2024新點子實驗場 劉奕伶《Turn Out》

Turn Out

基本資料

前言

「新點子實驗場」支持創作者突破框架與想像，實踐創意構想，實驗演出形式，以嶄新觀點開啟對話，回應當代社會。2024 年「新點子實驗場」以「破」為概念，四位創作者突破過往，跨越自我創作與生命經驗的邊界，帶來不同切角的破格作品。

四檔節目中包含兩檔「2023 年新點子實驗場 R&D 計畫」入選作品：李祐緯突破戲劇文本表演方式，使用饒舌轉譯西方經典希臘悲劇的《伊底 HIPHOP 斯王》；王甯反思個體如何面對權力結構並尋找身體流動力量的《隙》。另兩檔邀演作品：林廷緒的《大吻琉璃》從創作映照基層勞工的血汗，用當代身體復刻勞動的價值；劉奕伶的《Turn Out》將單口喜劇的「聲」結合舞蹈的「身」，獨角演繹糾纏青春的舞者人生。

新點子，不只是轉瞬迸發的創意火花，更是用創作探問世界的挑戰與極致實驗。

主創者的話

劉奕伶

2022 年 11 月我剛從新加坡結束獨舞《Normal Life》演出回臺，為在雲門「創計畫」的日子畫下休止符，不用再起早趕晚爬坡望遠看海等不到公車，整個世界也漸漸從新冠疫情中摩拳擦掌地準備復甦，我還來不及整理過去那兩年的修行生活，驫舞劇場的跳島舞蹈節眼看開演在即，我已經沒招。那一陣子的我都是靠網路影片或獨自跑俱樂部看單口喜劇，作為工作之餘的開心救贖，Fuck it ！什麼開心就做什麼吧！我用《我的身體名片》那 15 分鐘，在臺上輕鬆分享「原來一切跟我想的不一樣」的往事。

「＿＿＿，本來只是覺得好玩，結果越搞越認真、要負責任，想烙跑了……好吧再走走看，用衝撞、熬磨、繞道、原地打轉或順其自然的策略都無所謂，不要死就好。」如果要為這幾句話填上主詞，我的答案有：去紐約、男人們、辦party、學語言、拍YouTube、回臺灣、講笑話……還有此生唯一工作——舞蹈。目前來說。你呢？你的答案有多少個？它們的期程是長還是短？沒逃脫掉的你們是怎麼評估自己還要撐多久呢？已經轉換航道的你們現在心情如何呢？

轉眼間，誰能想到我，身為一個舞者，這幾個月在國家戲劇院五樓排練室其實大多時間過著如辦公族的生活，抱著燒燙燙的電腦狂敲，外加朝自己的腦袋拍打，「原來一切跟我想的不一樣」總在生命中，我希望以這個作品分享給每人心中那位只有你才知道最難堪的自己，那個一直跟後悔拔河的自己，那個狂妄自以為是的自己，然後在發現自己一點也不特別、不厲害、不突出的時候，推己及人，重新看待那些無論是你自己領悟的還是他人讓你發現的「不一樣」。

作品介紹

學舞蹈的人知道，turnout是將髖關節外轉，以增加開展度；學英文的人知道turn out是片語基本款，表出乎意料的結果；而走過一些年歲之後你會知道，turn out是人生神展開，你得把自己的任督二脈和身上筋骨全開，加上一點喜劇的自嘲勇氣，才能面對所有那些你以為是這樣結果根本長那樣的亂七八糟。跟turnout同時表示舞蹈動作和人生狀態一樣，《Turn Out》以舞蹈和單口喜劇表演雙重方式，提供觀眾多重視角，全方位檢視職業舞者的人生。

Prologue

NTCH IDEAS Lab encourages creators to break free from established frameworks and unleash their imaginations. It provides support for realizing innovative concepts, experimenting with new performance forms, and engaging in dialogues from fresh perspectives. The theme of "breaking" is central to the productions of NTCH IDEAS Lab 2024. In these works, the four creators push beyond previous boundaries, seeking to transcend the limits of their past creations and life experiences by crafting unconventional works from unique viewpoints.

Two works among the four productions are selected for the 2023 IDEAS Lab - R&D program. Approaching the staging of a dramatic text with innovative methods, Lee Yo-wei offers a modern-day rap rendition of the classic Greek tragedy in Oedipus Rap Rex. In Cracking, Wang Ning reflects on how an individual confronts power structures and explores the energy of the body's fluidity. The lineup also includes Lin Ting-syu's Guardians on a Glazed Tile Roof, which depicts the sweat and toil of grassroots workers through creative expression and recreates the true essence of labor with contemporary bodies. Liu I-ling's Turn Out combines the "voices" movements of dance for a solo enactment portraying the youthful complexities of a dancer's life.

IDEAS Lab not only celebrates the fleeting spontaneity of creative sparks; it also serves as a challenging and ultimate experiment, exploring the world through artistic creations.

Creator's Note

Liu I-ling

In November 2022, I had just returned to Taiwan from my solo performance of Normal Life

in Singapore, marking the end of my creative tenure with Art Makers Project at Cloud Gate theatre. Gone were the days of early mornings, late nights, hill climbs, and the sea views I could only glimpse while rushing to catch the bus. The world, too, was slowly emerging from the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have no time to reflect on my routine of the past two year yet, but the We Island Dance Festival: Shu-lin, curated by HORSE, is around the corner already.

My creativity was at a low ebb. Online videos and solo stand-up comedy clubs visits became a joyful refuge after work. "Fuck it!" I said to myself: "I'd just do whatever feels right!" In the 15-minute piece

I am My Body, I lightheartedly shared that "everything turned out to be different from what I had imagined."

"At first, ______ was just for fun, and it gets more intense, then I have to take accountability. Gee, get me out of here.... well, let's see...Tackle it, break it down, grind it through; take detours, go in circles, let nature lead, whatever it takes. Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger." If I were to fill in the blank for the statement above, my answers would include: going to New York, seeing someone, throwing parties, learning a foreign language, making YouTube videos, returning to Taiwan, doing comedy... and my lifelong vocation—dancing. How about you? How many answers would you come up with? Would they be long-term or shortlived? For those who stayed the course, what determines how much longer you will endure? And to the whom have changed his path: how are you doing now?

Back to now, who would have thought that me being a dancer would suddenly start an office-lady-like life: showing up at the rehearsal studio on 5th floor at national theatre almost every day, pounding keyboard and scratching my head for jokes anxiously.

I hope to share this work with everyone, revealing to each the most embarrassing version of yourselves that only you know, that part of you constantly battling regret, that arrogant self who believed they were superior. Then, upon realizing that you're not particularly special, talented, or outstanding, empathize with others, and reassess those "differences" that you've either self-made or discovered through others.

Synopsis

Dance students are familiar with the term "turnout," describing the outward rotation of the hip joint to increase the degree of expansion. In plain English, the phrase "turn out" refers to an unexpected result. After a few times around the sun, you'll come to realize that "turn out" symbolizes the divine unfolding of life. To fully confront what you thought would be one way but turned out to be a mess, you must open your governor and conception meridians, stretch your muscles, and add a bit of comic self-deprecation.

Much like "turnout," which simultaneously conveys a dance movement and a life experience,Turn Out uses dance and standup comedy to provide the audience with multiple perspectives. This performance offers a comprehensive examination of the professional dancer's life, blending the physicality of dance with the introspective humor of comedy.

《Turn Out》

"Turn Out"

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