Ramayana, aerial arts and Intergalactic Dreams at this month's Singapore Night Festival
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Ramayana, aerial arts and Intergalactic Dreams at this month'due south Singapore Dark Festival
This yr'southward event lineup comprises xvi light artworks and more than 40 performances, and volition bandage a spotlight on regional folklore and traditions.
Fuerza Bruta's immersive theatre show. (Photo: Fuerza Bruta)
The Singapore Night Festival (SNF) returns for its 12th edition and this year, the event will contain regional twists to commemorate the Singapore Bicentennial.
The festival is set to transform the Bras Basah.Bugis commune into an arts and cultural haven from Aug 23 to 31, with the curtain-raiser starting tomorrow (Aug 8) at the National Museum of Singapore.
There volition be more than than 40 performances as well as 16 light artworks equally function of Night Lights, with installations and projections bandage onto familiar facades.
Said festival director, Angelita Teo, "SNF is 12 years former and many of our festival-goers have grown along with the states on our festival journey. Year on year, they have come to expect new experiences that transform the Bras Basah.Bugis district, challenging them to see these spaces in a new lite."
One such space is The National Museum of Singapore's Banyan tree, which volition be the backdrop of a projection called The Legend Of Ramayana by French grouping Spectaculaires, inspired by the Indian epic poem. This will be complemented past a gamelan functioning by local grouping Gamelan Asmaradana, from Aug 29 to 31, retelling the story of the Ramayana through traditional Javanese tembang or verse.
For a kid-friendly Ramayana experience, head to the Festival Village at Dhoby Ghaut Green for Sita'south Magical Forest, which follows Prince Rama's married woman Sita as she encounters the animals of the magical woods.
Only first, the festival kicks off with the pall-raiser: Three installations that will open to the public tomorrow at the National Museum of Singapore. Amid them is the three-part Intergalactic Dreams by Singaporean artist Jahan Loh, which explores the theme of climate change through alternative homes in an imagined future where Earth is no longer hospitable.
While entry to the festival is free, at that place volition too be ticketed events such as the headlining immersive theatre show from Argentinian troupe Fuerza Bruta. The evidence, which encompasses aeriform acts and suspended "stages", has already been performed to more than 6m spectators effectually the globe.
The Singapore Dark Festival runs from Aug 23 to 31. Entry is free, though some programmes are ticketed. Tickets to the shows are available from Sistic at a special toll of S$12 until Aug ix. For more than information, become to nightfestival.sg.
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