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Making a Scene
by Esplanade Offstage
A podcast about how art gets made. Created by Esplanade Offstage, your all-access backstage pass to the arts in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Episodes
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Making A Scene: Adaptations in Theatre
What is the meaning or value of adapting an existing work rather than creating a new work? With so many great texts in the world, how does one decide which piece to revisit, and what are some considerations one should have in mind while doing so?
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Making A Scene: Pathways for Chinese Language Theatre in Singapore
How do we understand and situate Chinese culture as well as Chinese language theatre in a multicultural society like Singapore? In this episode of Making A Scene, three artistic directors of prominent theatre companies in Singapore reflect on both their companies’ and their own relationship with...
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Making A Scene: Opera’s Contemporary Resonance
In this episode hosted by theatre-maker Edith Podesta, find out more about how opera is evolving with the times, through insights from Reuben Lai and Akiko Otao of L’Arietta Productions, Jeremy Chiew of New Opera Singapore, Jonathan Charles Tay and David Charles Tay of The Opera People, and Gena…
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Making A Scene: A Cappella
Narrated by performer and director Hossan Leong, this episode of Making a Scene features some key members of Singapore's a capella community. These artists talk about how the scene started, how it evolved, and what the future holds. You’ll hear about how early a capella groups such as In-A-Chord...
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Making A Scene: The social life of dance
Dance is not only a spectacle performed by trained professionals. It can be a form of expression, discipline, and memory for anyone. So what happens when the performance of dance is based on the habitual movements of everyday life, and when dance is embodied by untrained bodies in everyday…
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Making A Scene: Ballet, colour and diversity
Ballet is known for its long-held traditions that define its aesthetics and institutions. In some ways, these traditions have historically excluded and marginalised particular groups of people. In this episode hosted by multidisciplinary artist and educator Susan Sentler, Mohamed Noor Sarman,...
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Making A Scene: Directing the National Day Parade
What does it take to direct a large-scale event like the National Day Parade (NDP) in Singapore? Performer and director Hossan Leong chats with performing arts veterans and former NDP creative directors Beatrice Chia-Richmond and Selena Tan to find out more about how their theatre background and...
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Making A Scene: Social media is changing ballet
In this episode hosted by diversity strategist Theresa Ruth Howard, ballet soloists Shelby Williams and Harper Watters, as well as dancewear entrepreneur and meme creator Min Tan, explain how the online space is creating new ways to have valuable conversations about inclusion, wellness and social...
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Making A Scene: Brian Gothong Tan and Thong Kay Wee on the magic of cinema
The period spanning the 1950s to 1960s is known as the golden age of Singapore cinema. In this episode hosted by actress Munah Bagharib, artist Brian Gothong Tan and Asian Film Archive (AFA) programmer Thong Kay Wee chat about the movies and figures that shaped this era, including the influential...
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Making A Scene: Making music with Margaret Leng Tan and Huang Ruo
Cage “loved the way I prepared the piano”, Margaret Leng Tan, one of the foremost interpreters of his music, tells us in this episode of Making A Scene. In preparing the piano, she was influenced by the diverse music of her multicultural upbringing in Singapore. But for this Juilliard-trained...
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Making A Scene: A Moveable Feast
Singaporeans often describe Singapore as a food-obsessed nation. In this episode, we take a closer look at this purported obsession, and what it reveals about how we engage with Singaporean society and culture.
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Making A Scene: The Magic of Zakir Hussain's Music
Based in the United States, celebrated percussionist Zakir Hussain talks about the tabla and his career in music. Known for his work with the fusion band Shakti and sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, Hussain is also an Indian composer and music producer, who has brought the tabla to international...
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Making A Scene: Tracing the History of Indian Bands in Singapore
Discover Singapore’s Indian band scene from the 1940s to the 1980s when Mohamed Raffee’s band The Vasatham Boyz entered the scene. Hosted by Sheela Narayanan, this podcast also covers Md Raffee’s contributions to music scenes in Singapore and India, and what inspired him to become a full-time...
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Making A Scene: Theatre and its Place in Society in Mumbai and Bangalore
What are the challenges they face in terms of future opportunities and audience development? Is theatre part of everyday life or is it exclusive to the affluent? Does theatre reflect the voices in the society it inhabits and can it continue to thrive amid a global pandemic?
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Making A Scene: Bharatanatyam's Waves of Change
In this podcast, we look at how bharatanatyam has evolved within its traditional framework and examine how choreography has transformed to find relevance in a modern world. Diving into Leela Samson’s journey in dance including her work as a mentor, we find out what her practice means to her and...
