Once Upon A Classic

SSCC's Open House Videos

2007-11-11T13:31:00.000+08:00

YAY! I managed to upload it!!
Enjoy =)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Abigail

Dance Video

2007-06-23T13:44:00.001+08:00

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OHKAY, after a very boring -nothing to do- saturday afternoon, i came up with this

i hope it works and hope you like it!
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Hey hey

I'm in the midst of creating a dance video of us (ok, i lie, i've only put in two slides)
so if you have any pictures of ms ho/ballet class/ballet friends from recent to eons ago email them to me and i'll include it into the video.

=D
Abigail

2007-05-12T10:13:00.000+08:00

Hello! i heard all the good news with SYF congrats all you stars!! i wanna watch when the video is out okies?

anyone interested to go watch Impressions under SDT? Jefferey Tan choreographing part of this show, helping him spread the word. I'll be going on the 19th.

Oh btw, are u gals gonna go for Ballet Under the Stars? i heard 2 syf groups will be performing as pre-show. is it VJ & SA? shall we go have picnic with Ms Ho?

2007-05-04T09:14:00.000+08:00

I send:

Hi Ms Ho,

Here are the ballet clips we were telling you about during class just now.
To watch, copy the URL and paste it into the address bar of your internet window page
You should ideally wait for the play bar to turn red to watch the whole clip without it being stopped.
Also, don't try to load all the clips at the same time or your computer will get jammed and hang.Welcome to the wonderful world of youtube.com

Paris Opera Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs_ZicBQso8&mode=related&search
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYVNuCsSK7w&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHb2-mM3AdE&mode=related&search=

Anaheim Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lCK4jkqQxA

Polina Seminova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-u99OnkF7g

Crazy girl who does 36 pirouettes (like in your dreams!!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKWStmq7mM

CJC SYF Dance (not suppose to video in the theatre, so the quality quite bad, but the one with all the solos and always in the centre is Nicole)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN72gZo9igg

=D Abigail

And she replies:

Thank you very much

Ms Ho

i hope she does not start holding us against paris opera ballet standards... O_O

Attempt to revive

2007-04-24T23:07:00.000+08:00

HELLO!!!

I'm here to remove cobwebs too. Anyway, tml is syf day! How freaky is that. Haha.

And, i want ballet. I miss ballet. Haha. Its been a week and a half. Thats too long. I want freework. I've been spending lots of time on youtube watching the little girls of the Paris Opera Ballet dance. Oh my god they're freaking good. The boys are too. They're so quick with their feet and they're all damn turned out. Like, how irresistable is that?!

Haha. Anyway. This is JAY. Over and out.

nicole saves the blog!

2007-04-19T00:43:00.000+08:00

hello all! haha. here comes nicole who will save the blog! hahahaha. :)

anyway. cos of ballet exams we havent seen each other in quite long huh. SAD. anyway.good luck to those taking part in SYF! and those not taking part. hmmmm. good luck in getting all the advanced work right!! hahaha. okok. so i have saved the blog. who will be the next? haha. :D

-nicole

EVOCATION '07

2007-02-13T15:02:00.000+08:00

Hey girls,

wanna come watch NUS Dance Ensemble's annual EVOCATION concert?

Evocation is the smaller-scale dance production of NUS DE, usually held in Feb/Mar. It facilitates as a platform for newer, younger choreographers from within the dance company to experience choreography, and also for exploring of newer ideas.

This production is free for all to come watch, but this year we're disseminating tickets due to the past years' overwhelming turnup, resulting in us turning away some audience. I hope you all will be able to come support and see what DE dancers are capable of, and perhaps still lacking in certain areas. Myself will be dancing only in one item, however Natalyn (our new dance captain) should be appearing in 3 items.

these are the details:
EVOCATION '07
14, 15, 16th March (wed-fri)
7.30pm
NUS L.T. 13 (Arts Faculty)

back from the dead...

