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Crossings: Diploma in
Dance Showcase 2014

The annual dance diploma showcase, Crossings 2014,
was held to highlight the talent of our student dancers, where
both Western and Asian inspired dance works were featured.
Purchase College faculty Wallie Wolfgruber and Molly Poerstel,
both from State University of New York, presented two works
which were choreographed with our students during their
concurrent residencies in January. The performance also reprised
James Cousins’ Everything and Nothing, a piece that won him the
top prize in the first ever choreographic competition organised
by the renowned choreographer Matthew Bourne. A selection of
student works from the final year Composition module was also
featured, showcasing our students’ choreographic talent.

Lim Mu Hue:
An Inventive Life
走出创意: 林木化

An exhibition by Lim Mu Hue was held from April to May 2014
at the Lim Hak Tai Gallery at NAFA to pay tribute to his work.
Lim Mu Hue was born in Singapore in 1936. A NAFA alumnus and
educator, Lim was trained in Western painting and was renowned
for his skillful and elaborate woodblock prints. He had explored and
integrated Chinese and Western painting methods and concepts
to develop his own distinctive style.
In this tribute exhibition, over 50 works and preparatory sketches
from the 1950s up till before his passing in 2008 were selected
from the collection of the artist’s family, NUS Museum and private
art collectors to showcase his versatility in various mediums such
as charcoal, pastel, oil, watercolour and Chinese ink. This exhibition
also featured sketches of Lim’s last mural installation at the
Esplanade MRT station completed in 2008.