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The Straits Times: Dance with Malay theme wins prize in Japan

25 Jan 2023

A team from LASALLE College of the Arts received honours at a dance competition held in Yokohama, Japan. Diploma in Dance lecturer Fairul Zahid won the Masdanza Prize for choreography …

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Berita Harian: By winning an award with Malay dance, two Singapore dancers grab a spot in Spain

4 Jan 2023

Overcoming multiple cultural, language and injury challenges, two final year students from LASALLE’s School of Dance and Theatre, Jocelyn Tay and Natasha Koo, not only succeeded in performing a Malay …

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Open House 2023

3 Jan 2023

Find your place in the arts and realise your potential. As Asia’s leading contemporary arts and design institution, LASALLE will grow your creative talent through an inspiring, interdisciplinary approach, led …

Berita Harian: Theatre to empower minority women

7 Nov 2022

BA(Hons) Musical Theatre alumna Sofie Binte Shahrin Buligis almost didn’t choose to study musical theatre because she was shy, and had made plans to study history instead. However, she auditioned …

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Trip report

Feature: LASALLE takes on the world – summer trip reports 2022

14 Jul 2022

As global travel resumes in the aftermath of the pandemic, international exchanges and study trips have also restarted in earnest. In the summer of 2022, undergraduate and postgraduate students across …

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What happens after art school

What happens after art school? #1: Miso Choi on how LASALLE set her on the path to Harvard

16 Jun 2022

Alumna Miso Choi followed up her performance-centric BA(Hons) Acting degree at LASALLE by pursuing a Master of Education in Human Development and Education at Harvard University. While Harvard may be …

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Feature: Photo essay – behind the scenes of Civic Bodies

23 Sep 2021

The disappointment was palpable in 2020, when the pandemic scuppered plans for LASALLE College of the Arts Diploma in Dance students to perform at Esplanade’s annual dance platform da:ns fest. …

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In conversation with

In conversation with: Dr Stephanie Burridge on Routledge’s new anthology of LASALLE research

22 Sep 2020

Come October 2020, LASALLE College of the Arts will be launching a new monograph of multidisciplinary research emerging from the College. The first publication of its kind, Embodied Performativity in …

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Preparing dance students for the global stage

13 Mar 2020

LASALLE’s dance students are a rare breed of artists that emerge after graduation, ready to carve their own artistic paths. From Biennale Danza (Venice, Italy), MOTUS Danza’s Move Off Festival …

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In conversation with: Dr Venka Purushothaman on his journey in arts education

8 Jan 2019

03 January 2019 Hi Venka, you’ve been involved in the arts for a long time now. Tell us a little about your journey. I studied English Literature and Mass Communications …

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Trip report

Sharing Singapore theatre with international audiences

16 Nov 2018

09 November 2018 LASALLE students delighted international audiences with their performance of Kuo Pao Kun’s iconic play, The Coffin Is Too Big For the Hole, at the Festival De L’ …
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My experience at: the Biennale Danza

31 Oct 2018

29 June 2018 The Biennale Danza, nested within the annual Venice Biennale, is one of the world’s leading contemporary dance festivals. This year, 15 young dancers between 18-23 were selected …

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What’s it like working with choreographer Bill T Jones

10 Jul 2018

12 October 2016 A Letter/Singapore is a unique interdisciplinary fusion of multiple performing practices – dance, theatre, music and video – around a movement-based core. The search to break new …

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