Oh no! Renegade

Oh no! Renegade takes popular dance moves posted on TikTok as sources of inspiration and investigation, reinterpreting TikTok dances in specific locations in and around the theater at Temple University. Live and pre-recorded footage of the dances will be integrated to create performances that are both on-screen/ live and back screen  – showing how it happens and what happens beside/ behind the camera, as a homage to the original TikTok dance moves which are generally recorded in everyday living environments, like the dancers’ bedroom, living room, kitchen. By looking deeply at the elements and formats that make these current Tik Tok dances so popular, Ng digs into the similarities and differences that also underlie popular/high arts. The end result is a crafted study of current movements and patterns of popular arts and high art, as well as human interaction in intimate and public spaces.   

CREDIT:

Conceived by: Mei-Yin Ng

Co-Conspirator: Jane Gabriels 

Choreography: Mei-Yin Ng in collaboration with Serena Brown, Ella- Gabriel Mason, Elizabeth Siani, Shi-Yu Wang 

Performers: Serena Brown,  Ella-Gabriel Mason, Mei-Yin Ng,  Elizabeth Siani, Shi-Yu Wang 

Media design/consulting: Kathleen Kelley 

Media assistance: Serena Brown 

Cinematography: Mei-Yin Ng and Serena Brown 

Music/Sound design: Justin Simon 

Additional music: 

Grrrls by LIzzo

Horror music by Ruesche

Lottery (Renegade) by K Camp

Chocolate by Rachel Portman

The Moonbeam Song by Harry Nilsson performed by Adele Mori

I’m Glad There Is You arranged by Chet Baker and performed by Adele Mori

Lighting design: Laurie Benoit 

This project is made possible through the Temple University Department of Dance, Institute for Dance Scholarship Reflection: Response Choreographic Commission 2022.