NUS Arts Festival 2022: Shades of Light(ness) is over

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Festival Video

Light has long fascinated the human mind, inspiring scientists, philosophers and artists alike. It is the many ways we perceive light(ness), or quality of light, which the artists in this year’s NUS Arts Festival plumb for meaning and motivation in a greater search for answers to navigate the dark, complex, and uncertain post-COVID world we presently live in. Join us as we explore the many shades of light(ness) through music, dance, theatre, film, and so much more!

What’s On

Incandescent - A City That Never Sleeps

 Dance

Somewhere in This Fog of Memory

 Installation
Manisha-Anbu

Thanmai

 Dance

Calendar

Wed 23 (Feb) /9/16 (Mar)
Fri18
Sat19
Sun20
Mon21
Tue22
Wed23
Thu24
Fri25
Sat26
Sun27

23 February 7:30pm

Critical Conversations 1 :

Prof. Rajeev S Patke and

Joshua Yang / UCC Atrium

19 March 7:30pm

Millennium Actress

The Projector

24 March 7:30pm

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

The Projector

25 March 7:30pm

Last Film Show

The Projector

18 - 27 March

Tak Lurus

NUS Dance Blast!
in collaboration with College of Design and Engineering,
Directed by AhmadKamil / UCC Theatre

9 March 7:30pm

Critical Conversations 2 :

Dr Khoo Eng Tat and
Lawrence Chin / UCC Atrium

18 - 19 March

Point & Shoot: 55-Hour Short Film Challenge :

nuSTUDIOS Film

16 March 7:30pm

Critical Conversations 3 :

Dr May Ee Wong and Karen Lim / UCC Atrium

18 March 7:30pm

Incandescent

NUS Dance Synergy / UCC Hall

24 March 7:30pm

Touch 2022

NUS Piano Ensemble / Esplanade Recital Studio

26 March 7:30pm

Radiance of Hope

NUS Symphony Orchestra / UCC Hall

18 March 8pm

Bodhi - The Awakening

NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble / UCC Dance Studiov

19 March 8pm

Bodhi - The Awakening

NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble / UCC Dance Studio

20 March 2pm, 7:30pm

InTempo 2022

NUS Wind Symphony

22 March 8pm

Perception

NUS Chinese Dance / UCC Theatre

23 March 8pm

Perception

NUS Chinese Dance / UCC Theatre

27 March 7:30pm

三月天。程

NUS Chinese Orchestra /
UCC Theatre

18 March 7.30pm

Blackout

NUS Stage / UCC Theatre

19 March 7.30pm

Blackout

NUS Stage / UCC Theatre

27 March 8pm

Thanmai

NUS Indian Dance /
UCC Theatre

18 March - 17 April

In Living Company

University Town, Stephen Riady Centre, Anteroom Foyer

18 March - 17 April

Somewhere in this Fog of Memory
UCC Foyer

18 March - 17 April

A Close Eyecounter

University Town, outside Fine Foods spiral staircase

Wed 23 (Feb) /9/16 (Mar)

23 February 7:30pm

Critical Conversations 1 :

Prof. Rajeev S Patke and

Joshua Yang / UCC Atrium

9 March 7:30pm

Critical Conversations 2 :

Dr Khoo Eng Tat and
Lawrence Chin / UCC Atrium

16 March 7:30pm

Critical Conversations 3 :

Dr May Ee Wong and Karen Lim / UCC Atrium

Fri18

18 - 27 March

Tak Lurus

NUS Dance Blast!
in collaboration with College of Design and Engineering,
Directed by AhmadKamil / UCC Theatre

18 - 19 March

Point & Shoot: 55-Hour Short Film Challenge :

nuSTUDIOS Film

18 March 7:30pm

Incandescent

NUS Dance Synergy / UCC Hall

18 March 8pm

Bodhi - The Awakening

NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble / UCC Dance Studiov

18 March 7.30pm

Blackout

NUS Stage / UCC Theatre

18 March - 17 April

In Living Company

University Town, Stephen Riady Centre, Anteroom Foyer

18 March - 17 April

Somewhere in this Fog of Memory
UCC Foyer

18 March - 17 April

A Close Eyecounter

University Town, outside Fine Foods spiral staircase

Sat19

19 March 7:30pm

Millennium Actress

The Projector

19 March 8pm

Bodhi - The Awakening

NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble / UCC Dance Studio

19 March 7.30pm

Blackout

NUS Stage / UCC Theatre

Sun20

20 March 2pm, 7:30pm

InTempo 2022

NUS Wind Symphony

Mon21
Tue22

22 March 8pm

Perception

NUS Chinese Dance / UCC Theatre

Wed23

23 March 8pm

Perception

NUS Chinese Dance / UCC Theatre

Thu24

24 March 7:30pm

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

The Projector

24 March 7:30pm

Touch 2022

NUS Piano Ensemble / Esplanade Recital Studio

Fri25

25 March 7:30pm

Last Film Show

The Projector

Sat26

26 March 7:30pm

Radiance of Hope

NUS Symphony Orchestra / UCC Hall

Sun27

27 March 7:30pm

三月天。程

NUS Chinese Orchestra /
UCC Theatre

27 March 8pm

Thanmai

NUS Indian Dance /
UCC Theatre

To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts - such is the duty of the artist
- Robert Schumann

The eye is always caught by light, but the shades have more to say
- Gregory Maguire

Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity
- Judith Jamison

No substance can be comprehended without light and shade; light and shade are caused by light
- Leonardo Da Vinci

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world
- William Shakespeare