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LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts is pleased
to announce the establishment of the Veda Mekani Scholarship for Acting
and Musical Theatre in memory of the late Veda Mekani, a former Theatre
Arts student. |
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The scholarship has been designed to
encourage excellence and is dedicated to nurturing creative talents to
be professional performers for the world stage through the College's
Acting and Musical Theatre degrees. |
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About Veda Mekani |
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Veda was passionate about the arts and lived
her life around that passion. An aspiring actor, dancer and
script-writer, she had a particular passion for bringing the magic of
theatre to the under-privileged youth. In this respect, she often
organised theatre workshops for them through her own theatre company,
Theative. |
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She enrolled in LASALLE-SIA's Theatre Arts
programme with an interest in a practicebased approach to learning Asian
and Western theatre techniques. Her dream was to direct a play written
by herself and she had embarked on a project to stage her own play from
the ancient text of Sanskrit theatre, but which was unfinished. She
passed away in September 2004, two months before her twentieth birthday. |
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Colours of the Wind - songs from animated
movies |
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The Veda Mekani Scholarship for Acting and
Musical Theatre will be launched on 28 October 05 at The Arts House. For
the occasion, LASALLE-SIA will be presenting the first public
performance by its pioneer cohort of BA (Hons) Musical Theatre students. |
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In this cabaret-style presentation, students
will perform a range of songs from the early classic animated features
including Snow White, Dumbo and Pinocchio, and through to the recent
masterworks like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid
and Toy Story. |
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This presentation by the BA (Hons) Musical
Theatre students will be their first public performance since the
programme was launched in July 2004 to offer Asia's first degree in
Musical Theatre. |
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Comments Denis Follington, Programme Leader
- Musical Theatre, "this programme is practice-based, and students are
given the opportunity to be involved in actual productions to test and
fine-tune their performance skills throughout their degree study at the
College. Colours of the Wind will be an excellent platform for our group
of very talented and enthusiastic performers to reach out to the
audience on a personal level, and it will be a quality performance that
the audience will enjoy." |
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LASALLE-SIA's Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Musical Theatre Programme |
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The BA (Hons) Musical Theatre programme
offers rigorous conservatory-style training delivered within an
encouraging and supportive environment and is the first comprehensive
course of its kind in Asia. |
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The programme focuses on developing the
craft, technique and creativity necessary to build a professional career
in the performing arts. Along with the practical elements, students
develop an understanding of the need for research and intellectual
enquiry to support their performance work. |
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Lecturing staff, directors, choreographers
and visiting international artists are drawn from established theatre
industries in UK, Australia, USA and Asia to provide students with
exciting cross-cultural learning opportunities. |
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This programme is led by Denis
Follington, who has worked extensively with some of Australia's
finest cabaret and musical theatre performers. Students are also
trained in voice by lecturer Amanda Colliver who was voice coach to
Hollywood celebrities including Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in
Moulin Rouge. |
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More..... |
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Source:
www.lasallesia.edu.sg Press
Release 20 Oct 2005 |
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