His work at that time was highly avant-garde. For example, for the music-drama The Pink, Tan used sheets of paper as musical instruments, and appeared on stage himself, naked, in the role of conductor.
例如他在一九八九年替一齣《粉紅》音樂劇的配樂中，不但以紙片做為樂器，自己還在其中擔任了一名裸體的指揮家。