Friday,12 August 2005

Cathay Classics presents: Mambo dance to the beat with Cathay Classics musicals

Get into the mambo, cha cha or tango groove with Cathay Classic s’ musicals! Relive the memorable dances in Mambo Girl, Wild, Wild Rose and many others in an interactive dinner & dance session at the Cathay Classics Film Festival.

In the first-ever interactive movie screening, Cathay Classics aims to revive the nostalgic dance era of Mambo Girl, Wild Wild Rose, It’s Always Spring with an entertaining dinner and dance for the movie-goers at the Cathay Classics Film Festival.

Happening every last Tuesday of the month beginning August, dance enthusiasts can look forward to a pleasurable evening that includes the screening of a Cathay Classic musical followed by a dance session led by the Jitterbugs. The evening concludes with a delectable dinner. This value deal is packaged at $35 per person or $60 per couple.

“With the ongoing salsa dance fever, we noticed that there is a lot of interest from the young people in learning social dancing. By bringing the musical classics back to the big screen and introducing an interactive fun element where the young and young-at-heart can jive to the infectious music, we hope to inject new life and interest to the Cathay Classics and create a new form of entertainment for our cinema-goers at the same time,” said Mr Suhaimi Rafdi, Cathay’s President of Business Operations.

About Cathay-Keris Films
Cathay-Keris Films is one of Singapore’s leading film distributors for quality films, providing a wide variety of exciting theatrical entertainment for audiences in Singapore and Malaysia since the 1960s. Today, in addition to distributing films from independent producers and major studios, Cathay-Keris Films sources for and acquires hidden gems in the art house film markets all over the world. As a film art lover, Cathay-Keris collaborates with various foreign embassies and trade partners in cultivating and promoting film appreciation through developing thematic film festivals. Cathay-Keris Films also owns and manages the Cathay Classic Film Library comprising more than 270 Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay titles. Most of the titles have been digitally-restored to European broadcast standards and are poised to be a source of content in the emerging internet and Web TV environment.

Quick facts on Cathay Classics Film Festival

“It’s Cool To Be Old School and Boogie!”

Think Wong Faye, slender in a cheongsam with bright red lipstick, exuding the style and glamour of the 50’s as she shakes to ‘I love cha-cha’. Think Grand Stages and ballrooms filled with young beautiful people dancing in rhythm once again…. Then fly high in the 50’s sky with dainty air-hostesses in powder blue uniforms and pillbox hats who know how to Tango!

Venue
Cathay Cineleisure Hall 6 & Preview Lounge
Programme Two screenings per session

Dates of Screenings Every last Tuesday of every month

Ticket Sales
$35 per person / $60 per couple (Includes movie screening, dance and dinner)

Tickets are available at the following locations:
• Cathay Cineleisure Orchard Box Office
• Internet booking via www.cathay.com.sg
• Jitterbugs, #03-02 Millenia Walk

Official Dance Partner: Jitterbugs

Film Screenings

	Mambo Girl 曼波女郎 Director: Evan Yang Cast : Grace Chang, Peter Chen Ho, Kitty Ting Hao, Film details : 95 mins, black / white Li Kai-ling (Grace Chang) is a high school student, nicknamed the Mambo Girl for her gifted talent in music and dance. She is regarded very lucky by many, for she has a doting father, a loving mother and an adorable younger sister, Pao-ling. Just before her 20th birthday, Kai-ling discovers that she is adopted and sets out searching for her birth mother ...
	Cinderella And Her Little Angels 云裳艳后 Director : Tang Huang Cast : Lin Dai, Peter Chen Hou Film details : 96 mins, black and white. Classic star Lin Dai is radiant in this musical comedy about an orphan girl, who agrees to perform in a fashion show for the local fashion house; in order to raise money for repairs to the orphanage. Watch out for the gorgeous fashion sequences and lavish sets in this film as Lin Dai dazzles the audiences with her charm.
	Air Hostess 空中小姐 Director : Yi Wen Cast : Grace Chang, Yeh Fung, Roy Chiao Film details : 107 mins, colour Shot in an era when air travel had just started to become popular in Asia, the image of the glamorous air hostess was one that inspired women all over. This is a delightful romantic drama and comedy which follows the lives of three air stewardesses through air hostess school, on-the-job adventures and their daunting search for husbands. Audiences will be charmed by nostalgic scenes of Asia in the 50’s, as well as some memorable musical numbers by the vivacious Grace Chang.
	It’s Always Spring 桃李争春 Director: Yi Wen Cast : Yeh Fung, Li Mei Film details : 98 mins, black / white A stylish musical film with 2 beautiful perfomers – It’s Always Spring is classic entertainment at its best. Li Ailian, a top Singapore songstress is offered a job to sing in an exclusive Hong Kong nightclub, by owner Xu Zhaofeng. There, she meets her match – the resident Hong Kong queen of songs – Tao Haiyin. Tension builds up between the two singers, as they sing and dance their way to the top. The catfight continus ...

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