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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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Friday , February 13 , 2009
OFF the WALL
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 979 , 01:04:19   | Category : da:ns 2008, Esplanade   Dance 2009  
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Two main forces behind the success of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), one of Europe’s best dance companies, share some thoughts. Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), now in celebration of their jubilee anniversary, held the annual audition for its junior company NDT2 on January 25, and dancers from all over the world were in this highly selective procedure.In our interview, Anders Hellstrom, NDT’s artistic ....


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Wednesday , November 12 , 2008
swing 'SHIFT'
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 878 , 06:34:46   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   da:ns 2008, Esplanade  
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Singapore’s “da:ns” festival lets Asian companies “stretch” and “challenge”. Apart from celebrating the gathering of the world’s renowned dance companies from Europe in its “Centrestage” series, dancemakers from Singapore and the region were given chances to demonstrate their creativity and prove their artistic expertise in the “Shift” series of the “da:ns 2008” festival at the Esplanade. Kuik Swee B....


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Tuesday , November 4 , 2008
among the BEST of EUROPE
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1119 , 23:40:01   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   da:ns 2008, Esplanade  
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 Of all the programmes in Singapore’s “da:ns 2008” festival, the two highlights dance aficionados had been awaiting most eagerly for were undeniably the Russian Ballet Gala and a double bill by one the world’s most acclaimed companies, the Nederlands Dans Theater I (NDT1). Bringing the classical finesse to the sold-out crowd at the Esplanade Theatre first were the five couples from the two ballet pow....


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Sunday , November 2 , 2008
CHATTING and DANCING across cultures
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1041 , 23:14:10   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   da:ns 2008, Esplanade  
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Evidently, dance dialogue—in which skillful dancers, frequently from different backgrounds, not only create new physical movements together, but also talk to each other, and to us the audience—has become a hot trend in international performing arts. This is probably not because the dancers want to move their limbs less and their jaws more. Rather, there are more secrets and stories, both behind the m....


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Wednesday , October 22 , 2008
Are you ELIGIBLE for any CONCESSION?
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 879 , 01:36:03   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   da:ns 2008, Esplanade   Melbourne, October 2008  
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 "Are you eligible for any concession?”, the box office person at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre asked me on the phone last Monday morning when I was purchasing a ticket to watch a play, whose allocation for media tickets had run out.  Admittedly, I was stunned. Usually, it’s the other way around: we audiences have to ask—or, in many cases, beg for discounts, and, in some cases, drink a certain b....


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Tuesday , October 7 , 2008
get up and DA:NS
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 926 , 07:52:52   | Category : Dance 2008   da:ns 2008, Esplanade  
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Esplanade: Theatres on the Bay proves again that it’s much more than a venue for hire hosting touring productions of musicals. They organize their own performing arts events and festivals year-round, and one of the must-not-misses every October is da:ns—that’s the spelling, and obviously not Singlish. Back in 2006, The Nation was the first Thai media to cover this unique event, now we’re continuing o....


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