2007-02-08T22:57:00.000+08:00

OK I've revived this blog!!! Yay to me! LOL. okok...
Anyway, I've watched teh ballet concert dvd like 3 times, but can't beat Abi who watched it 6 times. I look so amateurish la! what the heck man. Looks like I just learnt pointework 1 week ago.... falling all over the place. chey.

I love the contemp dance man! Loved the choreography, loved the synchronised movements, loved the energy in the dancing! Woo hoo contemp rocks man!

ok now serious matter. I need you guys to pray for me man. you all know i've got to do the audition video this sat right? Well, i got a fever yesterday...so pray that I recover soon! Thanks!

-Hannah

2007-01-08T22:57:00.000+08:00

BALLET IN 20 HOURS!!
YAY!
i miss everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-08T22:37:00.000+08:00

BALLET TMR!! YAYY.. :D hahahaha..

-nicole

Fete de la Danse

2006-12-21T23:17:00.000+08:00

this performance has been a first for me in many different ways.

it was my premiere performance en pointe
my first time dancing our dear MAMA's choreography
the first time dancing with the primary, grade 1's, 5's and 6'es
the first time i spent 210 hours at siglap within 5 weeks
the first time i had dinner with the other advanced girls...
the first time i rationed a subway sandwich for breakfast/lunch/dinner
the first time i came to know about BALLERINA cookies
the first time i warmed up before class began
the first time i sprained my toes
the first time i sprained my knee
the first time i got a blue black every other day

now that it's all over, i miss the pain, the sweat, the ache, the blisters, the burns, the whining, the hunger, the rush, the torture, the scoldings, the fatigue, the insanity and most importantly, ALL the fun we had and bonds forged.
if only i could turn back time

-abigail

We Rock!

2006-12-20T23:41:00.000+08:00

Hahaha. Ok lets not let it get into our heads too much, but WE ROCK.
We split on chairs and what not and seem so desperate to be so flexible... Partly for the fun of it and partly for the seriousness of it... But does anyone realised that all our split jumps and grande jetes rock? Hahaha, thats what i heard from a dancer who got 100 for grade 8 and finished Advanced 2 at 15years. So i'm sure its not exeggerated. Yay! Haha.

Thank you MS HO and MAMA!
Tu sais nous t'aime! Hahaha. Go figure tt out.

Love love, JAY.

lets do it one more time!!

2006-12-20T20:53:00.000+08:00

hello everyone!! :D
Fete de la danse kicked ass man! as jay says. haha. sigh i miss concert. i miss rehearsals. i miss ballet. i miss ms ho. i miss all you guys! it just feels so wierd not seeing you guys everyday now. haha. and of course the times when we become retarded and start laughing at nothing. and times when ms ho nags at us when ever we start eating. hahaha. oh man our weekly subway days are over. :( and of course SPC!! haha. our favourite...

anyway yesterday was really a night to remember. although it was gone in a flash. i'm sure all of us will cherish the times we spent together and of course the feeling when we stepped on stage. it was just something we cant describe right? haha. yea we certainly enjoyed ourselves. :D really regretting not taking many photos together. now it's one less way for us to remember the night. :( but still we have each other! once we see each other we must remind each other of the fun times we spent together k??

although i doubt ms ho comes here.. but WE LOVE YOU MS HO!! pls have a concert again! but not 10 yrs later. haha. maybe 3? and of course thanx for everything, your patience and even the times when you go crazy and make us laugh. haha.

and our beloved MAMA! haha. i know you come here sometimes. thanx for everything too. for being so nice and all. and cheographing the contemp item. even my bro who was forced to go for the concert liked our contemp item!! haha. yayy. :D and your blog entry. touching. haha. right abi? we'll miss you! please come back to visit soon!

WISH WE COULD DO IT ONE MORE TIME. ENCORE!! hahaha.

oh yes. lets have a ballet pple outing!! the whole advanced class must go out k? that means advance 1 and 2 pple!! hahaha. cant wait for ballet to start again. so we can see each other! haha. so merry christmas and a happy new year!! :D cherish the memories! LOVE YOU GUYS!!

