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“Numb” - rope - March 2019

“Numb” was a project over a year in the making, as Nick used his body and art to express the immense sense of loss and emotional defeat he couldn’t say in words. Technically and emotionally difficult as it was to create and perform, “Numb”, moving to the song on repeat became a means of catharsis to Nick, and he hopes this act reaches into the hearts of his audience and helps them heal from previous traumas.

Music: “Numb” by Hayden James feat. GRAACE

Videographer: C. Byrne-Driver

Aerial Rope solo at Pirates voyage 10-2019

Nick Ng, as Captain Indigo DeBleu at Dolly Parton’s Pirates Voyage in Pigeon Forge, TN, performing a rope/corde lisse solo. Choreographed by Nick with guidance from Giulio Scatola.

Nick was the primary Indigo DeBleu, one of four main characters of the show, and performed up to 7 days a week, 4 shows a day.

Videographer: Angela Tolvo-Minerich

aerial rope solo for acrobatic conundrum’s “unraveling”

Nick revised his rope solo “Numb” to perform across the entire stage utilizing three ropes to All That Remains’ metal instrumental “Regret Not”. It was a fun challenge to adapt his performance from a dance/electronic song with lyrical emphasis to instrumental heavy metal; however the character and feeling from “Numb” still shines through with Nick’s powerful use of body language and expression.

Acrobatic conundrum’s “unraveling” full show 12/2019

Unraveling is a 90 minute circus opus singularly dedicated to the art of aerial rope. Also known as corde lisse, or smooth rope, this form has developed tremendously in recent decades to become one of the most versatile apparatus as well as one of the simplest in the circus medium. The first edition of Unraveling, which took place at Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle, featured 15 rope artists, including 8 world renowned practitioners of rope and 7 rope artists in training. The diverse community of the show weaves in a theme of following through on unique, fantastic dreams. At once funny, touching, and breathtaking, Unraveling is a medium unto itself, told entirely while aloft, suspended by ropes. 

“Ripple” aerial rope & wall : Inanimate48 4/2021 Winner

Inanimate 48 is an event in which artists dance, explore, and create a brand new work from concept to video editing within 48 hours.
In “Ripple”, Nick gives hope that during the especially turbulent current social times, we are in fact working towards a better world where everyone is equal. Nick manipulates perspective to bring new dimension to a simplified aerial rope vocabulary.
”Ripple” was chosen as the top selection out of 42 submissions.
”Nick's piece, entitled Ripple, captures the many intense moments of the past year, both devastating and hopeful. There is a powerful authenticity to his work that is difficult not to connect to, from the words spoken through the mask, to the representations of disorientation through changing video angles and unique rope work. This piece captures the spirit of Inanimate 48 perfectly. It is moving, unique, innovative, striking, personal, and is created in a simple yet elegant manner.”

Filmed at Cycropia Aerial Dance in Madison, WI
Music: "Augmentations" by Kai Engel CC BY-NC 4.0
Read the spoken word in the YouTube description
Find out more at https://inanimatedance.com/​

“iso” Straps : inanimate48 4/2020 Honorable Mentions

An aerial dance project with choreography, movement, and editing completed within 48 hours for Inanimate Dance, April 17-19, 2020. In “Iso”, Nick uses aerial straps to express emotions through physical movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of an Asian American minority in White America. Tim Ng assisted as pulley operator and rigging assistant.
”ISO” received honorable mentions from all panel judges.

Music: "Intro(.udonthear)", "Moonlight Reprise", and "Irsen's Tale" by Kai Engel From the Free Music Archive, CC BY NC

Videographer: Nick Ng
Find out more at https://inanimatedance.com/​

Kesha’s “Here Comes the Change” Lyric Video 9/2018

Nick Ng performed as an actor/dancer in Kesha’s “Here Comes the Change” lyric video filmed in Austin, TX in 2018, directed by Brandon Bloch and produced by Magic Seed Co. Kesha released “Here Comes the Change” to promote the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic “On the Basis of Sex” also released in 2018. The lyric video highlights issues such as civil rights movements, BIPOC representation and female leadership, gay marriage, equality for all, and the importance of voting to bring about systemic change.

Fort Never’s “Trapped in Gold” Music Video 9/2020

Nick created a made-for-video acrobatic and rope act to Austin-based band Fort Never’s new single “Trapped in Gold” for Sky Candy’s pandemic-era show “Fortitude”. Chantell Moody, the band’s lead singer, reached out to Nick to use his dynamic rope movement in the band’s official music video released weeks later. In discussions with Chantell, Nick found that the influence and purpose for the song was “fuel for every person who wants to create lasting change, so we can live in a more humane world liberated from the chains of the great American scheme.”