Nicole Tan, October 16, 2008
The dreams, fantasies and burdens that one often experiences are redoubled when you question the past and doubt the future. Reality versus the surreal, what exactly drives you between the waking world and everything surreal? Maybe it’s questioning about the essence of life, or maybe it’s making a new beginning for yourself by defeating the odds.
In Redoubled presented by the Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT), the work of SDT’s Resident Choreographer, Jeffrey Tan, and guest choreographer, Kuik Swee Boon, make you experience the redoubling of your personal questions about life.
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“Checkmate”
The winner places his piece neatly on the chessboard, arresting his opponent’s king in defeat. The loser’s face collapses in resignation; cold sweat dots his forehead.
The worst is over. The anger will come later.
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Nicole Tan, October 13, 2008
da:ns Festival
To a dancer, dance is more than just swaying your body to the beats of the music; dance is about style, technique, posture, footwork and more importantly, making the audience feel the dance by touching their souls, which is the very essence of da:ns Festival 2008. (Read more)
Han Qingpei, October 13, 2008
Aunt Elly sat resplendently in her mauve silk dress and black feather boa, her favourite pet nestled in her arms, as she disdainfully regarded her admirers milling around. “The things I have to put up with,” her eyes seemed to impatiently say, while the captive crowd exclaimed loudly over her beauty. (Read more)
Brian Cheong, October 6, 2008
Nokia Remix 2008: Singapore was in town to amp up the night at the Red Dot Design Museum on Oct 3 with the best in international and local music. Boasting a full house, great food and plenty of drinks to go around, the Nokia Remix Party was really the wish-I-were-there place for the night.
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Ervin Liu, October 4, 2008
Moments of these worlds, as seen and captured through the DSLR, lomo and consumer camera lenses of young photographers will be brought to public eyes at the Arts House this weekend by the student teams from Ngee Ann Polytechnic who had embarked on media production trips to Chiangmai and Beijing this year. (Read more)
Wella Ong, October 1, 2008
“Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
Der Gemütlichkeit
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
Der Gemütlichkeit.”
If you wondered, those are the lyrics of a traditional German drinking song that translates into “a toast, a toast, to happiness.”
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Wella Ong, September 29, 2008
Touted to be one of the wildest and most happening party here during the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix season, Red Bull’s pre-race party, which was held on Sentosa’s Siloso Beach, certainly lived up to expectations.
The UrbanWire gives you a glimpse of this exclusive private party, held at Cafe del Mar on Sep 25. (Read more)
Ervin Liu, September 28, 2008
Pounding beats, raw tension and nerves cling heavily to the air as the Middleweight Division of the One SongChai (S1) Singapore International Muay Thai Championships prepares to get underway at SAFRA Tampines this Sep 28.
The Middleweight division of the competition features 16 fighters contending for 8 places in their division in the finals. Each fight is split into 5 rounds of 3 minutes, and presided over by 4 highly experienced S1 officials from Thailand.
It’s fight time.
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Ervin Liu, September 23, 2008
The third and final day of the Games Convention Asia (GCA) 2008 saw a diverse line up of events and visitors. The international event is the only platform for the electronic game industry in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region. Gaming peripheral suppliers like Logitech to game publishing powerhouse Electronic Arts (EA) were amongst the participants. (Read more)
Ervin Liu, September 18, 2008
Declared Mr Seto Lok Yin, Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Media Development Authority (MDA) at the opening ceremony of this year’s Games Convention Asia (GCA), scheduled to last from Sep 18-20 at Suntec City Convention Hall. (Read more)
Ervin Liu, September 16, 2008
Fast, Brutal and Efficient – these words resonate strongly when one is witness to a skilful display of the Science of Eight Limbs or Muay Thai, also widely known as Thai Boxing. (Read more)
Cheak Hong Ian, September 4, 2008
“It is proof that no matter how hard you struggle, you can’t fight love.”
Indeed, this extract from the official press release sums up Love’s Labour’s Lost, to be staged at the DBS Arts Centre from 10-14 Sept by the Singapore Repertory Theatre’s (SRT) youth wing, The Young Co.
The play is based on the original script written by Shakespeare, which charts the challenge of not falling into love, which the King of Navarre and his 3 sidekicks vow to take up during their 3 years of studying.
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Wella Ong, September 2, 2008
There is an old saying that “blood is thicker than water”. In the double bill directed by Adrian Tan, Just Late brings us up-close and personal to look at the lives of its central characters.
Just Late (by playwright Dora Tan)
UrbanWire reviews Just Late, part of Blood Binds: A Doublebill, one of the OCBC’s fare of performances in the recent Singapore Theatre Festival 2008.
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Valerie Oliveiro, August 19, 2008
History never looked so juicy before. The untold tale of the 50’s Cabaret Queen, Betty Yong, unravels multitudes of unscrupulous men, misfortunes and her struggle to survive. Ogled at by many; she loved the attention. Yet when sincerely loved by few, can she answer a simple question “Do you love me too?”
UrbanWire reviews I am Queen’, a play part of the OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival 2008.
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