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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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Saturday , July 11 , 2009
FRESH cues for the CLASSICS
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 563 , 00:19:08   | Category : Theatre 2009   Singapore Arts Festival 2009  
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At Singapore Arts Festival, Tadashi Suzuki’s “Electra” electrifies, but Lin Zhaohua’s “The Cherry Orchard” isn’t so ripe. In this day and age of artistic innovation, in which countless new works and genres are constantly created, many theatre artists are still revisiting classic plays and reinterpreting them. Lucky us.Earlier this month I intentionally planned my trip to Shanghai so that it included ....


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Thursday , July 9 , 2009
BUSTIN’ Moves
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 545 , 09:34:28   | Category : Dance 2009   Singapore Arts Festival 2009  
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Hip-hop comes off the street and into the theatre. Known as a multi-disciplinary and multi-venue performing arts festival who loves taking risks, both with artists and audiences, Singapore Arts Festival 2009 trod new territory with the street dance of Grupo de Rua. Unknown in this region but with a big reputation in Europe, the young men from Rio de Janeiro arrived to stage the Asian premiere of “H3”....


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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  
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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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Monday , May 18 , 2009
Singapore Arts Festival 2009: Keep It Lite!
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 752 , 22:57:02   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009   Singapore Arts Festival 2009  
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The region’s biggest and best spectrum of stage talent turns fiscal gloom upside down. While Bangkok is going “Bananas!!”, the Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) is preparing some extreme fun of its own for later this month and into next, with Shaolin monks, Brazilian hip-hop and much more.  And the economy doesn’t seem to be much of a problem. The cash crunch, says the festival’s executive director, Goh ....


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