PROFILE
Angelene’s extensive experience in the fashion system spans across academia, curation, journalism, marketing, and public relations. These, together with her lifelong pursuit of dance, have equipped her with a unique skill set that allows her to approach fashion, dance, and their intersections, in a creative, progressive, and analytical way. An enthusiasm for fashion theory has led her to her key research interests - issues of embodiment, power relations and discourses of knowledge, and responsible practices in the fashion system. Her Master’s thesis, “The Metamodernist Body: Reconsidering Time, Space and Free Will through 21st Century Fashion-Dance Performance,” is an interdisciplinary dialogue between fashion studies, dance studies, and philosophy, to interrogate the nature of embodiment and social relations in metamodernism as they manifest in fashion performance and imagery. She is currently an independent dance artiste and hopes to further her academic career in fashion.
EDUCATION
MA FASHION STUDIES
DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP 2017-2019
SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT 2018
Parsons Paris, The New School
2017 – 2019
BA ENGLISH LITERATURE
MINOR IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
DEAN’S LIST 2013 – 2014
Nanyang Technological University
2012 – 2016
STUDY EXCHANGE
University of California, Los Angeles
Departments of English and Musicology
Jul – Dec 2015
FASHION STYLING & MEDIA SHORT COURSE
London College of Fashion
Jul 2014
PUBLICATIONS
[Forthcoming Book] Fashion, Identity and Image: 1990 and 2020, co-written with Dr. Paul Jobling and Philippa Nesbitt
“Exhibition Review: Margiela/Galliera 1989-2009” and “Exhibition Review: Margiela, the Hermès Years,” both in The Fashion Studies Journal fashionstudiesjournal.org
THESES
Master's Thesis 2019
"The Metamodernist Body: Reconsidering Time, Space and Free Will through Fashion-Dance Performance"
Bachelor's Graduation Essay 2016
"Empowerment through Suicide in The Little Mermaid and Giselle ou les Wilis"
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The ‘Global’ City: Singapore’s Fashion Identity Deconstructed” at “Dis/Orienting Identity,” Parsons Paris Graduate Symposium
PANELS & INTERVIEWS
Panelist at Shine Now 2019 (Youth Conference in Singapore): "Going Global: Breaking Barriers through Dance"
Consultant to NUSGEM Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition 2018
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Parsons Paris MA Fashion Studies Blog, 2017-2018
Singapore Tatler Magazine, 2017
Departure Magazine, 2017
FASHION
KOCHÉ | PARIS
Branding consultant for a project, “Localité Koché,” facilitated by and exhibited at Parsons Paris, The New School 2018
EUROPEAN FASHION HERITAGE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2018 | PARIS
"Europe and Fashion: Questioning Identities and Cultures."
Assistant to organiser, Dr. Marco Pecorari
"DIS/ORIENTING IDENTITY", 3RD ANNUAL PARSONS PARIS GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM | PARIS
Organising committee 2018
REGARD(S) MAG | PARIS
Contributing writer and editor, Jan – May 2018
A magazine by the Parsons Paris MA Fashion Studies students with Justin Morin (Revue Magazine) exploring the state of fashion magazines today.
OBJETS D’ÉTUDE: THE POLITICS OF THE STUDY COLLECTION IN THE FASHION MUSEUM | PARIS
Researcher and curator, Jan – May 2018
This exhibition by the Parsons Paris MA Fashion Studies programme in collaboration with ModeMuseum (Antwerp) explored the study collection and its capacity to enhance a discussion about the ideologies behind fashion in museums.
SHOWOFF: CREATIVE LABOUR IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY | PARIS
Researcher and curator, Sep – Dec 2017
This exhibition spotlighted the different figures and elements of labour involved in the creation of the fashion image to deconstruct notions of prestige, wealth, and precarity.
ACQULIOR | SINGAPORE
PR consultant for Singaporean fashion brand, 2018
JONATHAN COHEN STUDIO | PARIS FASHION WEEK
Showroom Assistant, Oct 2017
TALBOT RUNHOF | PARIS FASHION WEEK
Backstage Assistant (Runway Show), Oct 2017
PANDORA JEWELRY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD
Marketing Communications Assistant, Sep 2016 – Jan 2017
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG & VICTORIA BECKHAM | SINGAPORE FASHION WEEK
Event Organisation & Public Relations Assistant, 2015
NYLON MAGAZINE SINGAPORE
Editorial Assistant, May – Aug 2015
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE SINGAPORE
Fashion Assistant, Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
DANCE
BEST FEMALE DANCER AWARD | AUSTRALIA
United Dance Organisation (UDO) Street Dance Australian Championships 2017
THE CONSCIOUS FESTIVAL | SINGAPORE
Performer, 2019
THE DÉBUTANTE | SINGAPORE
Dancer 2013 - present
An all-women street and contemporary dance team that has won titles in dance competitions in Singapore, Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
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All Babes Cineleisure Dance Battle 2019, SG — Champion
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UDO Street Dance World Championships 2018, UK — 3rd
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UDO Street Dance Australian Championships 2017, Aus — 1st
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All Babes Cineleisure Dance Battle 2016, SG — 2nd
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Singapore Dance Delight Volume 6, SG — Finalist
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Gatsby Dance Contest 6th Asia Finals, JP — 2nd
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Gatsby Dance Contest Singapore Finals 2014, SG — 1st
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Asian Television Awards 2014 — Guest Performance
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Entrepreneur of the Year Awards — Guest Performance
SLAP DANCE STUDIO | SINGAPORE
Pole art choreographer, instructor and performer 2016 - present
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Asia Pole Championship 2016, 2017 — dancer
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Student Showcase 2016, 2019 — choreographer
SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH | SINGAPORE
Dance programme organiser and instructor 2017
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SINGAPORE HOLLYWOOD DREAMS PARADE | SINGAPORE
Performer 2012
ACA HIP HOP | USA
Dancer 2015 - 2016
JITTERBUGS SWINGAPORE DEVELOPING ARTISTES PROGRAMME | SINGAPORE
Scholar 2011-2012
THE COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF DANCING, MODERN JAZZ GRADE 5 | SINGAPORE
Graded Examination in Modern Jazz - Awarded Honours Plus 2019
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE | SINGAPORE
Graded Examination in Classical Ballet 2000-2011
PROJECTS
[FORTHCOMING] "WHEN AM I", 2020, choreographer & lead performer
Dance concept video in collaboration with cinematographer Jasmine Veridiano.
[FORTHCOMING] "IN CONVERSATION WITH MILAN KUNDERA & GRAVITY", 2020, choreographer & lead performer
Pole dance concept video in collaboration with Aww Media.
"A PALÉ", 2020, dancer
Dance concept video directed by Krisha Balakrishnan
"CONVULSIVE", 2018, lead dancer
Dance concept video directed by Zaihar.
"LAMBANO", 2012, lead dancer
Contemporary dance performance directed by Maggie Koh & Yizhen Lim.