Centre Stage School of the Arts

Dear All

Well Done to all the ballet students who completed their examinations last week - and to the students who performed in Eclipse!

Please take note of the forthcoming student productions - it is so much more rewarding for the performers to play to a strong audience, and great opportunity for students who are graduating up to the courses. A special request for Thoroughly Modern Millie which we are staging at Genexis Theatre - full details below, This is a BIG theatre - and it's a fantastic show! Book your tickets via the website or in the office.

Included in this news update are details of our Summer Holiday Programme - running from 1st June, through July. As always we have programmes suitable for all ages - in dance, acting, musical theatre, play stage, drumming - and creative writing.

Best Wishes

Pete and Ali

Thoroughly Modern Millie!

Book NOW! for a high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston.

Performed by students of Centre Stage's Theatre Workshop, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz - a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever. Based on the popular movie, the stage version of Thoroughly Modern Millie includes a full score of new songs and bright dance numbers.

Where: Fusionopolis Genexis Theatre - When: Sunday 30th May 2010 - Shows at: 11.30am AND 3.30pm - Tickets: $20 adult & $15 concessions

Duration 60 mins

Dance - 2010/11 Class Schedule and Ballet Uniform NEWS

A new schedule has been developed for the 2010/11 academic calendar. Please take time to review the schedule now - this is important for all students.

Details of the new ballet uniform is also available on the website, and as a print out from the office.

Please do contact Caroline or Vicky if you have any questions.

Summer Holiday Programme 2010

The Summer Holiday Programme opens.... A four-day course, Write Stuff from the 1st to 4th June. Discover secrets of writing that people - teachers, parents, editors, everyone - will want to read. Structure your essays to pull the reader in, and add a dash of style to make them glad they took the journey with you. The course is run by Andrew Duffy, former Straits Times writer, IN contributer and NTU journalism lecturer.

Full details of the Summer Holiday Programme can be viewed on the website - or alternatively email us on info@centre-stage.com

Life Drawing @ Tanglin Trust School

Tanglin Trust is setting up an opportunity for parents, staff and sixth form students to take part in a series of 4 life drawing classes and are now extending the invitation to the Centre Stage community. The taught classes will be run by James Holdsworth, a successful local artist and university teacher. The classes will run, in the sixth form art studio, on four consecutive Mondays beginning on June 7. Places on the course are very limited to enable James to provide a high level of personalised tuition.

The cost of the 4 sessions is S$250 for adults and S$150 for sixth formers. If any parents would like to register their interest, or would like more details, please get in touch with David.Clegg@tts.edu.sg

Our Day Out

Experience this fascinating play based on a school trip with a group of students labelled "underachievers". Watch how Briggs and Mrs Kay battle it out on this field trip as deeper messages about the education system throughout the 80s are exposed. The playwright, Willy Russell uses the characters of the play to help the audience understand the plight of these stigmatised students

Where: Centre Stage Studio Theatre - When: 15th and 22nd May 2010 at 1:15pm and 4:00pm - Click here to buy tickets!

Recommendation - Ballet Production

Singapore Dance Theatre is showing Peter and Blue's forrest Adventure, specially designed for young audiences. The production is a very good introduction to ballet and really engaging for young students, which sometimes the full length ballets with complicated plots are not. Any one who is interested should visit Singapore Dance Theatre's website to review and book tickets!