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SCENE 1:  TOP GUN  

(a) Voice of the Aspiring Aviators

​     Young Fission Performers: James/Hao Dong, Kara, Marithza

 

(b) The Heroic Migratory Birds Trio

      Arts Fission Dancers:  Aisha Polestico, Andine Elaina, Marveen Lozano

      Music:  Max Richter: Spring 1 – Recomposed: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

 

(c) To the Rescue

      Young Fission Performers: James/Hao Dong, Kara, Marithza

      Fallen Bird:  Ke En / Zi Xuan (alternate casts)

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SCENE 2:  FLIGHTS OF TREACHEROUS CHALLENGES

(a) Raindrops that Beckon Tsunami

    (i) I am Tsunami………………………… Andine Elaina

          Music:  Max Richter: Shadow V (2012) Daniel Hope

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    (ii) ​Flight Challenge:  Dodging the Tsunami

          Young Fission Performers: Marithza and the Water Gliders – Vincent, Jezebelle, Khalifa, Iffah, Wen Xin, and Lily

         Music:  Ablaye Cissoko : Denkilo

 

(b) The Shifting Desert

     (i) I am Shapeshifter ................................. Marveen Lozano

           Music:  Max Richter:  Shadow III

 

     (ii) Flight Challenge:  Escape to the Sand Dunes

           Young Fission Performers: Kara with the Sand Rovers — Andre, Selena, Doreen, Adawiyah

           Music: Patrick Graham: SOLO DE PERCUSSION

 

 (c) The Wind-swept Mountain Top

     (i) I am Super Gale................................. Aisha Polestico

           Music:  Max Richter:  Shadow II

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     (ii) Flight Challenge: Fly low to duck under the Wind Turbine

          Young Fission Performers: James/Hao Dong and the Sun Soarers – Ke En, Hwee Joon, Arasy, Zi Xuan, and Hao Dong

          Music:  Kiya Tabassian / Ablaye Cissoko: Estuaire

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Scene 3:  THE GRAND MIGRATORY DANCE

(a) Call of Spring -- Time to fly home

      Young Fission Performers Full Cast

      Music:  Max Richter, Spring 1 – Recomposed: Vivaldi’s Four Season

 

(b) The Migratory Feast {audience interaction}

     Young Fission Performers: James/Hao Dong, Kara, Marithza, Arasy and Vincent

     Music:  Max Richter, Autumn 1 – Recomposed Vivaldi’s Four Seas

 

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ABOUT THE GREAT MIGRATORY DANCE

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Fly above the highest peaks, 

Glide across vast oceans and deserts,

Drawn by the stream of warm air,

Navigating through clouds and rains and winds 

are the Migratory Birds, dispersing and reassembling, 

in their annual epic fly-past.  

 

When they arrive at the fragrant and moist tropics,

The Sun Soarers, the Water Gliders, and the Sand Rovers,

All bask in a grand dance of the moment. 

Till whisper of Spring drifts around shortly -- 

Time to fly home again.    

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Every Sept to March, migratory birds from the northern hemisphere arrived at Singapore for their annual tropical stopover. The avian journey is nothing short of heroic.   

 

The flocks must fly over thousands of kilometres above the highest peaks, across vast land and deserts before reaching to their tropical home away from home.  

 

Along the routes these migratory birds must also look out for dangerous power lines and wind turbines as well as dodge hunters and wildlife traps. They are now also vulnerable to the effects of climate change that destroyed some of the habitats along their stopovers.

 

The Great Migratory Dance is a riveting performance using movement patterns to capture the spirit of the spectacular seasonal flight through the eyes of the children.  

 

The infinite distance and numerous hardships endured by the migratory birds can inspire awe and wonder in the young minds, not to mention as lessons of endurance and tenacity. 

 

The performance highlights the birds’ instinctive sense of direction. Dancers perform in various movement patterns through rapid change of directions to show the migratory birds as super navigators. 

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ABOUT THE YOUNG FISSION BENEFIT

Featuring children-performers from the Young Fission Benefit with the motto of Dance with a Mission, the young dancers prepared for their performance by watching avian documentaries and studied flight patterns of the migratory birds.  Along the process they also learn about protecting the wetland habitats which provide sustenance and abode for the migratory birds.   

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Under the auspices of the arts granary, the annual Young People Environmental Dance-theatre (YPED) series has been presenting captivating performances on critical ecological concerns to young audience for more than 20 years.  ​​

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P R O D U C T I O N               P E R S O N N E L

Artistic

• Concept, Artistic Direction, Script - Angela Liong

• Assistant Choreographer - Marveen Lozano

• Rehearsal Directors for Young Fission Performers - Aisha Polestico, Andine Elaina, Marveen Lozano

• ARTS FISSION Dancers/Soloists - Aisha Polestico, Andine Elaina, Marveen Lozano

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Technical

• Lighting Designer - Alberta Wileo

• Sound Engineer - Varian Tan

• Set Design, Costumes, and EDM Visual Design - ATELIER FISSION

• Production Stage Manager - Lee Xinzhi

• Assistant Stage Manager - Sammi Chia

• Stage Crew - Joseph Chua

• Front-of-House, Logistics & Administration - Aqidah Othman

• Videography - Interfilm Productions Pte Ltd

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A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T

• YOUNG FISSION BENEFIT PARTNERSHIP - BOON LAY YOUTH NETWORK

• PARENTS OF YOUNG FISSION PERFORMERS

• VOLUNTEER PHOTOGRAPHERS - YEO ENG SIONG, GUEK PENG SIONG, ETHAN TEO YONG KIAT