Located in the heart of the city, in the midst of the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct, Singapore Management University has long been a landmark of the city centre, thronging with student life or sometimes, just a convenient location for people to meet and gather. And this August and September, SMU is once again lighting up the campus with a series of performances with their annual SMU … Continue reading Preview: SMU Arts Fest 2024 – PLAY
T.H.E double bill explores themes of transience and extreme opposites. Dance is often seen as an art form that pushes performers to their physical limits, and if it’s one company that knows how to do that while shaping the human form into art in motion, it’s T.H.E Dance Company. Presenting a double bill as part of their 2024 edition of the cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival, … Continue reading Review: Elusive — a double bill by T.H.E Dance Company
Two excerpts that showcase the beauty of contemporary dance against the waterfront and Singapore skyline. T.H.E Dance Company’s Dance at Dusk series has long been a key component of their cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival, making contemporary dance feel accessible for first timers, complete with Grace Lee-Khoo and sign interpreter Shawn ensuring greater inclusivity, while also showing off the technical and creative elements honed to a … Continue reading Review: Dance at Dusk (2024) by T.H.E Dance Company
Bringing this year’s cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival to a close is Elusive — a double bill by T.H.E Dance Company. Playing at the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre, the work comprises two brand new choreographies from acclaimed international artists. The first of these is Chorales by Kim Jae Duk (South Korea), who is also T.H.E’s Resident Choreographer. Chorales focuses on Kim’s perspective of the body and its beauty, while … Continue reading Preview: Elusive — a double bill by T.H.E Dance Company
The Human Express (T.H.E) Dance Company’s annual cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival returns for the month of June. Presented in collaboration with national performing arts centre Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, this year’s Festival offers 6 live performances, 26 classes, 4 workshops and a 3-day long intensive to immerse the country in contemporary dance once more. Now in its 14th edition, this year’s festival is … Continue reading Dance with Me: cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2024 – On the Cusp by T.H.E Dance Company
Come April, get ready for the 2024 edition of the Esplanade’s da:ns focus – EveryBody, with an inclusive weekend of dance, challenging the conventional idea of a dancing body and redefining what is possible in dance and in life. Through EveryBody, come watch and join a diverse selection of artists and participants in showing how everyone and every body is capable of dance, with plenty … Continue reading Preview: da:ns focus – EveryBody 2024 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
VR technology empowers grand ballroom dance scenes. Some people may doubt the old saying clothes make the man, but there’s a surprising degree of truth to the quote, as felt in Spanish choreographer Blanca Li’s award-winning LE BAL de PARIS de Blanca Li. Unlike many artists who have chosen to shy away from technology, Blanca Li has decided to fully embrace it instead, recognising the … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: LE BAL de PARIS de Blanca Li
The beauty of diversity in motion. There is always something exciting about an artistic collaboration between two distinct groups of people, be they from different companies, mediums or even places of origin, as they discover points of connection and difference. In the case of Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying co-production Dance a Dance From My Body, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Dance a Dance from My Body by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying
A bit of mystery, unforgettable dance sequences, and cutting-edge technology. That’s the promise that Spanish choreographer Blanca Li promises in her new show LE BAL de PARIS de Blanca Li, an award-winning immersive live show in virtual reality. Presented by Singapore Street Festival, LE BAL de PARIS de Blanca Li arrives in Singapore fresh from an acclaimed run in Taipei, following a world tour that … Continue reading Masquerading in VR: An Interview with Blanca Li, creator of ‘LE BAL de PARIS de Blanca Li’
This March, fall in love with the art of ballet for a weekend of classics and neo-classical works, at the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’s da:ns focus – Ballet by the Bay programme. Set to take place annually, the arrival of Ballet by the Bay marks a welcome return for the art form to the Esplanade, where the last presentation of a live international … Continue reading Preview: da:ns focus – Ballet by the Bay 2024 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
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