Moments with Esplanade

Looking back at my blog, it is like ages since I last blogged! There must be lots of cobwebs here now that needs dusting, not to mention the dropping in readership =) Oh well, the busy days at work just got to me these few days, that I just can’t wait for my year end trip to just let my hair loose!

Anyway, here’s a short entry here on the times spent at the Esplanade – one for personal leisure, another for work.

First up, Stomp!!

Yes, I finally got a chance to watch Stomp after so many years. The Boy was very kind to accompany me again, as we appreciated music made out of our every day items. Being a music person, furthermore a percussionist, I was very much amazed at the way they made music out of mundane items that would have never ever crossed my mind that they could be used they way they were. The use of lighters was one, as we were amazed at how they played with the light and the different patterns of clicking to a magical display of musical art. I also loved how they incorporated martial-arts-like movements into their performances that just blew my mind.

What entertained me the most? It was the nutty display of antics by the performers themselves, that just tickled my funny bone, and got me laughing non-stop from the start to the end. What can I say… You really got to watch it yourself to get what I mean! =)

Anyway, the next performance that I got to watch was Dunas, a world premiere which features Maria Pages and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Due to work collaborations between IMH and Esplanade, some of my colleagues and I were treated by the latter to a sumptuous dinner at a Japanese restaurant, before heading off to enjoy the performance. Of course we didn’t just had fun. We did discuss about future projects for collaboration, though we seemed to have more play than work =P

Dunas, as part of the Dans Festival, featured contemporary flamenco dance and abstract dance. While I admit that I do have trouble appreciating abstract dance, their place of visual effects like light, shadows, visual effects through the use of the visualiser, and shapes through curtain drapes was utterly fascinating! Perhaps this might inspire me more to watch more dance performances in future (though I do think that I might prefer to take up dance classes with Zhuo Wei instead, haha) =)