ASEAN School Games Opening Ceremony Rehearsals

I had the honor to direct the finale act of the upcoming ASEAN School Game 2011 Opening Ceremony, along with my best buddy, the extremely talented choreographer Dan Kwoh!

Rehearsals for our item had started and will be going in full-force this coming week!

Dan has been working hard choreographing the dance moves, he started with a few high-intensity dance classes to condition the girls for the upcoming ideas we had.

Our extremely talented girls are specially auditioned and carefully selected from various schools!

One of our props made by P'ART 1 DESIGN! Lots of love and thanks for rushing the props for us! 

They worked late to rush the props for us and I collected the props at 4am! They are really extremely competent and dedicated craftsmen! Go to their website to check out some of the coolest props they've made!

Also, check out some of the FUN I had at P'ART 1 DESIGN from this previous blog post!

Lots of thanks to the girls working hard for this act!

It's gonna be another busy week for me! More updates to come! Check back soon!

- Kiki Tay

Watched The Youth Olympic Games Opening from Backstage!

Got a chance to watch the Youth Olympic Opening from backstage! Here are some behind the scene shots! Enjoy!

Floating walkway to the back of the "stage"

Backstage!

Performers standing by..

Audiences from around the world!

This photo gives a new meaning to the song "Purple Light"

 

I situated myself just right under the giant lighthouse torch!

Performers standing by, all ready for action!

One-eyed monsters starring at me! 

They came in PEACE!.. notice the hand sign sticking out?

Thousands of "doves" filled the sky!

Where I was, it was one of the best view of the fireworks to come..

Breath-taking!

Up close, at where the action was! 

so close.. that this fell on my head!

It's the end-cap of the pyrotechnics!

  

 Managed to capture the historical moment, lighting up of the torch, up close from right under the torch!

Watch this video!

Here is another rare photo I took from INSIDE the huge olympic torch lighthouse while the olympic flame is burning! (Don't ask me how I did it..)

:-)

- Kiki Tay

Bump-in experience with P'ART 1!

18th July 2010, I put on a P'ART 1 Design t-shirt and followed them to a bump-in in Esplanade!

P'ART 1 Design, by the way is one of the most reputable set design and fabrication company! You can find out more about them at www.part1design.com or my previous blog post here

Men hard at work! Yvonne was there to help out as well!

Backstage of the Esplanade theatre is HUGE!

View of the audience from the stage!

Meng Tay, one of the BEST lighting designer and technical manager in Singapore's theatre scene! What can I say.. all "Tay"s are extremely talented people.. haahaahaa..

The journey of the rising sun... literally..

Lots of work involved, just to put up this GIGANTIC backdrop scenery! 

It was an amazing experience! I learnt a lot of things from the many problems they faced and the clever solutions they came up with... It is only through years of experience would you be able to handle projects like these, and the people at P'ART 1 certainly lived up to it! Their work attitude and professionalism is remarkable! Thanks Andrew and Priscil, for this incredible experience!

- Kiki Tay (via iPad)

The day I followed a dragon to Marina Bay!

3:05am.. I followed a Dragon from Toh Guan Rd to Marina Bay!









Police escort!











Arrived!




Andrew and his team! The heroes behind this fire-breathing dragon! Look out for it in YOG!