Four Silent Tablets ft. Chowk Productions | 《四静板》

Presented by Siong Leng
Supported by National Arts Council Singapore
Featuring Sandhya Suresh from Chowk Productions
Filmed by Crystal Sim
Recorded by Aw Wei Zheng
Founded in 2014 by Raka Maitra, Chowk Productions is a home for Singapore-made dance-theatre that delves deep into the heart of Asian movement and theatre traditions to develop a contemporary performance vocabulary for actors and dancers.
Through training rooted in classical Odissi and artistic productions with a process-oriented, research-based approach, Chowk’s mission is to develop an Asian contemporary movement expression that dissolves the dichotomy between tradition and modernity.
Chowk has a centre that offers dance classes and a dance company that creates artistic productions and engages in research. The dance classes include regular lessons in Odissi dance for a range of ages, from children to adults, as well as periodic workshops in other traditional Asian somatic practices.
Chowk’s productions have been commissioned by festivals in Singapore such as Kalaa Utsavam and da:ns festival. Chowk has also toured internationally at venues and festivals including the Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Les Hivernales festival (Avignon), the Melkweg (Amsterdam) and Ten Days on the Island festival (Tasmania).
CHOWK was a recipient of the National Arts Council (Singapore) Seed Grant 2014-17.