Shifting rhythms of creation: interrogating three intergenerational international dance projects

In this presentation, I would like to share my creative working process during the pandemic. Currently, I have three intergenerational and inter-cultural projects with artists in both Singapore and Australia. There has been considerable disruption and shifts to negotiate in creating performance work that must now include a large digital component. Different rhythms come into play and change constantly as we engage in task-building episodes that cohere into a larger vision. The imagination is stilted as the screen size of capturing moments across the two countries predominates rather than studio nuances of shared reflections, tiny gestures, and expressions that get lost in the time squeezed schedule of Zoom meetings and rehearsals. Flow is diminished in this scenario as bodies and breath are shared in a different medium, and the outcome is rapidly changing and up for renegotiation and adjustment.