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Tony Yapp

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Born in Malaysia, Yap is an accomplished dancer, director, choreographer and visual artist. Tony was one of the principle performers with IRAA Theatre (1989-1996) and has worked extensively in Australia and overseas including Agamemnon Festival Colline Torinese, Italy, and The Trojan Woman, Vienna International Art Festival. As the founding Artistic director of Mixed Company (now Tony Yap Company) in 1993, he has made a commitment to the exploration and creation of an individual dance theatre language that is informed by psycho-physical research, Asian shamanistic trance dance, Butoh, Voice and Visual design.

Tony has received numerous nominations and awards including his solo work The Decay of the Angel which won him a Green Room Award for Best Male Dancer. Tony received an AsiaLink residential grant to work in Indonesia in 2005. He returned to his place of birth to research into the Malaysian shamanistic trance practice for E1 - Evocation of a Lost Boy.

Tony received received a two-year Dance fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts to develop and produce a major body of solo work, The Buddha Body Series, which culminated in the recent work Rasa Sayang, presented in April.  Tony is the founding Creative Director of Melaka Arts and Performance Festival.  www.tonyyapdance.com

Erotic Trance Practice

One of the ultimate erotic expressions is going into a trance. This workshop will introduce you to some basic methods and different approaches towards a liminal focus and image work. It is a combination of psychophysical exercises drawn from traditional Asian disciplines and practices.