<3 nicole

2006-12-06T01:15:00.000+08:00

Gymnastics Training

So painful! All the splits and stuff.. Hahaha. Maybe we should cry when we dance too. Not.

- Jielin

2006-12-06T00:19:00.000+08:00

Nastia Liukin BB USAChampionships05

Ok i know its gymnastics and not dance, but watch the leaps/splits. She flicks b4 she splits in the air! Haha try doing it. Its so impossible.

- Jielin

2006-11-28T23:30:00.000+08:00

HELLOO!! no one's updating. i'm bored. very bored.. hahahaha.. so i shall put some pics to liven up this blog!! whee!! :D
yayy.. ahahaha.. subway on thurs!! :DD

-nicole

2006-11-22T21:37:00.000+08:00

hello all!! i'm back!! hahaha..

and boy did i miss out on a lot of stuff man.. sobs. :( see you all tmr (thurs) k?? yayy. i cant wait. :D

-nicole

2006-11-19T10:23:00.000+08:00

i'm so tired
i want to sleep for a thousand years..

but i can't
seeing as to how we don't even have a thousand HOURS left to the concert...

`Abigail

Videos!

2006-11-17T00:10:00.000+08:00

ok i found these videos..China dancers..take your time to view them..
1st up, i like this dance haha! How I wish I could do it man..

Next, this girl's 14 years old!

Next, there's no link to China, but I find the dance very exciting and cute! From Don Quixote..

Ciao!
-Hannah

2006-11-12T22:20:00.000+08:00

This tutu has a really really nice sun dress feel to it. it looks so PRETTY! but too bad we won't be using tutus.. =(

This one's to motivate wongwong and i (for bond - quixote and maksim - flight of the bumblebee respectively)

and finally, what i have a feeling our 'sexy' costume is gonna look like.

go here http://www.dance.net/topic/5550247/1/Ballet-Photos-Misc/Give-Me-Polina.html to see more pics

2006-11-11T21:34:00.000+08:00

OUR DEAR MS WONG WONG, HANNAH HAS (once again) TOPPED THE CLASS!!
say u feel lousy one more time and i'll hitch-kick your butt. LOL!

Rehearsals were so fun today. NO POINTE! FINISHED THE WHOLE DANCE. we haf this SEAWEED movement. JENNA was freaking high, we kinda finished the BABY dance... we are wearing SEXY costumes (tubes. ha ha ha)
we are now the howhow JAY, tantan ABIGAIL, wongwong HANNAH, yongyong NICOLE and of course mama YANLING... =P

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH leg warmers are super useful..
legs cold? WEAR IT ON YOUR LEGS
arms cold? SLIP IT OVER YOUR ARMS!
everyone go buy leg warmers now. we shall wear leg warmers and coats and strut around UCC. hahah.. with pride.

`Abigail

I feel SO..down there

2006-11-09T17:18:00.000+08:00

All right. I feel SO LOUSY! After looking at pictures from Young American Grand Prix, I feel like I don't have a chance of becoming a dancer. SIGH.
Oh yea..by the way, she's only TEN!

2006-11-08T22:38:00.000+08:00

hello all!

i'm drowning in the A levels, sobsob.

n yesterday was my last ballet class before the 25th! :(:(

so saddening man. haha.

but anyway just an update for hannah,

for contemp yesterday we covered four eights.

n you don't hv to worry cuz it isn't that much, n i'm sure you'll catch on really quick. so yup(:

and anyway, yanling hasn't done any blocking yet so I'll be missing out on more, i'm sure:(

haha but yea ohwell.

n yay nice quotes, nicole!

but okay, i really shd scram.

haha.
okay ciao everyone!
was just poppin in, yup.

(n btw abigail, i can't access the template to change it cuz i don't hv admin capabilities! yup)

-jeanette(:

DANCE quotes

2006-11-08T17:48:00.000+08:00

hi!! i was bored so i went online to look for some dance quotes and i came across some really nice and some amusing ones.. haha.. let me put some here to inspire and maybe make us laugh. haha..

i found this quite funny.. haha..

On dancing on pointe:
Why don't they just get taller girls?

