Review: Drum Tao 2019 – Rhythm of Tribe presented by Mediacorp VizPro

An exhilarating contemporary twist to traditional Japanese drumming. Watching the CNA Lifestyle documentary playing onscreen before the performance begins, one immediately realises how A day in the life of a Drum Tao member is no easy feat. Waking up at the crack of dawn, the group gathers to warm up before a 20km jog around the mountainous, high altitude area, regardless of rain or shine. … Continue reading Review: Drum Tao 2019 – Rhythm of Tribe presented by Mediacorp VizPro

Preview: Drum Tao 2019 – Rhythm of Tribe presented by Mediacorp VizPro

Since their debut at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, high concept Japanese martial arts meets drumming troupe Drum Tao has been seen by more than 8 million spectators over 26 countries and 500 cities. Come March 2019, get ready to be wowed as they return to Singapore’s MES Theatre for a brand new brand new show to showcase their innovative and exhilarating Taiko drumming! Titled Rhythm of Tribe, the … Continue reading Preview: Drum Tao 2019 – Rhythm of Tribe presented by Mediacorp VizPro

Review: Toruk – The First Flight by Cirque du Soleil (presented by Mediacorp VizPro)

A visually spectacular journey into the world of Pandora. Director James Cameron’s sci-fi film Avatar was a hit when it first premiered in 2009, with a completely new world built around his vision, from an extraterrestrial environment all the way to an entire new language for these iconic, giant blue humanoids. The dedication to creation was as evident then as it is now in Cirque du Soleil’s … Continue reading Review: Toruk – The First Flight by Cirque du Soleil (presented by Mediacorp VizPro)

SIFA 2018: The Blues Project by Dorrance Dance (Review)

Tap meets blues in an unlikely but effective collaboration. Is tap dance merely all show and no soul? Or is it possible that given the right music, tap can be a genre catapulted far beyond its stereotypical impression, into a form that seethes with expression and aches with emotion? Furious, rhythmic tap and slowed down, soulful blues might appear to be strange bedfellows at first, … Continue reading SIFA 2018: The Blues Project by Dorrance Dance (Review)

SIFA 2018: The Blues Project by Dorrance Dance (Preview)

Created by an all-star creative team consisting of tap dance extraordinaire Michelle Dorrance, acclaimed choreographer Derick K. Grant, genre-busting musician Toshi Reagon, and tap dance maestress Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, The Blues Project sees tap dancing break into the modern world set to emotive blues in an explosive fusion of American themes and styles. A multi-genre, multi-medium style performance, The Blues Project unites original live music with raw emotion and dance … Continue reading SIFA 2018: The Blues Project by Dorrance Dance (Preview)

SIFA 2018: OCD Love by L-E-V Dance Company (Preview)

Enter the world of Israel based L-E-V Dance Company’s OCD Love. Based off Neil Hilborn’s famous viral spoken word poem about love lost to the speaker’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD Love interprets the poem with a fierce viscerality, as dancers move to DJ Ori Lichtik’s techno beats to present an epic struggle between the head and the heart. Stylistically abstract, watch as bodies move completely in sync with each other, orbiting and … Continue reading SIFA 2018: OCD Love by L-E-V Dance Company (Preview)

Preview: Toruk – The First Flight by Cirque du Soleil

Remember James Cameron’s hit film Avatar? The world of Pandora absolutely stunned us the first time we caught it in cinemas all those years ago, and it half made us wish we were on another planet, far away from here. This year, all of that will become a reality, as Mediacorp VizPro presents Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk – The First Flight this May! Embarking on a global tour … Continue reading Preview: Toruk – The First Flight by Cirque du Soleil

SIFA 2017: And So You See… Our Honourable Blue Sky And Ever Enduring Sun… Can Only Be Consumed Slice By Slice… By Robyn Orlin (Preview)

When one thinks of SIFA, one undoubtedly thinks of weird, experimental works that push the very definition of what makes art itself, and continually expand the medium to reach all new heights. This year, South African choreographer Robyn Orlin looks set to deliver that work with And So You See… Our Honourable Blue Sky And Ever Enduring Sun… Can Only Be Consumed Slice By Slice… (henceforth … Continue reading SIFA 2017: And So You See… Our Honourable Blue Sky And Ever Enduring Sun… Can Only Be Consumed Slice By Slice… By Robyn Orlin (Preview)