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Making A Scene: The Devdutt Phenomenon
Devdutt Pattanaik writes on how mythology continues to be relevant to modern societies, especially in management, governance and leadership. In this podcast hosted by Himanshu Verma, we dive into Devdutt's success as an prolific author and mythologist, discussing challenges that he has overcome…
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Making A (da:ns) Scene: The Flesh Made Word
In this episode, dancer and dance writer Chan Sze-Wei speaks with ballet-trained New York Times dance writer Roslyn Sulcas about the function of cultural criticism, and how their experiences as performers shape the way they approach writing about dance.
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Making A (da:ns) Scene: Storytelling Across Borders
In this special episode of Making A Scene as part of da:ns festival 2020, the co-founder and executive producer of London-based Akram Khan Company talks to host Anita Kapoor about how his work strives to bridge different cultures and disciplines, and why he sees editing and an entrepreneurial...
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Making A (da:ns) Scene: Dance Dance Revolution
In this special edition of Making A Scene, we deep dive into the world of dance as part of da:ns festival 2020. Our host for this discussion is Daniel Kok, a choreographer, curator and artistic director of Dance Nucleus. From Singapore, he speaks to Switzerland-based interdisciplinary performing...
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Making a Scene Ep. 5: Arts Education, Interrupted
In this episode, we speak to School of the Arts principal Mary Seah and T. Sasitharan, the director of the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI). Both institutions offer unique pedagogies. SOTA is Singapore’s first national pre-tertiary specialised arts school, with a six-year integrated arts and...
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Making A Scene Ep. 4: Arts NMPs Assemble! (Part 5/5)
In this episode, four former arts Nominated Members of Parliament (Audrey Wong, Janice Koh, Kok Heng Leun and Terence Ho) discuss the challenges and possible opportunities facing the arts sector during the COVID-19 crisis. Each brings a unique perspective to the conversation.
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Making A Scene Ep. 4: Arts NMPs Assemble! (Part 4/5)
In this episode, four former arts Nominated Members of Parliament (Audrey Wong, Janice Koh, Kok Heng Leun and Terence Ho) discuss the challenges and possible opportunities facing the arts sector during the COVID-19 crisis. Each brings a unique perspective to the conversation.
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Making A Scene Ep. 4: Arts NMPs Assemble! (Part 3/5)
In this episode, four former arts Nominated Members of Parliament (Audrey Wong, Janice Koh, Kok Heng Leun and Terence Ho) discuss the challenges and possible opportunities facing the arts sector during the COVID-19 crisis. Each brings a unique perspective to the conversation.
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Making A Scene Ep. 4: Arts NMPs Assemble! (Part 2/5)
In this episode, four former arts Nominated Members of Parliament (Audrey Wong, Janice Koh, Kok Heng Leun and Terence Ho) discuss the challenges and possible opportunities facing the arts sector during the COVID-19 crisis. Each brings a unique perspective to the conversation.
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Making A Scene Ep. 4: Arts NMPs Assemble! (Part 1/5)
In this episode, four former arts Nominated Members of Parliament (Audrey Wong, Janice Koh, Kok Heng Leun and Terence Ho) discuss the challenges and possible opportunities facing the arts sector during the COVID-19 crisis. Each brings a unique perspective to the conversation.
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Making A Scene Ep. 3: Art & Outbreaks
How have outbreaks throughout history shaped art? How have artists grappled with the traumas and revelations of infection and disease? These are the questions we explore in this episode of Making A Scene, hosted by Edith Podesta and with special guests Haresh Sharma and Paul Rae.
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Making A Scene Ep. 2: Women and Storytelling
Gender is a double-edged sword for female artists—while female-centric stories can illuminate marginalised perspectives, there runs a risk of being pigeonholed into fixed narratives and stereotypes. How does this affect female artists and storytellers, what more when race comes into the picture?...
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Making A Scene Ep. 1: Toying with Histories
In this episode, we take a look at the different ways history is made on stage with Sharon Au, Nelson Chia and Goh Boon Teck, ahead of Toy Factory's production 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove at Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2020. Hosted by journalist Hong Xinyi.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast about how art gets made. Created by Esplanade Offstage, your all-access backstage pass to the arts in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
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A podcast about how art gets made. Created by Esplanade Offstage, your all-access backstage pass to the arts in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
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