Category: Researcher

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3-in-1 Body Problem – PSi BRAZIL

I will be performing at the Performance Studies International PSi#30 XXX – CRUZO, CRUISING, CROSSROADS, Fortaleza, Brazil!

3-in-1 Body Problem: El Traje dela Cuerpo Conquistada (for synopses of the trilogy) a.k.a. Olive as the Embodied Junction of Belongingness and Shifting Practices is a performance-installation tracing a performer’s navigation of theatre’s rupture during the pandemic. Panchang appears first in a series of improvised tableaux—unfinished costumes, found objects, and an anywhere-stage revealing the scramble for new forms. Maria Clara follows, fragmented and reclaimed inside a digital frame that exposes the seams of her colonial construction. Finally, Olive becomes the MonoVlogger-Madam Tseter, confronting the ephemerality of digital performance as platforms erase their own archives. Across these shifting bodies and screens, the trilogy argues for theatrical transformation, creative labor, and embodied survival in crisis.

a.k.a.

Just a Homeless MonoVlogger performing “live” livestreaming in Instituto de Cultura e Arte. Muita merda (“lots of shit,” Portuguese break a leg hahaha)!

Performance flow (15 minutes running time):

My performer’s body’s journey since the 2020 pandemic: theatre is “dead” > MonoVlog via Facebook Live > MonoVlog via Zoom > MonoVlog via Kumu Livestreaming app > MonoVlog via podcast > MonoVlog in PSi Hunger 2022 online > Trilogy of digital performances and MonoVlog under the University of the Philippines ECWRG grant > theatre is “back” (to what) > MonoVlog in PSi#30 XXX – CRUZO, CRUISING, CROSSROADS, Fortaleza, Brazil.

  1. MonoVlog – Read the synopses of the trilogy of digital performances here.
  2. Video with in-person performance – Self-reflexive account of my creative process as performer-dramaturg-and-all-the-roles-in-theatre by focusing on the aesthetics of flaw in El Cuerpo, and the microscopic-fragmented bodies in Fantasma
  3. MonoVlog – now that theatre is “back” (to what?!), what happens to the performer’s body? Is in-person MonoVlogging the way to go?

3-in-1 Body Problem in Variations

The Magdalena Project Feature: The Performer’s Body Since the Pandemic

The International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) 2024 Manila performance-lecture:

Learn more about the MonoVlog

MonoVlog portfolio

Serquiña, Oscar T. 2023. “Emotional Weather Reports: Online Performance as Affective Practice in the MonoVlogs of Layeta Bucoy and Olivia Kristine Nieto.” Performance Research 28 (5): 14–22. doi:10.1080/13528165.2023.2321056.

DUP STUDIO with Dolly de Leon

𝐃𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐏 takes pride in the launch of 𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 with 𝓓𝓸𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓮 𝓛𝓮𝓸𝓷, for a workshop on “𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙩”. In this Studio Work, the internationally acclaimed actress will share her expertise with SIX STUDIO STUDENTS on how to create #AVeryGoodAudition. This open-lecture workshop also welcomes theatre enthusiasts who are passionate for the art and want to expand their acting portfolios.

As an alumna of Dulaang UP, Dolly de Leon pays homage to her roots and theatre training by becoming the first mentor in DUP Studio. With distinguished theatre and film works backing up her reputation, more recently her blockbuster film A Very Good Girl with Kathryn Bernardo and her Cinemalaya 2023 Best Supporting Actress Award for Iti Mapupukaw, she serves as an example of the perfect coach for learning how to land a role in an audition.

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗘? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝟳:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀. Don’t miss the chance to let the spotlight shine on you by having #AVeryGoodAudition.

𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 25 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2023 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 2:00 𝘗𝘔 𝘵𝘰 5:00 𝘗𝘔 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘉𝘎-𝘒𝘈𝘓 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯.

Performing the Personal with Ela Figura

Ela Figura takes us on her creative journey in devising her performance, “Still Awesome,” using personal narratives and “traumaturgy,” and taking inspiration from Layeta Bucoy and Olive Nieto’s MonoVlog and Bo Burham’s online performances.

In this episode, we raise the ethical aspects of research on performing traumatic memory and discuss how to establish a safe space in creating a performance.

Listen here: https://spoti.fi/3qulESS

The Collaborative Actors Prepare

In this 2-part episode, Zheg Arban and Janna Cortes share their collaborative preparations as student actors for performances before and during the pandemic. We delve deeper into how collaboration in acting activates a safe space to make your co-actors and alternates an enabling presence to your growth on the stage and in life. They provide tips on how to make your acting journals your best friend.

“The Collaborative Actors Prepare Part 1: Collaborative Acting in UP Playwrights’ Theatre’s Nana Rosa” includes a glimpse of my training for student actors as “emotional athletes” through embodied dramaturgy.

In “The Collaborative Actors Prepare Part 2: Actors as Collaborators,” Zheg and Janna reveal how they bring the collaborative acting process into their respective Dulaang Laboratoryo thesis productions and creative works.

Part 1: https://spoti.fi/3MtSLz2

Part 2: https://spoti.fi/42YHXOL

TSH: Theatre Acting and “Going Viral” with Rain Matienzo

TAWID SA HARBOUR Podcast:

Theatre Acting and “Going Viral” with Rain Matienzo

TikTok’s “Conyo Girl” Rain Matienzo shares her experiences in theatre acting classes in college which are the foundations of her preparations for theatre and tv auditions. Rain also tells her stories of losing projects during the pandemic and betting on herself to create opportunities on social media.

Listen here: https://spoti.fi/3HIWNjU

Centering

TAWID SA HARBOUR IS BACK! Season 2 is here!

Season 2 is about CENTERING. I am collecting my scattered energies by rooting myself with the people who have been doing great work. I am highlighting my former thesis advisees’ and students’ theses and creative works. I have also invited my closest friends to talk about their recent creative works and research on healing, visual arts, pageants, spoken word, etc.

Part 1: Rain Matienzo

Gian Viatka

Pat Berin

Ela Figura

Janna Cortes

Zheg Arban

ABANGAN!

Patikim muna… Here’s the link to the intro of TAWID SA HARBOUR Season 2: https://spoti.fi/3zTVIBx

CCP Encyclopedia

On World Theatre Day…

Enjoying some light reading before my panelist duties for an MA student’s proposal defense. 😂 First time ko makita ang physical copy nito. Contributor ako ng details ng plays na Ars Poetica, Despedida de Soltera, at Isang Panaginip na Fili sa CCP Encyclopedia. Fetus me yung nasa photo na naka-wedding gown sa UPTC Curtain Call Festival 19 years ago!