Dancers from NUS Dance Synergy and Re:Dance Theatre ponder over what makes life meaningful in this piece choreographed by Albert Tiong, inspired from Nobel Prizewinner Gao Xing Jian’s script The Other Shore《彼岸》.
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About the Artist
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Albert Tiong
Choreographer
Albert graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (HKAPA) on scholarship in 1996. He was a professional dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan from 1996 to 1999, guest artist with Hong Kong Dance Company in 2000, and principal dancer with Odyssey Dance Theatre Singapore from 2000 to 2003. He was the Singapore representative for World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific dance Bridge 2007 Artist Showcase, where he choreographed a solo on himself, Heart Sutra.
As an educator, Albert teaches contemporary dance and yoga extensively in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. He is currently a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Albert was the resident choreographer and training master for Frontier Danceland from 2007-2011. He created Self Scan for Singapore Arts Festival – Arts On the Move 2007, co-choreographed Something Wrong (2007), Memory (2007) and The Master and Mistresses (2008). He created a full-length work, Beg Your Pardon? (2009) on the company and in 2010 set another solo, Moving Words on himself for 02-Square Series 9, D1M3 – One Dance, Three Mutations. His most recent works for Frontier were Second Chance for Contact 2010, Heart’s Realm for Colorado College International Dance Festival and In the Light of the Day for Contact 2011.
As an independent artist, Albert was commissioned to create Checkmate for Esplanade da:ns Festival 2008 under its Artist Residency programme. He was invited for two consecutive years as guest choreographer for Singapore Management University Arts Festival 2009 and 2010, where Contrary and Urban Delve were presented respectively. His other commission was the full-length piece The Passing, presented at the M1 Fringe Festival 2010. Other works of his include Memory for Terpischore 2010 – Unvelings, NUS Arts Festival 2010 and Vary and Vary 2 for LASALLE College of the Arts – Esplanade da:ns Festival 2010 and 2011.
Low Xu Hao (罗旭豪)
Music Director
Low Xu Hao is a graduate of the University of Miami, Frost School of Music where he earned his Masters in Choral Conducting under the direction of Dr. Joshua Habermann; a degree he began while he attended the San Francisco State University. In Miami, Xu Hao was awarded full graduate assistantships where he served as the director of the Frost Chamber Singers, Women’s Chamber, and the Women’s Chorale. He also previously served as the director for the San Francisco State University’s women’s and men’s choirs.
An accomplished choral director, Xu Hao has garnered Gold with Honours and Gold awards in the national Singapore Youth Festival choral competitions as well as at multiple international choral competitions.
A large passion of Xu Hao is to create musical projects and was involved in the organization of large-scale events such as gala dinners Winter Wonderful Festival at the Fontainebleau in Miami, performing with Jon Secada. He also prepared choruses for maestro Eduardo Marturet of the Miami Symphony, and assisted in the organization of the Annual Honor Choir Festivals at the University of Miami. Xu Hao currently serves as the President of the Choral Directors’ Association (Singapore) and is excited to present innovative musical ideas to the local performing arts scene.
Adrian Tan (陈俊兆)
Lighting Designer
A Graduate of Lasalle College of The Arts in 2006, Adrian has since designed shows that have been staged both locally and internationally. Recent designs include the well-received Cooling Off Day (Nominee, Production of The Year, Life! Theatre Awards 2012), other shows for Wild Rice include National Language Class, that was premiered at the first Singapore Theatre Festival in 2006 and also staged the Indonesian Dance Festival.
His versatility has been displayed in numerous dance shows in recent years, such as Masterpiece In Motion, 25th Anniversary Gala Performance for Singapore Dance Theatre, 12 Arrows and To Unwritten Chapters for Lasalle's School of Dance, Solo/Duet for T.H.E Dance Company, which was commissioned by the NUS Arts Festival and Petals in the Crowd for The Arts Fission Company, which was staged in Jakarta, Indonesia.
In 2006, he was also the first Asian recipient of the ETC Sponsorship Awards that was held in Las Vegas, USA.
Kelvin Chew
Multimedia Artist
Kelvin is currently pursuing a Bachelor Of Arts in Digital Filmmaking At the School Of Art Design And Media, Nanyang Technological University. Previously trained as a photographer, his current exploration into moving images and interactive media has influenced him produce works that are cross disciplinary and collaborative in nature. His recent involvements in multimedia design include The Necessary Stage's Crossings and Perfection Of 10 for Esplanade’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations.
Kelvin also collaborated with RDT as a multimedia artist in Revisit the Sunflower in M1 Fringe Festival 2013.