Tag: Music

art, Arts, Dance with Me, Esplanade Theatre Studio, Review, Singapore

★★★★★ Dance Review: Sounding Light 定光 by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

Cloud Gate invites us to pause and appreciate the little things all around us, and to rediscover the wonder and beauty of simply being alive. Duration: 60 minutes What if the world has never been quiet, but we have simply forgotten how to listen? In Sounding Light, which played last weekend as part of the 2026 edition of the Esplanade’s da:ns focus: Connect Asia Now … Continue reading ★★★★★ Dance Review: Sounding Light 定光 by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

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Review: Still Lives – Singapore by Daniel Kok and Luke George feat. RUDRA

Bodies, instruments and histories held in stasis, Still Lives: Singapore turns the act of tying into a meditation on care, memory and the communities that gather around them. Duration: ~105 minutes What does it mean to watch a metal band that cannot play its instruments, in a theatre where nobody is quite required to sit still? In Still Lives: Singapore, four members of pioneering Vedic … Continue reading Review: Still Lives – Singapore by Daniel Kok and Luke George feat. RUDRA

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Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down

It seems like an impossibility to ever ask people who live in bustling metropolitan cities like Taipei or Singapore to slow down. These are places built around movement: trains arriving and departing, traffic flowing through intersections, people crossing streets with somewhere to be, messages arriving before the previous ones have been answered. There is always another email, another meeting, another decision to make. Even our … Continue reading Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down

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Interview: Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Jae Duk on T.H.E Dance Company’s Pán《盤》

Five years after its digital premiere, the award-winning two-part dance work returns to Singapore for its long-awaited local live staging. Its choreographers reflect on cultural identity, artistic collaboration and why dance can express what words cannot. When Kuik Swee Boon watched rehearsals for Pán《盤》 ahead of its Singapore staging, there was a particular feeling of anticipation. For the founding artistic director of T.H.E Dance Company, … Continue reading Interview: Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Jae Duk on T.H.E Dance Company’s Pán《盤》

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Concert Review: Listening to Taiwan – NTSO 2026 Asia Tour Concert

An evening of cultural exchange through music that celebrates what happens when different voices come together as one. Some concerts impress with virtuosity; others leave you with a feeling that lingers long after the final applause. Listening to Taiwan, presented by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) at the Esplanade Concert Hall, manages both. Led by conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, the evening brings together Taiwanese musical … Continue reading Concert Review: Listening to Taiwan – NTSO 2026 Asia Tour Concert

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★★★★★ Film Review: The Violinist 沧海琴声 dir. Ervin Han and Raúl García

An animated triumph of a sweeping, heartfelt love letter to Singapore and her history, and the dreams that take us further. Singaporeans are often a self-deprecating, critical bunch. We rarely think Singapore is worth being the subject of an epic, so seeing the country lovingly rendered on the big screen evokes a particular kind of national pride. This is not merely a recognisable skyline glimpsed … Continue reading ★★★★★ Film Review: The Violinist 沧海琴声 dir. Ervin Han and Raúl García

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Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience

From folk melodies that evoke memories of home to classical masterpieces that transcend generations, conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu reflect on the power of music to express the human experience ahead of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra’s Singapore performance. What can music express that words cannot? For Taiwanese conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, the answer lies in the subtle complexities of human emotion, and the … Continue reading Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience

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Preview: Dongpo – Life in Poems 现代舞诗剧《诗忆东坡》by Castiglione Arts and Culture Pty Ltd

What does the soul of a poet who lived nearly a thousand years ago look like in motion? This December, the Esplanade Theatre will offer an answer with Dongpo: Life in Poems, an operatic contemporary dance drama that brings the world of Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo vividly into the present. Directed and choreographed by internationally acclaimed artist Shen Wei, the production is less a … Continue reading Preview: Dongpo – Life in Poems 现代舞诗剧《诗忆东坡》by Castiglione Arts and Culture Pty Ltd

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Music: Milky Chance talk about their first Asian show at F1 Singapore, ‘Stolen Dance’ and discovering magic in the unknown

There is something incredibly poetic about discovering a band for the first time through a song that has already been around for more than a decade. For German indie-pop duo Milky Chance, whose 2013 breakout single “Stolen Dance” has surpassed two billion Spotify streams, music has always had a way of transcending generations and borders. Now, childhood friends Clemens Rehbein and Phillipp Dausch are embarking … Continue reading Music: Milky Chance talk about their first Asian show at F1 Singapore, ‘Stolen Dance’ and discovering magic in the unknown

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Film: ‘The Violinist’ 沧海琴声 earns three Golden Horse nominations after Annecy triumph

From Annecy to Toronto, Busan and now Taipei, Singapore-led animated feature The Violinist is continuing its international journey with three nominations at the 63rd Golden Horse Awards. The film has been nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Film Score, adding another milestone to a landmark year that began with its historic double win at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. … Continue reading Film: ‘The Violinist’ 沧海琴声 earns three Golden Horse nominations after Annecy triumph

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