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| For over fifteen years, Frontier Danceland has been performing in a broad spectrum of local and international dance festivals. |
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On a number of occasions the company's members have had the honour of not only representing the company, but also representing Singapore.
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Frontier Danceland has also been running a very successful Arts Education Programme for schools in Singapore,
demonstrating many forms of traditional Asian dance as part of Frontier Danceland's commitment -
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to educate and inspire Singapore's youth.
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Through our on-going AEP we bring Asian dance to schools in Singapore. The performance lasts for 30 minutes, during which students will learn about different Asian cultures through the dance, music and costumes. At the end of the performance we encourage the students to participate in the dance and learn simple movements.
Please contact us directly if you would like to book a performance.
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| The Masters and Mistresses |
| Artistic Director: |
Low Mei Yoke |
| Choreographers: |
Mr Albert Tiong – Singapore
Mr David Hsiao Yuan Pin – Taiwan
Mr Anthony Meh Kim Chuan – Malaysia |
| Dancers: |
Chiew Peishan, Ang Ai Jia, Wang Xiao Xiao,Wang Da |
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29 Feb, 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 March 2008, 8pm |
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Frontier Danceland ‘ s O2 SQUARE dance studio |
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“The Masters and Mistresses” dance installation extracted from the Chinese famous novel “Dream of the Red Chamber”. It integrates three male choreographers of various cultural backgrounds from Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore to exhibit their unique understanding about the great literature of “Dream of the Red Chamber”.
Three choreographers of distinct styles, based on their own philosophy and concept, revisit the “Dream of the Red Chamber” and present the unique and highly attractive works. It is aims to bring out more opportunities for local and overseas choreographers to communicate and extract outstanding experiences from each other.
“The Masters and Mistresses” presented in 3 different scenes but all scenes are melted into one, forming a continuous flow of narration, giving audience a brand new experience of the “Dream of the Red Chamber”. |
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Major Overseas Performances
“Tari 2000” Dance Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4th to 8th October 2000
Performed In Her Shadow and Spotlight.
Over 30 dance companies from Asian region participated in this festival.
“2000 Feet- A Celebration of World Dance” in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
19th to 26th June 1999
Performed Cloud and Active Spirits in the Secluded Garden.
“Dance Magazine” of New York commented that Cloud was "a first rate performance". The event was participated by 35 local dance companies and 38 others from 14 countries around the world. 1000 dancers took part in this event - hence the title “2000 Feet”.
The 2nd Asian Youth Festival in Seoul, Korea
5th to 12 August 1996
Performed Hope on the Plain and Fan Dance.
A total of 50 countries participated with an audience of 20,000 youth from all over the world.
Jakarta International Performance in Jakarta, Indonesia
19th to 22nd May 1994
Performed Golden Lotus Feet, Hope on the Plain, Fan Dance and Retrospect.
Participating Countries: Vietnam, Japan, India, Korea, Indonesia and Singapore.
The Third ASEAN Dance Festival in Manila, Philippines
21st to 26 March 1994
Performed Crossover, Golden Lotus Feet, Retrospect, Grandmother’s Tale, and Hope on the Plain.
Crossover was featured by The Philippines Star Newspaper as very ably choreographed in merging Indian, Malay and Chinese dance steps.
Participating Countries: Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.
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Major Local Performances
2004
26th + 27th Nov - Frontier's Annual Year End Performance "In The Eyes Of..."
