| Skin Blood Bones Mind Heart Soul | The residency was focused on developing Dhara, a solo work, through research, experiments, workshops, performances, sharings,etc.On top of that, the experience regularly included inter-disciplinary artist sharing, training, jamming. Dhara, literally translated: constant flow of a substance, is an exploration of the anatomy through movement and charcoal. This has been a research and work in progress since 2014 now has evolved from understanding and exploring the physical anatomy to an energy awakening exercise for the soul through the Eastern philosophies like the concept of Chakras, Ardhanari, Qi, Yin and Yang,etc, rightfully so in its holistic nature. And hopefully, it will keep evolving.

Are you living a life to fulfill someone else's purpose?Helmed by Cultural Medallion recipients Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma of The Necessary Stage, Ghost Writer offers a glimpse into the lives of characters intertwined by blood and ties that bind—and suffocate. A young dancer who has undergone traditional training feels dislocated within her artistic practice in her home country. A new expatriate wife detached from her immediate reality draws inspiration from the writings of strangers past and present, and tries to reinvent herself. A teacher seeks to save a school that she had inherited, but finds her quest leaves her more lonely than ever. A meditative interdisciplinary production that charts the collisions of people seeking to alter their destinies, Ghost Writer grapples with the question of how independent our lives can be. Are we existing based on other people's terms, or can we transcend tradition and memory to rewrite our own stories?Director: Alvin TanText: Haresh SharmaDramaturgy: Charlene RajendranChoreography: Olé KhamchanlaSound: Bani HaykalSongs: Namita MehtaMultimedia: Brian Gothong TanSet: Wong Chee WaiLighting: Adrian TanCostume: Tube Gallery by Phisit & SaxitPerformed by:Sharda Maxine HarrisonOlé KhamchanlaRuby JayaseelanJereh LeongEbi ShankaraSukania Venugopal