Checkmate Review

By Esplanade On 13 October 2008

 Written by Jeremy Boo
-Part of the October issue of the EY Quarterly Newsletter Â
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.It’s this rage that Albert Tiong seized and […]

Spin Odyssey Review

By Esplanade On 28 July 2008

Written by Wong Pei Yee
Sat, 14 June, 3pm
Esplanade Recital Studio
$38

Part of Flipside – a series of performances organized by Esplanade in conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival – there was more than just flipping at Spin Odyssey, a break dancing extravaganza featuring South Korean break dance group Last for One. With perfectly controlled dance moves […]

Overdrive. I. Love.

By strint On 23 October 2006

My greatest apologies for this coming so late. Have run into some technical difficulties ( I ain’t a very technically inclined person), but methinks I should at least begin on the Overdrive concert. Videos later!:)
So… it rocked! As most, if not all of you, probably know, the sold-out show featured Wade Robson as guest judge […]

Luo Shen Fu

By -@ On 13 June 2006

Well guess what…I made another trip to Taipei again this summer and my bf got us tickets to this critically acclaimed performance Luo Shen Fu. See attached pic…the performance turned out to be a total disappointment (not for the other people apparently. Everyone was looking on quite intently) but it sure did bore the hell […]

Exxonmobil Campus Concerts: Dance ’06 Uncensored!!

By -@ On 31 March 2006

I just realized that my blog about Jason Mraz is pretty long (oops).  I’ll keep this one short then. ☺
I went for the Exxonmobil free campus concert on Tuesday to watch the dancers from various hall of residence in NUS do their numbers. I’m still surprised that they managed to fit 20 performances into 2 […]

Cursive…

By -@ On 22 February 2006

Cursive was truly one astounding piece of art work. Beyond a dance, it was Chinese calligraphy, philosophy, kung fu woven together in this one major tapestry that left me marvelling at the beauty of it all. It was so aesthetically amazing and I must say I haven’t really seen anything quite like it before and really it […]

Evocation ‘06

By -@ On 17 February 2006

Wow.
That’s the word to describe evocation’06. Seriously, its really freaking darn good. So good that i went for both nights of their concert. In case some of you are not aware, Evocation is an annual dance showcase, put up by NUS Dance Ensemble. This is their 4th year running and it just keep getting better! It […]