Dance and Theatre

Previews, Interviews, and Reviews (yes, and Photos) of Dance and Theatre in Thailand (well, and elsewhere) written by "The Nation" dance and theatre critics
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Monday , August 24 , 2009

Are we really solving problems or just creating new ones?

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 478 , 01:20:51 | Category : Miscellaneous

A few weeks ago, our Ministry of Culture delivered a piece of bad news to our teenagers--again. This time it's a new regulation on the time per day that each teenager in Thailand is allowed to access online games, both from home computers and at Internet cafes, and the authorities can verify this by asking them to key in their national ID number before having fun. At the moment, another online activi....

A few weeks ago, our Ministry of Culture delivered a piece of bad news to our teenagers--again. This time it's a new regulation on the time per day that each teenager in Thailand is allowed to access online games, both from home computers and at Internet cafes, and the authorities can verify this by asking them to key in their national ID number before having fun. At the moment, another online activi....

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Tuesday , July 21 , 2009

Bt 12 BILLIONS for better world rankings?

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 502 , 00:00:15 | Category : Miscellaneous

When you live a country where the 15-day closure of tutorial schools makes front-page news, you realise that something's very wrong. No, it's not the swine-flu pandemic and our reaction to it that makes this wrong, it's the fact that tutorial schools have become so important in our country's education system. It's been known for many years now that most Thai students and their parents believe that th....

When you live a country where the 15-day closure of tutorial schools makes front-page news, you realise that something's very wrong. No, it's not the swine-flu pandemic and our reaction to it that makes this wrong, it's the fact that tutorial schools have become so important in our country's education system. It's been known for many years now that most Thai students and their parents believe that th....

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Wednesday , July 8 , 2009

GAMERS get their own symphony with DISTANT WORLDS

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 870 , 01:23:55 | Category : Miscellaneous Singapore Arts Festival 2009

Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) lets an orchestra loose on the video game “Final Fantasy”. After scoring a hit with the symphony concert “Play!” in which music scores from popular video games were performed by the Singapore Festival Orchestra (SFO) two years ago, SAF rebooted with “Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy”, with Grammy Award winner Arnie Roth returning to hold the baton. Two performanc....

Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) lets an orchestra loose on the video game “Final Fantasy”. After scoring a hit with the symphony concert “Play!” in which music scores from popular video games were performed by the Singapore Festival Orchestra (SFO) two years ago, SAF rebooted with “Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy”, with Grammy Award winner Arnie Roth returning to hold the baton. Two performanc....

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Wednesday , June 24 , 2009

Bring ARTS and SCIENCE together to educate the next generation

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 490 , 10:24:48 | Category : Miscellaneous

When I was young--please don't ask the exact number of years ago--I was somehow made to believe that students whose grades were not very impressive should study arts and give up their dream of ever becoming an engineer or a businessman. By dividing the high-school level into arts and sciences, somebody from our Education Ministry obviously believed that it was much better to pigeonhole us and shatte....

When I was young--please don't ask the exact number of years ago--I was somehow made to believe that students whose grades were not very impressive should study arts and give up their dream of ever becoming an engineer or a businessman. By dividing the high-school level into arts and sciences, somebody from our Education Ministry obviously believed that it was much better to pigeonhole us and shatte....

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Tuesday , March 24 , 2009

Home-grown international degrees: SMART or MERE PRESTIGE?

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 703 , 08:48:33 | Category : Miscellaneous

In her first experience teaching in an international programme in Thailand years ago, an old professor friend of mine was asked by a Thai student--whose tuition fees were five times higher than a regular-programme student--whether the standard of English in the final examination would be as high as she had been using in class. A few years later--and I think my friend had substantially lowered her sta....

In her first experience teaching in an international programme in Thailand years ago, an old professor friend of mine was asked by a Thai student--whose tuition fees were five times higher than a regular-programme student--whether the standard of English in the final examination would be as high as she had been using in class. A few years later--and I think my friend had substantially lowered her sta....

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Friday , February 20 , 2009

Thailands ARTISTIC CULTURE needs BETTER PROMOTION

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 908 , 23:38:22 | Category : Miscellaneous Dance 2009 Theatre 2009

I was in Tel Aviv last month. It was during the ceasefire, when I had an idea - not on how to solve the Gaza conflict, though. It was my second time on an "International Exposure to Israeli Dance, Music and Theatre" trip. This annual programme was co-organised by the Israeli ministries of foreign affairs and culture. Among the guests were foreign media, cultural attaches and officers, as we....

I was in Tel Aviv last month. It was during the ceasefire, when I had an idea - not on how to solve the Gaza conflict, though. It was my second time on an "International Exposure to Israeli Dance, Music and Theatre" trip. This annual programme was co-organised by the Israeli ministries of foreign affairs and culture. Among the guests were foreign media, cultural attaches and officers, as we....

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Sunday , February 15 , 2009

EYES of THE DURIAN are on ASIA

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 929 , 00:51:54 | Category : Miscellaneous Dance 2009 Theatre 2009

“Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay” is the official name of the national performing arts centre of Singapore, although many love to call it “The Durian”. This famous tropical fruit has it all from the beginning. Its location is prime, on Marina Bay, at the mouth of Singapore River, right across the Merlion, 10-minute walk from subway station past underground shopping mall. Its venues are purpose built ....

“Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay” is the official name of the national performing arts centre of Singapore, although many love to call it “The Durian”. This famous tropical fruit has it all from the beginning. Its location is prime, on Marina Bay, at the mouth of Singapore River, right across the Merlion, 10-minute walk from subway station past underground shopping mall. Its venues are purpose built ....

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Thursday , November 6 , 2008

BIENNALE is a BLAST

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 857 , 23:53:02 | Category : Miscellaneous

Under the artistic direction of Fumio Nanjo, the 2nd edition of Singapore Biennale, self-described as “international contemporary visual arts exhibition, is flabbergasting visitors with “wonder”—this year’s main theme—in boundless forms of art. Incredibly vast space in this small island state contributes to developments of experimental arts—paintings, sculptures, photographs, short films, etc.—from ....

Under the artistic direction of Fumio Nanjo, the 2nd edition of Singapore Biennale, self-described as “international contemporary visual arts exhibition, is flabbergasting visitors with “wonder”—this year’s main theme—in boundless forms of art. Incredibly vast space in this small island state contributes to developments of experimental arts—paintings, sculptures, photographs, short films, etc.—from ....

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Friday , October 31 , 2008

STUNNING visuals

Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 877 , 09:32:05 | Category : Miscellaneous

“Season of Photography”, a major exhibition of the most thrilling works of world-renowned artists, makes its appearance for first time in Singapore. Currently, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) hosts masterpieces of two photographers and one visual artist that remarkably portray the dysfunctional modern lives. Taiwanese photographer Chien-Chi Chang, in “Doubleness”, examines the complex relation....

“Season of Photography”, a major exhibition of the most thrilling works of world-renowned artists, makes its appearance for first time in Singapore. Currently, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) hosts masterpieces of two photographers and one visual artist that remarkably portray the dysfunctional modern lives. Taiwanese photographer Chien-Chi Chang, in “Doubleness”, examines the complex relation....

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