The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)
Stricken with early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Lee continues to explore ways of expanding performance art strategies. Making a courageous new direction Lee re-interprets Igor Stravinsky’s once controversial ballet “Rite of Spring” first conceived a century ago.
“Spring begets expectations of changes. It is in the air, the oceans, terra firma and life organisms; in creatures like us. I languidly brazen out that I have a sick body. And so do the earth, the society, and the world. The discoveries of remedies for incurable diseases are confronted with unheard ailments, bugs and viruses, endless conflicts that seem to escalate just when resolution is close at hand, the backlash of rigid bigoted fundamentals recall and stunt the growth of our liberated spirits, relieves us not the Sisyphean task this human existence. I accept it and reject it. I ignore it and deal with it. For changes will not come without challenge and resistance.
So I will to dance, to activate, to perform the body in sickness, in its primitive urgings, in perennial refutation of tyrannical status quos and repressive fates, seeking resolution of conflicts to mollify the inconsistencies for the reconciliation of contradictions that is yet to be.”
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) series have been actualised in:
1 Infr'action Paris 09 – Festival International d’Art Performance–Sweden House, Paris, France, 15 May 2009
2 Rasa Aksi-4 Artists From Singapore, Lublin, Poland, 18 May 2009
3 Live Action Göteborg 09, Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 May 2009
4 Momentum- Platform for Performance-Art, Brussels
5 10th Open International Performance Art Festival, 798, Beijing, China
6 LIVE International Performance Art Biennale in Vancouver, Canada October 15 to 31/ 2009
7 Open Space, Victoria, Canada 19 October 2009
8 National Review of Live Art 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, 2010
9 “undisclosed territory#4”, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia, 2010
10 "The winds project" encontro internacional da performance, Teatro TUCA, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011
Stricken with early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Lee continues to explore ways of expanding performance art strategies. Making a courageous new direction Lee re-interprets Igor Stravinsky’s once controversial ballet “Rite of Spring” first conceived a century ago.
“Spring begets expectations of changes. It is in the air, the oceans, terra firma and life organisms; in creatures like us. I languidly brazen out that I have a sick body. And so do the earth, the society, and the world. The discoveries of remedies for incurable diseases are confronted with unheard ailments, bugs and viruses, endless conflicts that seem to escalate just when resolution is close at hand, the backlash of rigid bigoted fundamentals recall and stunt the growth of our liberated spirits, relieves us not the Sisyphean task this human existence. I accept it and reject it. I ignore it and deal with it. For changes will not come without challenge and resistance.
So I will to dance, to activate, to perform the body in sickness, in its primitive urgings, in perennial refutation of tyrannical status quos and repressive fates, seeking resolution of conflicts to mollify the inconsistencies for the reconciliation of contradictions that is yet to be.”
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) series have been actualised in:
1 Infr'action Paris 09 – Festival International d’Art Performance–Sweden House, Paris, France, 15 May 2009
2 Rasa Aksi-4 Artists From Singapore, Lublin, Poland, 18 May 2009
3 Live Action Göteborg 09, Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 May 2009
4 Momentum- Platform for Performance-Art, Brussels
5 10th Open International Performance Art Festival, 798, Beijing, China
6 LIVE International Performance Art Biennale in Vancouver, Canada October 15 to 31/ 2009
7 Open Space, Victoria, Canada 19 October 2009
8 National Review of Live Art 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, 2010
9 “undisclosed territory#4”, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia, 2010
10 "The winds project" encontro internacional da performance, Teatro TUCA, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011