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Earth. Man. Woman. A Dance Trilogy
by Singapore Dance Theatre
26 - 29 September 2001.

A triple bill, featuring:

Jardi Tancat by Nacho Duato.

She Is As He Eats by Jan De Schynkel

Maninyas by Stanton Welch.

<small>[ 19 September 2004, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: Azlan ]</small>

Malcolm, do you know what overseas companies are expected to visit Singapore in the near future?

Hi Kevin,<P><BR>Unfortunately, I have absolutely no idea at this point. <P>Usually, the bulk of the foreign dance companies will come to Singapore during our annual Festival of Arts in June - that's when the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, STREB, Ultima Vez, H.Art Chaos and others came this year. Isolated tours are rare, but do happen. Last year, we had ABT, Tanzcompagnie Rubato and Sasha Waltz (with the Berlin Schaubuhne) from last year. Earlier this year, Ballet Biarritz came with Thierry Malandain's <I>Nutcracker</I>.<P>But what I do know right now is Amanda Miller's <I>Art of Fugue</I>, by the Ballett Freiburg Pretty Ugly and Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, will be performed in Singapore on September 11. On October 26, Anna Huber will be giving a solo performance entitled <I>Unsichtbarst</I>. The Goethe Institute in Singapore seems to bring in quite a few German dance companies. <BR>

The cover story in latest issue of The Arts Magazine - on gender, democratising the body, Singapore Dance Theatre's September offering, and Amanda Miller and Anna Huber in Singapore:
http://www.theartsmagazine.com.sg/archives/SeptOct2001/MovingAgenda.html

<small>[ 08-31-2002, 07:03: Message edited by: Malcolm Tay ]</small>

Malcolm, I have met Deng Fuquan, the writer of that article which you pointed out. He came to Hong Kong last year to attend a dance critics' conference chaired by Marcia Siegel.

This year's triple bill season comes a little earlier:

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A Night of Passion.Love.Humour.[/url]
28 - 31 August 2002
Victoria Theatre, 8pm

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
choreography: Jiri Kylian
staging: Roslyn Anderson
music: Gustav Mahler

Petruschka
choreography: Joachim Schloemer
music: Igor Stravinsky

Sextet
choreography: Thierry Malandain
staging: Francoise Dubuc
music: Steve Reich

<small>[ 08-22-2002, 06:29: Message edited by: Malcolm Tay ]</small>

There's a features piece in the Asian Wall Street Journal this weekend on the opening in Oct. of the Esplanade cultural complex in Singapore, which will offer a new home to the Singapore Dance Theatre. The company will perform a specially commissioned work "Reminiscing The Moon" at the opening. The link below is for the newspaper's subscribers.

http://online.wsj.com/at_leisure?mod=1%5F0051

<small>[ 08-23-2002, 00:43: Message edited by: Kevin Ng ]</small>

As reported in <I>The Straits Times</I>, 23 Aug. 2002, SDT dancer Kuik Swee Boon (featured in CD's front-page image) will be joining Nacho Duato's Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid on a 12-month contract. This August triple bill marks his last performance in Singapore.

In The Business Times:

More...
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<small>[ 08-31-2002, 07:04: Message edited by: Malcolm Tay ]</small>

Is this the Spanish company that is based in Madrid? I believe I saw them a few years ago and very much enjoyed them. They gave classical ballet a Spanish flair which was quite wonderful.

Yes, Basheva, that company is based in Madrid. I saw them in Duato's works several years ago when they toured Hong Kong.

An article on SDT and its October world premiere of Boi Sakti's "Reminiscing the Moon" in the September/October issue of The Arts Magazine:

Click here to view article

<small>[ 09-17-2002, 05:48: Message edited by: Malcolm Tay ]</small>

Speaking of the Esplanade, Basheva's namesake, the Batsheva Dance Company is coming for the opening too!

Malcolm did you see the NUS Dance Ensemble's recent performance? I thought it was very good, the standard was much higher than expected and of course Zaini's choreography is wonderful.

Shazna and Malcolm, I think that the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre (not the Kirov though) will be at the Esplanade this Dec. Please check.

I can't find any mention of the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre but I've just discovered that the National Ballet of China will be part of the opening festival too and performing Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern from 31 October to 3 November. Very interesting, I definitely want to watch this.