~ Henny Youngman

ok. now some that i found nice..

Dancing should look easy; like an optical illusion.

It should seem effortless. When you do a difficult variation,

the audience is aware that it is demanding and that you have

the power and strength to do it. But in the end,

when you take your bow, you should look as if

you were saying, "Oh, it was nothing. I could do it again."

~ Bruce Marks

You know you're dancing when tears of pain and

happiness blend in with your sweat .

Lastly,

Bleeding feet will bond us.

~Liza Minelli

(yea man.. haha..)

-nicole

2006-11-06T21:48:00.000+08:00

hello!! i found this on youtube!! it's the top 6 from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE dancing to hide and seek.. you know the contemp song the "whereee were we. whhaaat the hell." hahahah.. so exciting.. :) we should dance like them man. and i like the part when travis looks like superman.. ahahah..
happy watching!!

-nicole :DD

2006-11-06T15:27:00.000+08:00

on friday, i was browsing through the 'Dance Magazine' periodicals in the National Library and came across this article..

Your Dancing Can Reap Dream Benefits
Linda Hamilton Ph.D
According to scientific studies by sleep experts, dreams help us to learn, remember and perform new tasks by transferring new information into our long term memory.
The catch, of course, is to get enough sleep. Dreams occur throughout the night; however, the most intense brain activity associated with Rapid Eye Movement, happens between the 6 and 8 hours of sleep. Sleep deprived dancers miss out on this.

So go sleep now to learn how to do those FOUETTES en pointe. haha.

`Abigail

2006-11-05T16:37:00.000+08:00

CONTEMPORARY IS FUN!
kinda..

i hope yanling dances with us.. coz i think we kinda kinda suck.
hahaha.
ohwell.
wonder what the video looks like..

`Abigail

HELP

2006-11-02T19:56:00.000+08:00

hello. haiz I need help! I've got 48 days to get both my right and left leg next to my ear! I need a miracle. gosh. Nicole you lucky girl. haha.

-hannah

Split jump video

2006-10-31T23:53:00.000+08:00

hello friends...
hannah said she wanted to post the video of us looking like mad-o retards doing the split jump..
so i uploaded it on youtube and am posting it here.
for all those dance company looking for split jumpers - you ain't finding any here.. HAHA!!

now everyone knows... O_O

`Abigail

FUNNY FUNNY VIDEO

2006-10-31T23:44:00.000+08:00

right I'm watching the video Abigail's mum took of abigail, nicole, jielin and I doing splitjumps..AND I'M LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY! I didn't know we looked so hilarious! I think we're more clowns than ballerina man. LOL. Advance 1 today was TEDIOUS! pirouettes galore..LOL.

-hannah

Lol.

2006-10-29T14:09:00.000+08:00

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Omg what pictures! Lol. Especially the spastic one. So embarrassing.
We need to take better pictures on tuesday... with Jeanette and Andrea in it too.
Yesterday wasn't so tiring, but my arms and shoulders hurt from all that gym things. I can't do gym anymore, I'm old, fat and retired.

Anyway, YAY TUESDAY!

Lol.
Jie Lin

2006-10-29T11:45:00.000+08:00

hello!! i also found a pic of the modern tutu thingy. haha. so ms ho!! we want this tutu!! ahaha.. and i actually know how to upload pics onto the blog. omg great improvement for me!! WHEE.. haha.. ok so see ya peeps on tues! :D

-nicole

2006-10-29T11:23:00.000+08:00

hahaa... found that 'modern' tutu thinggi.
anyway, i was watching the SCGS dvd the best dance(s) would have to be nevermore and starlight - 14th July.
both with minyi and biru as their soloist
and
and
and
and
minyi does 8 fouettes en pointe.
i can do. erm. ONE.
waaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha.
OMG.

