Eng Kai Er
Eng Kai Er is an independent dance and theatre artist currently based in Singapore. In 2013/2014 Kai is participating in Directors’ Lab, a theatre directing mentorship programme organized by The Substation. Prior to that, Kai was involved in various dance-theatre projects in Sweden / Europe where she lived from 2007 to 2012. In Sweden she initiated the collective The Family, which created several performances/ workshops/ experiments, including “House Hole” (2010), a dance-theatre performance, and “Unmaking House Hole” (2011), an improvisation-based workshop/performance series that attempted to un-create the pre-existing performance. Her other Europe-based works include “fPhD” (2011), a fake thesis defence of a fake PhD degree, and “The Pleasure of Eating Oranges” (2013), a dance-theatre duet about love between two women, performed in Singapore, Toulouse, Berlin, Brussels and Stockholm in 2013. Kai has also created a full-length dance-theatre solo performance, “The Prayer” (2012), commissioned by the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2012. “The Prayer” was subsequently shortlisted for the Outstanding Performance Award at Prague Fringe Festival 2012.
In Singapore, Kai is currently interested in developing projects that investigate society, freedom, independence and HAPPINESS!, so in 2014 Kai started doing dance improvisations on the MRT without anybody’s permission. When Kai is not working on her performance or art projects, her hobbies include artistic inline skating, pole dancing and contact improvisation.
In Singapore, Kai is currently interested in developing projects that investigate society, freedom, independence and HAPPINESS!, so in 2014 Kai started doing dance improvisations on the MRT without anybody’s permission. When Kai is not working on her performance or art projects, her hobbies include artistic inline skating, pole dancing and contact improvisation.
