The Work-Stay: Berlin
Peny Chan Brings the Female Gaze to the Peking Opera
Malaysian singer and performer Peny Chan and her mentor Rully Shabara met in Berlin in mid-November to work on Chan’s composition, which reimagines the character of the concubine in the Peking opera.
Chan and Shabara were hosted by Forecast’s longtime partner and venue Radialsystem, where they could rehearse in the light-filled studios overlooking the River Spree for an entire week. Their work-stay took place within the framework of Radialsystem’s curated program Embodied Practices, which explores the ways in which cultural contexts and knowledge are inherent to corporeal techniques and conveyed through them.