`Abigail

2006-10-28T23:06:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone!

jeanette here, yay.

phwoar rehearsal today was quite taxing on the toes, no?

hahahaha but hannah and i were totally high on the gallop gallop step developpe kick move.

hahahaha.

today was also the first time the few of us started trying fouette turns en pointe!

craziness la, hahaha.

okay and my current record is THREE, which is much lousier-sounding than hannah's FIVE, and jenna's EIGHT.

so yes, shall work on it, just for fun! hahaha.

so so glad that we had ballet today, the past week's been killing me, seriously.

oh yes and i saw some AWESOME sylvie guillem vids! i shall post one up here, in the midst of all the video hype:D

sigh. sylvie guillem's seriously the most amazing dancer i've ever seen.

haha ok i will stop gushing now.
hahaha.
alrighty ciao peoples!
i'm gonna try to insert the html for the username at the end of the entry. heh.

jeanette(:

2006-10-28T22:17:00.000+08:00

my toes are still cramping.. darn it.
anyway... PHOTOS!
let us begin with our fave photo!!
you should see the look of INTENSE fear in our faces

`Abigail

HAHAHA.

2006-10-28T11:13:00.000+08:00

Hello. Yes people, FINALLY THERE'S BALLET TODAY.

I CAN'T WAIT I CAN'T WAIT I CAN'T WAIT AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T WAIT. HAHA.
37 PIROUETTES. MADNESS. LETS AIM FOR 38. LOL.

CYA.

JIELIN

2006-10-28T10:53:00.001+08:00

BALLET TODAY! BALLET TODAY!
we I seriously sound like a psycho maniac...

anyway, will be bringing my camera today... maybe get ms ho to snap a few for us so we can upload here.
and for the benefit of those who are too lazy to type in the keywords, here's the crazy girl who can do 37 pirouettes...

Abigail

Who misses ballet?

2006-10-26T17:17:00.000+08:00

All right. All those who miss ballet, say "I". haha. I'm seriously suffering from ballet withdrawal symptoms haha. I'm dancing round the house more than I usually do, and am kicking cupboards, tables and people in the process. Who else has this same experience? lol..haha. So glad I'm gonna see everyone on saturday..means that we'll all be back to dancing that long honey baked ham dance! LOL. Anyway, yea my friend Spencer reduced the size of the youtube videos so that everything would fit nicely. He reminds everyone that the videos have to be 340 of width. Yup. I think that's only for Abi & I who are the only ones who put up ballet videos. haha. all right then, see you all on sat!

Hannah

Dance Party

2006-10-26T15:55:00.000+08:00

Hey ballet babes!

Hannah and i were talking about having some kind of 'dance party' AFTER the o/a level exams and before the 2nd week of december...
we could watch CENTERSTAGE and the scgs '06 performance DVD.

I could bring along some Apple Strudel!!
and maybe Jie Lin could host us.. hahahah!! LOVE your house j!!

Anyway, tag the board!

Much Love,
Abigail

2006-10-25T14:28:00.000+08:00

hi ppl, found this on youtube, so..It'll be ridiculous trying to follow them, so let's just watch in awe..

HELLO

2006-10-25T11:43:00.000+08:00

hi Hannah here..WELCOME! THIS IS SO FUN!!!

Amanda Ocampo

2006-10-24T22:46:00.000+08:00

watch it and weep.

`Abigail

hello peeps!

2006-10-24T21:19:00.000+08:00

hello fellow ballet nuts!
This years concert is gonna be SO exciting! I'm gonna be random and put up a photo..lets see..lets all get inspired.

I have to look like that! lol...so does everyone else k? haha...eh for ur info, she's only twelve!!!!!

lets see.. hmm..

2006-10-24T21:15:00.000+08:00

ok i dont know how this thing works so i'm just testing!! as you all know what a blog idiot i am.. ahahah. so just wanted to say HELLO!! wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.. 1st time blogging.. haha

2006-10-24T21:00:00.000+08:00

Ok, this is the brainchild of Hannah and I after sitting around for too long without any BALLET LESSONS...

more later.. i'm still trying to figure out how to re-colour code the tagboard

`Abigail

2006-10-24T20:55:00.000+08:00

WHOOHOO!
hahahaha.
I'M HERE!
yay! hahaha.