Ranice Tay is a theatre practitioner and the founder of Wushiren Theatre. She works in the intersections of movement practices and martial arts, seeking to uncover the body's potential to become an uninhibited vessel for creative expression.
Ranice is best recognised for her achievements as a world medalist for Chen-style Taiji at the 9th World Kungfu Championships (China), and as the three-time gold medalist at the 8th World Taiji Cup Championship (Taipei).
Most recently, Ranice was selected to participate in the Scarlet Mela Festival of the Arts, where she presented her research on emptiness, mortality, and Taiji in the form of a performative fragment, titled: I am finally in love with the world.
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About CLOUD BODY
CLOUD BODY is an ongoing body of research helmed by Ranice Tay which seeks to develop an approach to theatre-making through the embodiment of Taiji. It is inspired by rigorous investigations into the origins of traditional Taiji, both as a martial art and philosophy.
The research proposes a way to re-centre the human being through training, and to help performing bodies access their most intuitive level of craft through mind-body discipline and the cultivation of inner 'emptiness'.
Through the residency, Ranice Tay and Wushiren Theatre will work towards developing I am finally in love with the world into full-length performative work.
i am finally in love with the world 2.0: work-in-progress presentation
29 & 30 June
Cloud Body Workshops
20 & 27 July
