Witness pure joy from an aesthetic collision of movement and music, by choreographers Idan Cohen (Israel), Akiko Kitamura (Japan) and HORSE Dance Theatre 骉马剧场 (Taiwan).
Awardwinning theatre director Edith Podesta and NUS talents bring you on a fascinating and shocking journey into what is possible if consumerism supercedes all moral codes.
Akiko Kitamura (Japan) brings a third version of To Belong in this energetic and visually lyrical multi-layered exploration of the human spirit.
Young playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (Iran) dissects the experience of his generation in his original play that requires no director, no set and no rehearsals, which brings an actor’s skill to the test.
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》.
FESTIVAL PICKS
Opening Show: OVERDRIVE: A TRIPLE BILL
Book TicketsNUS Dancers with Idan Cohen (Israel) & T.H.E Second Company, Akiko Kitamura (Japan), and HORSE Dance Theatre 骉舞剧场 (Taiwan)
Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar | 8pm | UCC Theatre | $29 & $23 | 100 min (with interval)Tickets for Fri 14 Mar are sold out
This programme is eligible for the Tote Board Arts Grant subsidy.
Witness pure joy from an aesthetic collision of movement and music as international choreographers Idan Cohen (Israel) and Akiko Kitamura (Japan) take young NUS dancers to a heightened state of activity in Overdrive. Finally, Taipei-based dance collective HORSE Dance Theatre will present an excerpt from their critically acclaimed piece 2 Men as a counterfoil for the two pieces.
Closing Show: CON$UMED
Book TicketsTheatrical collaboration between Multimedia Designer Brian Gothong Tan, Lighting Designer Adrian Tan and Theatre Director Edith Podesta with NUS Talents
Fri 28 & Sat 29 Mar | 8pm | UCC Theatre | $29 & $23 | 105 min (with interval)Tickets for both shows are selling fast!
"Life for Singaporeans is not complete without shopping"
– Goh Chok Tong, Former Prime Minister of Singapore.
Awardwinning theatre director Edith Podesta, Young Artist Award recipient Brian Gothong Tan and Life! Theatre Award nominee Adrian Tan, together with a team of professional actors and NUS talents, will bring you on a fascinating and shocking journey into what is possible if consumerism supersedes all moral codes.
TO BELONG -CYCLONICDREAM-
Book TicketsAkiko Kitamura (Japan/Indonesia)
Tue 18 & Wed 19 Mar | 8pm | UCC Theatre | $29 & $23 | 60 min (no interval)This programme is eligible for the Tote Board Arts Grant subsidy.
To Belong –cyclonicdream– is a journey into time and space, exploring local myths and philosophies about the living and the dead and how they relate to our physical existence. An energetic and visually lyrical multi-layered exploration of the human spirit.
CHOPIN: PASSION & DEATH
Book TicketsLoke Hoe Kit, Jonathan Shin, Song Ziliang & Victor Yeh
Thu 20 Mar | 8pm | Conservatory Concert Hall, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music | $19 | 90 min (with interval)Consumed and wracked by the ravages of tuberculosis, Frédéric Chopin overcame his frail health and fear of mortality with great music of ultimate passion. This special concert brings together for the first time in Singapore the three great mature sonatas of Frédéric Chopin, featuring some of Singapore’s most exceptional young musical talents.
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WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT
Book TicketsNassim Soleimanpour
Mandarin translation by Wu Han Yun (吴菡芸)
An Aurora Nova Production
Fri 21 – Sun 23 Mar | 8pm | UCC Dance Studio | $20 | 60 min (no interval) Additional matinee performances at 3pm on Sat & Sun | $15
Imagine being 29 and forbidden to leave your country. Nassim Soleimanpour dissects the experience of a whole generation in his original play. Forbidden to travel, he turns his isolation to his own advantage with a play that requires no director, no set, no rehearsals and a different actor reading the script for the first time at each performance.
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TRACES《走过》
Book TicketsNUS Dance Synergy and Re:Dance Theatre with Albert Tiong (Choreographer)
国大现代舞团、舞•微风荡漾与编舞张咏翔联合呈献
Sat 22 Mar | 8pm | UCC HALL | $29, $23 & $19 | 70 min (no interval)3月22日（六）∣晚上8时∣国大文化中心音乐厅
This programme is eligible for the Tote Board Arts Grant subsidy.
Traces compels us to re-think what makes life meaningful. Drawing inspiration from Nobel Prizewinner Gao Xing Jian’s script The Other Shore《彼岸》, dancers from NUS Dance Synergy and Re:Dance Theatre under direction of Albert Tiong invite you to examine the tensions and contradictions in human character, interpersonal relationships and societal values.