72-13 ICAA presents

Pichet Klunchun and Myself

A commission by Tang Fu Kuen for the Bangkok Fringe Festival
Concept: Jerome Bel
by and with Pichet Klunchun and Jerome Bel

20 & 21 October 2006, Friday & Saturday
8pm (105 min with no intermission) 72-13

Free Admission. (Please call (65) 67377213 to reserve a seat)
Donation tickets to the performance are available.

Donations made will go towards 72-13’s public programming where we
intend to present diverse expressions and perspectives, as well as
innovative performances and presentations from Singapore and
internationally. Please call (65) 67377213 and speak to Tay Tong or
Mervyn for details.
Renowned French contemporary dancer / choreographer, Jerome Bel, teams
up with Pichet Klunchun, classical performer of Thai traditional ‘Khon’ dance
in the explosive piece Pichet Klunchun and Myself. The hottest contemporary
dance duet in Europe this year, Bel and Klunchun will perform their
conversation which explodes all notions of contemporary dance. The
performance has played in 22 cities since its premiere in Bangkok, Thailand in
December 2004.
On stage, the two dancers reconstruct a theatrical report of their experience of
working together. Throughout the piece they alternate between asking
questions of one another and offering each other and the audience short
dance demonstrations. . The success of this most original dance documentary
performance is that it brings together two artists who, although worlds apart in
so many ways, share humour, sensibility and a great open-mindedness.
Jérôme Bel is a French choreographer well known as a provocateur of the
contemporary form. He lives in Paris and works throughout Europe. Pichet
Klunchun is a Thai classical dance artist and one of the best known Khon
(Thai classical male dance) masters in Thailand.