Though the Esplanade’s run of its annual da:ns festival has ended, guest writer for Arts Equator, Lim Shan, reminisced about her experience during the three unique performances by LASALLE dance students.
Famous US Choreographer's Impressionistic Take on Singapore
Storied American choreographer Bill T. Jones helms a production, A Letter/Singapore, with LASALLE's dance students for the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). Featuring 22 students from the College's dance cohort along with professionals from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, A Letter/Singapore is "an impressionistic take" on modern Singapore.
Presents Of The Future: The Art Of Giving
Students and alumni from LASALLE’s Faculty of Design and Faculty of Fine Arts have created 14 unique gift items, showcased in “The Art of Giving” art exhibition at Scotts Square till 31 December.
Inspired by the Singapore Biennale 2013 theme “If The World Changed”, and in celebration of the holiday season, artists gazed into the future and created wearable art and lifestyle objects using materials from textiles to terracotta.
Up Close and Personal with the Stars of The Walking Dead
A zombie pandemic broke loose at LASALLE on Saturday, 11 January 2014, as stars of the hit drama series, The Walking Dead, Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus arrived on Singapore shores to help combat the contagious phenomenon – with students from the Faculty of Performing Arts in the thick of the action.
Oon's Big Break in Hollywood
When you watch the new Netflix series Marco Polo, you will see a Singapore face among the cast. Young Singapore actress Oon Shu An has received the biggest break of her career by landing the part of a concubine in the Asian period drama.
And she is not the only Singapore name in the series. Four other Singapore actors had speaking parts, including Tan Kheng Hua and Los Angeles- based Chin Han.
LASALLE helps inmates learn real-world skills
On Monday 14 April, a total of 80 inmates from Tanah Merah Prison (Prison School), Changi Women’s Prison and Changi Prison Complex Institution A4 received National Youth Achievement Awards (NYAA) at a ceremony presided over by Mr Lawrence Wong, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.
Laneway Singapore and LASALLE design seats for the comfort of festival-goers
LASALLE College of the Arts lecturers and award-winning designer Nathan Yong lead the partnership for students to showcase their talent at the eighth Laneway Festival Singapore.
Laneway Festival Singapore will sport a newly-added element to the 2018 edition: SEATS, spaces and furniture designed and installed by LASALLE College of the Arts students.
LASALLE partners Niigata University to showcase rare animation art, and embark on first-of-its-kind animation archiving project In Singapore
Rarely-seen historical concept arts and developmental sketches of young Gainax members – animation legends Hiroyuki Yamaga, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Maeda Mahiro and Hideaki Anno – was showcased in an unprecedented exhibition on 19 March in Singapore.
D&AD Awards
Wood Pencil
(Book Design)
Felix Sng, Darrick Ma, Benson Chong
BA(Hons) Design Communication, Class of 2011
Entry: Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book Vol. I of V
Short Film By LASALLE Alumni In Animation Festival
My World is a work that epitomises interdisciplinary collaboration between diverse individuals. The animation is a brainchild between LASALLE’s Puttnam School of Film and Animation and School of Contemporary Music, with Japanese director Miyako Makio, Singaporean producer Geraldine Toh, Vietnamese animator Nguyen Hong Ngoc Mai, and Chinese music composer Wang Jingyao comprising the team.