performers dance through a kaleidoscopic timeline, capturing a tableau of events and years through movement. We had the honour of having Senior Minister of State Ms Sim Ann with us.