By Anna Cheang (17S07D), Secretary

“Life is like a piano. White keys are happy moments and the black ones are sad moments. Both keys are played together to give us the sweet music called Life.”

– Suzy Kassem

When you hear the words “Piano Ensemble”, what are the first adjectives that come to mind? Antisocial? Classical? Boring? If that’s what you’ve been thinking, you’re way off the mark. Piano Ensemble is actually all about collaboration; working together with your CCA mates, your batch mates and most importantly, your performing partners (especially when you have 13 of them).

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By Tanya Lau (17S03L), Vice-Chairperson

Raffles Street Dance is a tight-knit family that aims to bring all kinds of dancers together through our love for dance. With the guidance of our instructor, Ms Stefanie Leong (or Steffi, as we call her), our members are first trained in dance basics and technique so as to build a solid foundation.

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By MOD Batch ’17

Vibrant and tightly-knit, Raffles Modern Dance is a CCA centred on modern and contemporary dance. Under the tutelage of resident choreographer Ms Low Mei Yoke, co-founder and artistic director of Frontier Danceland, dancers are nurtured into confident and creative individuals who are both team players and able performers. Practices integrate contemporary dance technique, improvisation, presentation, stage experience and Ms Low’s unique movement style, challenging dancers to explore and understand the limits of their body.

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