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The company's repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary ballet, from world-renowned choreographers.They have also done several full-length ballets in their history with The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Giselle, Madame Butterfly, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote and the contemporary work Reminiscing the Moon, choreographed by Boi Sakti ...
Ballet. The history of ballet in Singapore is a relatively short one. From the early years of rejection of western influences, developments in ballet began to grow with the establishment of ballet schools and academy in the late 1900s. [5]
Goh Soo Khim ( simplified Chinese: 吴素琴; traditional Chinese: 吳素琴; pinyin: Wú Sù Qín) is a Singaporean ballerina and a doyen in Singapore’s dance scene. She is also the co-founder and artistic director of Singapore Dance Theatre. She is also credited for the development of ballet in Singapore, and for nurturing many successful ...
National University of Singapore. Occupation (s) ballet dancer and choreographer. Years active. 1970–1987. Goh Choo San ( Chinese: 吴诸珊; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngôo Tsu-suan; 14 September 1948 – 28 November 1987) was a Singaporean ballet dancer and choreographer whose decade-long association with The Washington Ballet brought that company ...
A study of the history of Singapore, including Temasek to Singapore, the Raffles Years, and the Straits Settlements, is given. Information about the transition of Singapore as a British Colony to the modern independent state of today, and the effects of World War II also is presented.
Dances. Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam, Kathakali. Santha Bhaskar (1939 – 26 February 2022), née Pankyamma Santhamma was a Singaporean dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Born in India, she trained and performed in multiple classical Indian dance forms, including Mohiniyattam, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam. She performed and choreographed a number ...
The Singapore Women's Hall of Fame is a virtual hall of fame that honors and documents the lives of historically significant women in Singapore. The hall is the creation of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), and grew out of an earlier nine-member wall of fame that the organization created in 2005.
Ballet iconography is one of the most important branches of theatre history: a discipline dealing with visual material reflecting various aspects of a dance performance. Iconographic sources can answer important questions related to the history and technique of dance, questions relevant to ballet costume, questions characterizing the