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Singapore Arts Festival 2008 commenced at Boat Quay with French street theatre Ilotopie’s aquatic spectacle “Water Fools”. The three-day outdoors evening show drew the total of 30,000 spectators—a smart way to kick off the festival that attempts to prove that arts can take place anyway and is indeed for anyone. Si....
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Watching “Jump” is like savouring a sumptuous traditional Korean meal with a wide variety of dishes of various ingredients and tastes from spicy pork ribs to sour vegetables and sweet fruits, in a western-decorated restaurant. In the end, you realize that the combination of all is good for your health—both physical and mental.Grandfather, a master of many forms of martial arts, heads a unique family ....
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The French cultural festival offers more 'nouveau cirque' marvels with an acrobatic-acid jazz showdown. Stéphane Négrin suggested back in 2004 that organisers of the annual "La Fête" bring nouveau cirque - new circus - to Bangkok, but was met with hesitation. "At first the embassy said, 'No, there's no performance tradition here, so it wouldn't interest anyone,'&quo....
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Last Monday (June 2) at Thailand Cultural Centre’s Main Hall, HRH Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn graciously presided over the opening concert of Bangkok’s annual French cultural festival, “La Fête”. When the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (BSO), conducted by Michaël Cousteau, performed the first notes of Maurice Ravel’s “Pavane pour une Infante défunte” (“Pavane of a Dead Princes....
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Last weekend of May was a great chance for performing-arts aficionados to get their fill of rhythm and motion and plenty was on offer from two professional companies, one local and the other international. However, watching them back to back, in the afternoon and evening, felt like having somewhat unfulfilling meals one after another. At Gossip Gallery on 28 Soi Sukhumvit, "M Project" was ....
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