Hello! We decided we wanted to share a little bit more about how Rolypoly Family and Derring-Do Dance came to be. So we interviewed ourselves! Here’s (part of) our story.

In this blog post, Faye interviews writer and performer Pooja Nansi about the recent run of her work, You Are Here, being a parenting artist, and supportive environments in the arts for parenting and caregiving. This is a written interview, conducted over Google documents.   I experienced You Are Here as a moving and intricateContinue reading “Interview with Pooja Nansi”

Making Theatre as Mother and Daughter: An Interview with Sharda Harrison This is part of a series of interviews with families that make art and perform/exhibit together. We hope there is something here for you.   When we heard that Sharda Harrison of Pink Gajah Theatre would be making and performing a work with her mother, AjunthaContinue reading “Making Theatre as Mother and Daughter: An Interview with Sharda Harrison”

Conversation with ROAR artists ila and Natalie Tse This is part of a series of interviews with families that make art and perform/exhibit together. We hope there is something here for you. Rolypoly Family is beyond excited to share this abridged interview with Stephanie Nugent (mother) and Savannah Cox (daughter, in middle school), who live in Indianapolis,Continue reading “Making Dances in Short Windows of Time: An interview with Stephanie Nugent and Savannah Cox (mother-daughter)”

Children moving (very, very, very) slowly and other thoughts from Segni Mossi Back in July, Bernice and Faye from Rolypoly Family were in Taiwan with Segni Mossi, a movement and trace research project by Simona Lobefaro and Alessandro Lumare (Italy). Here, Faye writes about her observations and what surprised her on the trip. It’s beenContinue reading “Children moving (very, very, very) slowly and other thoughts from Segni Mossi”

Dance to Play and Play to Dance… our week at Blue House School Last week, we spent 5 days at Blue House Nursery & International Preschool (Turf City) as part of our artist residency with L’Observatoire, Isabelle Desjeux’s art studio there. Our intention for the week was to spend time playing and exploring with theContinue reading “Dance to Play and Play to Dance… our week at Blue House School”

Faye shares about PEEKABOO! Festival (Superhero Me) and her anxiety about leading a mass improvisational dance Tomorrow, we begin our 2nd journey with Superhero Me, an inclusive arts organisation that brings arts experiences to delight children of mixed abilities and disabilities. With them, we will be in residency at Rainbow Centre from Jan-Mar 2019, forContinue reading “Faye shares about PEEKABOO! Festival (Superhero Me) and her anxiety about leading a mass improvisational dance”

Making Extraordinary Sounds With and For Babies : An interview with Andy Chia and Natalie Alexandra Tse (Little Creatures by SA) This is part of a series of interviews with families that make art and perform/exhibit together. We hope there is something here for you.   We are delighted to be sharing this written interviewContinue reading “Making Extraordinary Sounds With and For Babies : An interview with Andy Chia and Natalie Alexandra Tse (Little Creatures by SA)”

Letter to Today Online: Both parents and schools continue to play a vital role in providing comprehensive sexuality education Our co-founder, Faye Lim, and Shumei Winstanley of Chapter Zero, submitted this letter to Today Online, in response to other published opinion pieces in February 2019 regarding parents’ roles in sex education. The letter was notContinue reading “Letter to Today Online: Both parents and schools continue to play a vital role in providing comprehensive sexuality education”

Letter to the donors of Rolling On Artist Residency (ROAR) Wishing you a smooth transition into Phase 2. I’m writing to share some of my personal motivations for initiating the Rolling On Artist Residency (ROAR), and to send the team’s gratitude that you have chosen to co-commission these works with us. Back in March, whenContinue reading “Letter to the donors of Rolling On Artist Residency (ROAR)”

Conversation with ROAR artists ila and Natalie Tse Back in August 2020, we interviewed the Rolling On Artist Residency (ROAR) artists, ila and Natalie Tse, to check in on how they were doing, and to dialogue about their artworks for their residency with us. Segments of the interview were shared on our social media. ThisContinue reading “Conversation with ROAR artists ila and Natalie Tse”