How does the body hold what society has taught us to hide? Following an intensive pre-conference workshop, this work demonstration presents the findings of an embodied inquiry into our shadows—the abjected, disavowed, or obscured sides of ourselves formed in response to social, cultural, and political conditions.

In this presentation, the artist and workshop participants share how the body carries what has been rendered unconscious through processes of normalisation, regulation, and social control.

Through a live unfolding of demonstration of inhabited somatic awareness, emotional attunement, and movement exploration, the session makes these hidden dimensions visible, legible, and felt within a shared space. Ultimately, this presentation offers a window into how shadow practice can support more grounded, connected, and present performance practices.

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Ming Poon will conduct a pre-conference workshop from 21 to 24 Nov at Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI). Registration is required.