UNITING ASIA
IS AN IMMERSIVE ARTS RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
RESIDENCY FORMAT
TRADITIONAL ART FORMS anchoring culture and tradition introduced through song, dance and action.
WORKSHOPS sharing cultural and traditional insights.
THEATRE VISITS to engage, absorb and digest.
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE directed by local practitioners, performed by South East Asian artists live and streamed online.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
To support and grow a NETWORK of youth performance artists across the region.
To aid their DEVELOPMENT and LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL.
To provide an educational platform for the EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE, progressing the artistic landscape in the region.
PAST RESIDENCIES
2026 in-person Residency
Hosted by Yatta at Dumaguete City, Philippines
Onna: Getting to Know Each Other
Onna: Levelling Expectations
Hope: Values & Identities
Hope: Improv Explorations
Dessa: Mimetric Tradition: Negros Folk Dances
Felix: Brief History of Philippine Theatre
Dessa: Theatre as a Colonizing Project & Theatre as Resistance
Nicky Dumapit: Indigenous Instrument making
Junsly: Group Processing
Junsly: Writing YATTA & its Advocacies
Junsly: What if?. Excerpt performance
Jon Quizo: Voice Work
Mellard: Movement Exploration w Malong
Hope: Poetry & Music
Buds Theatre, EPIC, YATTA & Artists: Mapping Out Theatre Village
2025 in-person Residency
Hosted by ToLo Puppet Theatre at Multiple Venues Across Hanoi, Vietnam
SơnX, Tuấn Nị, Thuỳ Linh: Experimental Music in Hanoi: Meet and Greets with South East Asian Sensibilities
Nguyễn Vũ Hải: KTT-ing Workshop
Gus Pang Sua: Climate Change in Puppetry & Character Work
Minh Hải: Movement Workshop with Kinergie Studio
Seaphony: Workshop with Seaphony
2024 Online & in-person Residency
Hosted by Gigi Art of Dance at Multiple Venues Across Bali, Indonesia
Putra Septa: Learning Gamelan – the traditional, contemporary & experimental
Setia Darma: Character in Theatre – Making Balinese Mask
Gus Pang Sua: Climate Change in Puppetry & Character Work
Jong Santisasa Putra: Kacak Kicak Puppet Theatre
Wayan Sumahardika: Jung Jung – Te Jung (The Squatting Dance)
Wayan Sumahardika: Igel Jongkok Dance Workshop
Krisna Satya: Dance Architecture
Wulan Dewi Saraswati: Creative Writing & Processes when working with Diverse Abilities
2023 Online & in-person Residency
Hosted by TUTAS at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Malaysia
Susanna Saw: Malay Folk Music
Edward McGurn: Unleashing the Voice
Zafir Muzani: Malay Dance
Kelvin Wong: Devising Theatre
Orang Orang Drumming: Devising Music to Tell a Story
Harshini: Indian Dance
Hafzal: Borneo Dance
Amelia Tan: Wayang Kulit
2022 Online & in-person Residency
Hosted by Lanyim Theatre at Makhampom Art Space, Thailand
Waewdow Sirisook, Sirisook Dance Theatre: Traditional & Contemporary Lanna Dance
Sutarath Sinning: Shadow Theatre & Puppetry
Bhumin Dhanaketpisarn: Likay (Thai Folk Opera)
Ap Piyashat: Devising Contemporary Theatre
2021 Online Residency
Hosted by Buds Theatre, Singapore
Soung Sopheak, Khmer Art Action (Cambodia): Introduction to Filming Theatre
Prapassorn Konmuang, Lanyim Theatre (Thailand): Street Theatre
Kayo Tamura & Ryo Nishihara, TEAM Japan (Japan): Applying the Methodologies of Lecoq
Kezia Alyssa Sandy, Gigi Art of Dance (Indonesia): Body as a Canvas – Storytelling Through Movement & Movement Journaling – Utilising the Smart Phone
Claire Devine, Buds Theatre (Singapore): Performance Through COVID & Creating Action Plans for Community Development
2020 Online Residency
Hosted by Buds Theatre, Singapore
Sharda Harrison: Physical Theatre
Adib Kosnan: Guide to Forum Theatre
Pramila K: Voicing – Exploring and Developing Vocal Dynamic for the Stage
Sahirrah Safit: Genres & Approaches to Devising Theatre
Kaylene Tan: Framing Text
Rebecca Lee: Sound Software for the Theatre
Claire Devine: Anchoring Cultural and Traditional Significance in Theatre
Ruth Chee: Stage Management
Rebecca Lee: How to Put on a Festival
Zahratun Nafisah: Managing Budgets for Theatre
2025 RESIDENCY
COMING SOON!
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