Festival Finale Programme:
Title: Memories Unfold: Colours Revealed
Choreographers: Jesper Tan
Performers: AMKSS Band, AMKSS Modern Dance Club, Secondary 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-B IAP Dance Classes
Synopsis: With the art work of the famed Illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell’s Peter Pan as its inspiration, the choreographer has chosen to live his wish of never growing up and keeping happy thoughts, so that our children can continue to fly in their dreams and aspirations.
With this child-like optimism in mind, Memories Unfold: Colours Revealed, hopes to re-ignite our memories of the recent past in all their glory; exploring the summits, nadirs and emotions.
Title: Epilogue: Tradition of Change
Choreographers: Gani Abdul Karim, Rizman
Performers: AMKSS Band, AMKSS Choir, AMKSS Malay Dance Club, AMKSS Rock Bands, Secondary 1-1, 1-4, 1-A, 1-C IAP Dance Classes
Synopsis: What are we really, this idea of Singapore? We are continually wiping out, borrowing, re-inventing our past and our future. Do we have a tradition? Since we first landed on Singapore we have been re-creating even as we try to authentic, becoming inadvertent authors of our new and ongoing story. Tradition of Change invites you to reflect on these ideas and where we’re all heading .. ..
Title: Club Legenda
Performers: Selected 2008 Secondary 3 and 4 Students
Synopsis: In the grand tradition of the wild dance halls of the 1960s, the dance hall is throwing an all-out retro party, complete with mirror balls and other psychedelic effects, where students pay tribute to the famous dance moves, “The Agogo”, “The Twist” and “The Hustle” of the 1960s. In so doing, they have absorbed the ideas of the era and meshed them with those from their own time, to create a new understanding of what the 1960s means to them.
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Past Events
Fringe Festival Programme
Show Title: Arts in the Blocks
Showtime: 30th May 2008, Blk 325a Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, Admission Free
Title: Status Unknown
Choreographers: Jesper Tan
Performers: AMKSS Dance Club
Synopsis: “He was born in 1964. How old is he? Is he married? Is he a good father? Does he give clear instructions to his kids? Does he listen to the voice of his kids? Who is HE?”
This dance by the AMKSS Dance Club , involving the contemporary dance group, features the choreography of Jesper Tan, with digital art work created by the Secondary Three Normal (Technical) students in the Digital Art Elective Module in 2008 under the guidance of Visual Artist Nurhidayah. This performance also features a solo dance number by Tan Sen Cai.
Related Links:
AMKSS Dance Club: “Status Unknown” Detailed Description
Slideshow: Status Unknown – Systematised Structure
Slideshow: Status Unknown – Glory
Slideshow: Status Unknown – Birth
Photographs of the Performance
Title: Untitled
Performers: AMKSS Dance Club
Synopsis: Performed by the Malay Dance section of the AMKSS Dance Club. Consisting of three separate sections, the dance alludes in an abstract fashion to the 1960s. The first section, “The Awakening” describes new beginnings and fresh starts, the second section, “The Challenge” describes efforts to overcome obstacles and propel oneself to the next level. Finally, the third section “The Rising” depicts the reaching out to the sound of hope and the continuing quest for a better tomorrow.
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Photographs of the Performance
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Show Title: CLAP! presents 1964 – An AMKSS NOMAD Production
Showtime: 14th June 2008, Ang Mo Kio Centre Stage, Admission Free
Title: Forever Motown arranged by Roger Emerson
Performers: AMKSS Band, AMKSS Choir, Teck Ghee Community Club Line Dancers
Synopsis: This motown medley highlights seven songs that shaped the sound of an era! Includes: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough; Back In My Arms Again; Dancing In the Street; I Can’t Help Myself; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Reach Out, I’ll Be There; What Becomes of the Broken Hearted. Come to the event prepared to dance along with us, with the dancing led by the line dancers of the Teck Ghee Community Club
