TLAB is a new TheatreWorks programme to launch Singaporean individual artists into international collaboration begun by ONG Keng Sen in Feb 2001.

The unique feature of Interphase is that it is open to the public free of charge.

TLAB:01 continues its support of Singaporean individual artists with the start of the next artist-in-residence, ANG Gey Pin.

Gey Pin and her Italian collaborator, Mario Ruggeri, will conduct a 3-week session with Singapore artists.

ANG Gey Pin began her work in theatre in 1987. She studied theatre in the University of Hawaii. She was a participant at the Workcentre of Jerzy Grotowski in 1994. She won the Young Artist Award for 1999. 

Featuring 60 young talents from TAFC Young Dancers' Theatre.

This interactive dance theatre creates a riveting performance based on Asian folk tales about wings. The main story of the performance, (The Magic Wings), describes a little goose girl who attempts to grow a pair of wings in order to free herself to see the world. This story has a very strong underlying message about human equality and the emancipation of women in the society.

Conceptualised/Choreographed/Directed by LOW Mei Yoke/Nick NG

As we move and dance,

celebrating our existence in this

mortal world of urbanity;

of pubs, discos and clubs;

of good food, nice buildings

and shopping centres...

Things are disintegrating in a speed

as fast as our legs can dance.

Things are moving like illusions,

as though they had never been in existence.

One moment it is flesh and blood, another

it is just a piece of meat.

Just like any thing, living or not,

we move and dance...

Just like any thing, we live and rot.

Soprano CHU Tai Li was born in Taiwan in a well-known musical family. Her father was a composer and mother, an opera singer. She started piano lessons at the age of four and accompanied her mother to study at the Conservatorio Nazionale Di Musica S Cecilia at the age of eight.

At 16, she was admitted into the Taiwan National School of Arts to study singing. Under the gifted children programme, she was sent to Conservatorio Nazionale Di Musica S Cecilia in 1970 to study with G. Favaretto and G. Perea Labia. She graduated with distinction in 1976 and was immediately invited to sing at important festivals, such as Accademia S Cecilia Di Roma, Accademia Chigiano di Siena, Accademia Mozarteum Salzburg, Corso di Perfezionamento and Vacanza Musicale di Venezia.

In 1979, Tai Li made her professional opera debut. She received the National Arts Award in 1987. Tai Li began her teaching career in 1992. She is currently a voice professor at Conservatorio Nazionale di Musica Verona.

Regarded as national treasures in the new South Africa for their captivating Zulu harmonies and devotion to their homeland. This 10-man acappella chorus, introduced to the west in 1986 by Paul Simon on his Graceland album and tour, sing such close nuanced harmonies that the effect is one deep, rich, resonant and proud voice. On stage, Ladysmith's sonorous vocals, charismatic stage presence and colourful choreography leave audiences of every culture spellbound. Founder: Joseph Shabalala.

Presented by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The Soweto String Quartet and their 5-piece band is one of South Africa's most successful and enjoyable exports with a sound that is fresh, vibrant and funky.

They will perform a selection of songs including original compositions as well as songs by other composers, (Wimoweh or The Lion Sleeps Tonight plus songs by Sting and Paul Simon from his Graceland album)

The nine musicians create an upbeat atmosphere from the start with a mix of classical and pop instruments creating music that is both accessible and interesting.

Featuring pieces choreographed by its Resident Choreographer, Zaini Mohd Tahir, alumni choreographers, and also guest choreographer Jeffrey TAN from the Singapore Dance Theatre, the Annual Concert of the NUS Dance Ensemble this year will explore the depth of the human emotions of joy, laughter, sorrow and peace.

Works offered fuse modern, ballet and jazz dance influences with ethnic elements to create a visual spectacle of dance and music combining colour, rhythm of on-going movement and texture. Dynamic dancers will transport audiences to a world of physical and spiritual experience as fluid bodies intertwine, twirl, and delve into the recesses of the soul, expressing emptiness, exhilaration and ecstasy.

Let the SCO accompany you through the night with Chinese wind and percussion music under the baton of YEH Tsung, a talented and forefront international conductor in both the Chinese and western classical music.

