{"id":1631,"date":"2019-03-19T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/culturelink.com.sg\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2025-12-18T07:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:29:35","slug":"dragon-ladies-dont-weep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/culturelink.com.sg\/projects\/dragon-ladies-dont-weep\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A work that sweeps across the senses, Dragon Ladies Don\u2019t Weep<\/em> is a sonic portrait of new music icon Margaret Leng Tan<\/a> \u2013 an evocative exploration of memory, time, control and loss.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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New York-based Singaporean pianist Tan forged a path as a major force within the American avant-garde, serving as muse for such giants as John Cage and George Crumb, and transforming the toy piano into a serious instrument. Her stellar career is a touchstone for the past 40 years of experimental musical innovation.Dragon Ladies Don\u2019t Weep<\/em> combines spoken and recorded text, projected images and original music for prepared piano, toy piano, toys and percussion by Tan\u2019s long-term collaborator Erik Griswold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Created by a team of Singaporean and Australian artists, including director Tamara Saulwick<\/a>, video designer Nick Roux<\/a>, and dramaturg Kok Heng Leun<\/a>\u00a0and performed by Tan, this cross-cultural collaboration is an evocative collage of the forces that have shaped Tan\u2019s life and how music has been both her passion and her refuge.<\/p>\n

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Dragon Ladies Don\u2019t Weep<\/em>\u00a0is a Chamber Made<\/strong> and CultureLink Singapore<\/strong> co-production and is co-commissioned by Esplanade \u2013 Theatres on the Bay and AsiaTOPA<\/p>\n

2026
\nHong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District
\n(14-15 Jan)<\/p>\n

2025
\nSeoul Performing Arts Festival
\n(24-25 October )<\/p>\n

2024
\nSouthbank Centre London
\n(24-25 May)<\/p>\n

2023
\nTaiwan International Arts Festival
\n(10-12 March)<\/p>\n

2022
\nSingtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade, Singapore
\n(21-22 October)<\/p>\n

OzAsia Festival, Adelaide
\n(28-29 October)<\/p>\n

2021
\nEsplanade Theatres on the Bay season, Singapore
\n(1-4 April)<\/p>\n

2020
\nWorld Premiere – Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne
\n(28 February)<\/p>\n

2019
\nCreative development, Melbourne
\n(March, November)<\/p>\n

2018
\nCreative development, Singapore
\n(September)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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