Category: Dance with Me

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Arts of Hong Kong 2021: City Contemporary Dance Company announces 2021/22 Dance Season -“Why 冬 We Dance?”

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) has been around for a while now, so much that 2021-2022 marks their 42nd dance season, and the first under new Artistic Director Yuri Ng. This year, their season is themed Why 冬 We Dance?, playing on the Chinese character for ‘winter’, and marking the start of the next four dance seasons themed around winter, spring, summer and … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: City Contemporary Dance Company announces 2021/22 Dance Season -“Why 冬 We Dance?”

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Review: Past . Presence . Future . by NUS Dance Ensemble feat. NUS Electronic Music Lab (NUS Arts Fest 2021)

A reminder to live life fully and without regret. Given its theme of A Question of Time, it seems appropriate that the 2021 NUS Arts Festival opens with NUS Dance Ensemble and NUS Electronic Music Lab’s Past . Presence . Future . Choreographed by Zaini Mohammad Tahir, the collaborative work combines dance, electronic music and film to tell the story of a family, and how … Continue reading Review: Past . Presence . Future . by NUS Dance Ensemble feat. NUS Electronic Music Lab (NUS Arts Fest 2021)

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Preview: TranscenDance by Temple of Fine Arts

Temple of Fine Arts (TFA) Singapore marks its 40th anniversary with the debut of TranscenDance, its first full-length dance film. TranscenDance, a fullyoriginal work, charts the journeys of five dancers who navigate one question: “Who am I?” TranscenDance brings its audience through a deeply personal reflection of the quintessential life cycle of a dancer. Each dancer sets out on their own distinct life track, grappling … Continue reading Preview: TranscenDance by Temple of Fine Arts

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Preview: AGATHI | Refugee by Apsaras Arts Dance Company

“He wept for living. And seeing the day they had to leave, he wept for himself. For never again would he have a family. A home. And someone to love him as much as they did. He wept because god had forsaken him. And never again would he be that same little boy.” Apsaras Arts Dance Company is set to restage their production Agathi this … Continue reading Preview: AGATHI | Refugee by Apsaras Arts Dance Company

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★★★☆☆ Review: Pallavi Through Abstraction by Chowk Productions

Deconstructing classical dance to find new meaning in the contemporary. From 2016-2018, Chowk Productions embarked on the Pallavi Series, exploring what happened when odissi dance was deconstructed to its component parts. From basic stances to dancers’ physicality, the Pallavi Series was a way of developing a new language of movement to bring the classical odissi dance form into the contemporary. Now, with Pallavi through Abstraction, dance itself is brought … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Pallavi Through Abstraction by Chowk Productions

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Preview: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland

This March, Frontier Danceland is set to present LEAP 2021 – their annual graduation showcase from the scholars of the M1-Frontier Danceland PULSE Programme, a youth contemporary dance training and development initiative by Frontier Danceland. Established in 2010, the annual year-long training programme programme has since produced over 240 graduates, some of whom have continued their pursuits of a higher education in dance and subsequently … Continue reading Preview: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland

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Preview: Made In Singapore by Singapore Dance Theatre

This March, Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) will be presenting their SDT Choreographic Workshop showing, as they turn the spotlight on company dancers Etienne Ferrère, Timothy Ng and Reece Hudson, who will be presenting original choreographies at the showing. Initiated in 2021 as an annual collaboration between SDT and budding choreographers, the SDT Choreographic Workshop has seen and groomed many talents. It differs from other dance … Continue reading Preview: Made In Singapore by Singapore Dance Theatre

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Arts, Dance with Me, Esplanade Theatre Studio, Review, Singapore

Review: Reawakening Cultural Memories by T.H.E Dance Company

Bringing contemporary dance to the Eastern heartlands.  Thanks to its reputation of being ‘hard to understand’, contemporary dance isn’t exactly the easiest thing to bring to the masses. But one company has dared to try, as T.H.E Dance Company presented Reawakening Cultural Memories at Our Tampines Hub last week. Playing at the Festive Arts Theatre, Reawakening Cultural Memories is primarily aimed at exposing the heartlands to the … Continue reading Review: Reawakening Cultural Memories by T.H.E Dance Company

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Review: SIDES 2020 by Frontier Danceland

Dance films provide a closer look at the human psyche and its effects. Owing to its abstract nature, dance has been the art form that has most benefitted from transitioning to film during the pandemic. With Sides 2020, Frontier Danceland continues their exploration of the medium, with two brand new works recorded on film by Koo Chia Meng and streamed online, not only showcasing strong ensemble work … Continue reading Review: SIDES 2020 by Frontier Danceland

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Arts of Hong Kong 2021: Mr Blank – Screendance Version by City Contemporary Dance Company

HONG KONG – The boundaries between the public and private spheres are broken. We are the observers, yet inevitably, we are also being observed. In 2019, CCDC resident choreographer Sang Jijia took the lead in bringing the post-modern piece Re-Mark to CCDC’s three-year long CCDC in Residence  project at West Kowloon Cultural District. Now in the second year of the project, Sang has set his sights … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: Mr Blank – Screendance Version by City Contemporary Dance Company

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