2002
Nov - 10th Anniversary of Frontier Danceland Dance 10 -
Jun - Street Performance Arts Alive! Waterloo Street
Mar 2002 - Beyond the Wall
Feb-Jul - Arts Education Programme Asian Dance II
Sept - Sharing III Just a Piece of Meat
2001
Mar-Oct - Arts Education Programme Asian Dance
Mar - Sharing II Soulless Souls
2000
Sept - Sharing I Coloured Ladies
Apr - New Dance Lab 5 Face 2 Face
Mar-Nov - Arts Education Programme Transformation-The Creation from Ethnic Dance
1999
Oct - New Dance Lab 4 Contact
Mar-Oct - Arts Education Programme Transformation -The Creation of Dance Language
Jan - New Dance Lab 3 Writings on the Wall
1998
Nov - New Dance Lab 2 Time + Pass = Years Pass
Jul - New Dance Lab 1 Crying Jasmine
Jun - Street Performance Arts Alive! Waterloo Street
Mar-May - Arts Education Programme Tempo of the City
1997
Dec - Contemporary Dance Night No Way Out
Apr - Active Sprits in the Secluded Garden
Feb-May - Arts Education Programme Asian Dance
1996
Nov - Contemporary Dane Night Expressions and Movements
Apr - Frontier Cultural Dance Night
Jan-Apr - Arts Education Programme The Monkey God
1995
Apr - Solo Dance Night Tay Hee Ngerng’s Soliloquy
1994
Aug - Arts Education Programme organized by NAC Dancer’s Project 2- Dance with Idoms
1993
Dec - Frontier Contemporary Dance Night
Nov - Festival of Asian Performing Arts 93 Crossing
Aug - Shell Friday Lunchtime Cultural Programme
Apr - Outdoor Performance 2
Mar - Outdoor Performance 1
1992
Dec - Dancer’s Project 1
1991
Nov - Singapore Dance Festival 91 Asking Dance
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| Messages
from Dance 10 performance, 2002 |
Professor Tommy Koh
Chairman, National Heritage Board
It is my great pleasure to congratulate the Frontier Danceland on its 10th Anniversary.
Its Artistic Director, Low Mei Yoke, has been one of the pioneer choreographers who has the vision of creating a unique brand of contemporary dance with a distinctive Singaporean style. In all her works, she has been developing her own style of communication to form a strong synthesis of dance, music and visual design.
Every year, Frontier Danceland holds at least two major performances. In addition, it has performed in the Philippines, Indonesia, Korea, America and Malaysia to rave reviews. Frontier Danceland has achieved its objective of contributing to the development of Singapore’s cultural and artistic development at both national and global levels. The company has been conducting an arts education programme, with over 200 performances, to almost 200,000 students, at schools, polytechnics and tertiary institutions, with the aim of extending the magic of dance to young Singaporeans.
As Frontier Danceland strides towards the next decade, I extend my warmest wishes to the dancers and company. Through their efforts and dedication, they will continue to develop their unique vision of Singaporean contemporary dance and to create a significant impact globally.
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Liu Thai Ker
Chairman, National Arts Council
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, we congratulate Frontier Danceland and its founders Mdm Low Mei Yoke and Mr Tan Chong Poh.
Although not yet a full-time professional dance company, the artistic achievements of Frontier Danceland have been substantial. While constantly striving to break new grounds and create a unique Singapore identity, it has built up a repertoire of almost 100 dances by both local and foreign choreographers, and performed overseas to high acclaim. In particular, Dance Magazine of New York praised Mdm Low’s “Clould” as a first rate performance at the “2000 Feet-A Celebration of World Dance” Festival in 1999 at Philadelphia, USA.
It is also worth noting that since 1996, under the Council’s Arts Education programme, Frontier Danceland has held over 200 performances in schools, performing for more than 200,000 students.
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Ms Yun-Yu Wang Chen
Overseas Advisor
Associate Professor, Dance, Colorado College, USA
Chair, 2003 CORD/ WDA/ ICKL International Dance Festival, Taiwan
Executive Director, Jih Sun Foundation for Cultural and Education, Taiwan
Setting my choreography of “Crying Jasmine” on Frontier Danceland in 1998 gave me the enormous impact in my dance career as well as the understanding of how the dance artists in Singapore work. They are enthusiasm, hard worker, very artistic and moreover, the dancers of Frontier Danceland represented the group of pioneer dance artists who do not have the best support, yet they do not give up because of the hardship.
The performance that Frontier Danceland gave to the audience, dance educators and professionals in 2000 Feet International Dance Festival in USA, was so excellent that the participants were astonished and gave the highest applause.
It reminds me so much of my early work as a founding dancer of Cloud Gate in 1972. It is the love to dance that the world is lucky to have those artists providing the most beautiful dance performances ever have in each generation to come. And it is the ongoing love that the leader and dancers of Frontier Danceland represents that the modern dance in Singapore will continue and grow to the peak of the international dance world.
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