29 April 2010 – 1 May 2010 @ 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road

Synopsis

She is a dancer, a lover and a fighter. A lynchpin of dance education in Singapore. An esteemed choreographer. The wife of late theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun.

Conceived and directed by: Ong Keng Sen
Text by: Goh Lay Kuan, Kuo Pao Kun
Created with: Karen Tan, Lim Kay Tong

(Source: T:>Works Archive)


credits

Ong Keng Sen
Conceptualizer, Director
Goh Lay Kuan
Playwright
Kuo Pao Kun
Playwright
Karen Tan
Creator

artefacts

The Red Ballerina (2010), Review
Dancing into the Light The play prompts you to look yourself in the mirror and ask, what story will be told of my life one day? The haunting Red Ballerina is a docu-drama about the life of national icon Goh Lay Kuan. Seated as part of the circle formed by the audience in the intimate 72-13 performance space and speaking in the first person, Karen Tan tells us the story of Goh's life in the esteemed choreographer and dance educator's own words, using material taken from the National Archi
Kenneth Kwok
Reviewed: 29 April 2010