Guest Conductor: YEH Tsung

Percussion: MENG Xiao Liang

Guanzi: JIN Shi Yi

A Dual Performance of Dance and Music

By Ballett Freiburg Pretty Ugly and Freiburger Barockorchester

Choreography: Amanda Miller

Music Direction: Gottfried von der Goltz

Stage/Light: Seth Tillett; Costume: Amanda Miller, Lisa Brzonkalla; Dramaturgy: Rüdiger, Seth Tillett; Musicians: Freiburg Barockorchester, Daniela Helm Violin, Martin Jopp Violin, Annette Schmidt Viola, Lidewij Scheifes Violoncello, Torsten Johann Harpsichord; Dancers: Ballett Freiburg Pretty Ugly Viviana Escalé Pelliza, Rebecca Jefferson, Emma-Louise Jordan, Miriam Parker, Jordi Alguacil Milà, Michael Getman, Shane hedges, Michael Maurissens, Flavia Tabarrini. 

Catch prodigious 22-year-old Russian violinist Natalia Lomeiko in action - Natalia performed with the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra at the age of seven, and in October 2000 won the Paganini International Violin Competition.

She performs the ever-popular First Violin Concerto by Max Bruch, a work where virtuosity, lyricism and lush romanticism find a perfect medium. SSO's Conductor Emeritus Maestro CHOO Huey conducts.

Hindemith Suite from Nobilissima Visione

Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.26

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3 in D Major, Op.29 "Polish"

Conductor: CHOO Huey

Violinist: Natalia Lomeiko

Born in Havana in October 1930, Cuba's very own Edith Piaf has been thrilling audiences throughout the world with the moving honesty of her voice for more than half a century.

Omara has recorded and worked with world-class musicians in the likes of Ruben Gonzalez, Amadito Valdes, Eliades Ochoa, Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ry Cooder and also performed with the legendary Nat King Cole when he played the Tropicana.

Lars Jansson - Piano - Sweden

Tore Brunborg - tenor sax - Norway

Severi Pyysalo - vibraphone - Finland

Jesper Bodilsen - bass - Denmark

Morten Lund - drums - Denmark

Concert by Stella NG, Pam OEI & Peculiar Remedies

19 Sep 2001     The Theatre, University Cultural Centre  8pm

Relive your varsity days, from orientation to exams, friendships forged, love lost and found and finally graduating... to a new beginning. A rising star in Taiwan, Stella will perform with her acoustic guitar. Also  taking centre stage will be Pam OEI, an established actress and her talented band, the Peculiar Remedies, performing a mix of folk, rock and pop original songs and covers.

Piano Recital by Dennis LEE & TOH Chee Hung

22 Sep 2001   The Hall, University Cultural Centre  8pm

Compelling guitar technique and intricate chordal melodies infuse a depth and nuance into solo acoustic arrangements as Alex De Grassi performs jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, George & Ira Gershwin and Hoagy Carmichael from his album Bolivian Blues Bar ( Narada Jazz) together with key works from his Windham Hill years and Grammy nominated album The Water Garden.

Discography:

Tatamonk                    Tropo Records

Bolivian Blues Bar        Narada Jazz

The Water Garden        Tropo Records

Beyond The Night Sky  Earthbeat

The World's Getting Loud     Windham Hill

A Windham Hill Retrospective     Windham Hill

Altiplano                      RCA/Novus

Clockwork                    Windham Hill

Southern Exposure       Windham Hill

Slow Circle                   Windham Hill

An original storyline conceptualised by Lawrence KHONG, Magic of Love brings together a myriad of talented Singaporeans and foreigners. This true blue local production will delight all with a heart wrenching original score from Iskandar Ismail and original costumes by international designer Betty Reiley. And brace yourself for revolutionary, breathtaking magic acts devised by Jeff McBride, the world-renowned Master Illusionist.

Executive Producer: Lawrence KHONG

Written and Directed by Jeffrey TAN

Music composed and arranged by Iskandar Ismail

Magic Direction by Jeff McBride