2025 Clare C. & Friends Fellowship

2025
Pitch for New Aspects –
Clare C. & Friends Fellowship

This year’s competition brought together visionary teams from across Asia, each presenting bold, creative ideas that redefine the future of the performing arts. After rounds of inspiring presentations and in-depth discussions, the final award-winning teams have been selected — a celebration of innovation, collaboration, and artistic excellence.

Congratulations to the award-winning teams! Your remarkable creations have truly amazed us. Each of your works is also unique and captivating.

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We’re also paying our heartfelt gratitude to the Clare C. & Friends Fellowship for their generous support and sponsorship, and all the teams that participated in this year's Pitch for New Aspects submissions! Grateful for this encounter, and until we meet again in the future. See you!

[Non-Music] 1st Prize & FACP Members' Choice - HEY! YOU - Théâtre des Enfants Terribles

🥇 1st Prize & FACP Members' Choice - Non-Music , 2025 Clare C. & Friends Fellowship A Word from the Producer Since 2021, I have been collaborating with Théâtre des Enfants Terribles, co-producing several small- to medium-scale performances including One day with Death and HEY! YOU. The company is known for its concise yet humorous physical storytelling, adept at guiding intergenerational audiences to discover personal emotional connections beneath playful and whimsical surfa

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[Non-Music] Sustainable Creativity - Before Fading Away: Resonator - Chao-Ming Ko & Tzu-Han Lu & Po-Hao Chang

🌏 Sustainable Creativity Prize - 2025 Clare C. & Friends Fellowship About Project This work explores the theatre as a micro-ecological system built by bodies, technologies, and audiences. It asks: Before everything disappears, can we still resonate here? Inspired by the Gaia Hypothesis, which views Earth as a co-adaptive, self-regulating organism, the performance frames each bodily action as part of a larger, shared energy system. Led by three creators from choreography, so

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[Music] 3rd Prize - Carnival of Endangered Animals - The Collab

🥉 3rd Prize - Music, 2025 Clare C. & Friends Fellowship About Project “Carnival of Endangered Animals” is a contemporary ecological chamber music project reimagining Camille Saint-Saëns’ 1886 classic. Inspired by both environmental urgency and the power of musical storytelling, this work replaces the original's light-hearted caricatures with sonic portraits that reflect today’s climate and extinction realities. Each movement represents an endangered species or a vanishing cu

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[Music] 2nd Prize - Folk Songs and Lullabies: A Cultural Exchange between the Philippines and South Korea - CCP Himig Himbing Team

🥈 2nd Prize - Music, 2025 FACP - Clare C. & Friends Fellowship About Project “Folk Songs and Lullabies: A Cultural Exchange between the Philippines and South Korea” is a vibrant cross-cultural initiative that brings together the heart of two nations through the universal language of music. This project offers a rare and enriching opportunity to explore shared human experiences through folk songs, lullabies, storytelling, and visual arts from both cultures. Anchored on the Hi

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[Music] 1st Prize: Thus, I died in a Dream - Maegandang

🥇 1st Prize - Music, 2025 Clare C. & Friends Fellowship Performance Overview "Thus I Died in a Dream: 3 Rooms" is a groundbreaking 70-minute neo-traditional multidisciplinary performance that reimagines death as a transformative journey toward new beginnings. Drawing from Buddhist and Taoist concepts of reincarnation and Korean Han (恨) culture, this immersive experience weaves Eastern interpretations of dreams as gateways to spiritual awakening through three symbolic space

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2025 Pitch for New Aspects

We are delighted to announce the shortlisted projects for this year’s Pitch for New Aspects. After a thorough review by our jury committee, a total of 7 music and 5 non-music groups have been selected to advance to the next stage. Additionally, 2 alternates have been identified for each category. Thank you to all applicants for sharing your bold visions and creative energy with us — your contributions made this a truly inspiring selection process.

Download 2025 Pitch Guideline