Category: Dance with Me

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★★★☆☆ Review: Dancers’ Locker 2021 – Elemental Beings by Frontier Danceland

Rebuilding the world as a community in this intimate, introspective work. In the midst of a pandemic, it can be all too easy to hit the panic button and think only for ourselves. We’ve seen that happen in the mass panic buying that takes place at supermarkets – it’s often a case of every man for himself, and survival of the fittest. Frontier Danceland however, … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Dancers’ Locker 2021 – Elemental Beings by Frontier Danceland

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Preview: Chinese Dance Fiesta《一起舞 FUN 天》

Organised by Singapore Chinese Dance Theatre (SCDT), as part of its annual outreach initiatives, Chinese Dance Fiesta is back this year, bringing the vibrancy of Chinese dance to the community through a mix of online and onsite programmes on 23rd May and 30th May 2021. Programmed by Artistic Director Neo Jenny, this 2021 edition line-up includes an online dance performance, an online Talk and Demonstration … Continue reading Preview: Chinese Dance Fiesta《一起舞 FUN 天》

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Review: Pán 盤 by T.H.E. Dance Company

Using dance to present the converging of cultures and our shared beliefs. Pan, or ‘盤’ is a word that appears across various Asian cultures and vocabularies, from Mandarin to Korean, Japanese to Vietnamese. While its Mandarin character takes inspiration from the Chinese creation myth of the giant ‘Pangu’, the romanized ‘pán’ also holds a variety of meanings, from a serving bowl, to the crouched intensity of … Continue reading Review: Pán 盤 by T.H.E. Dance Company

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Preview: Dancers’ Locker 2021 – Elemental Beings by Frontier Danceland

Dancers’ Locker, the flagship annual programme by Frontier Danceland showcasing works by company artists, returns this year with an intimate live performance that will take place from 3rd to 5th June 2021, at Aliwal Arts Centre, Multi-Purpose Hall. Co-choreographed by company artists Sammantha Yue, Mark Robles, Ma YueRu and Tan Xin Yen, Elemental Beings distils basal elements of human existence to find an embodiment of … Continue reading Preview: Dancers’ Locker 2021 – Elemental Beings by Frontier Danceland

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Preview: M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2021

2021 is significant in many ways for T.H.E Dance Company’s M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival. After being interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this year’s edition marks a stirring return to live programmes alongside digital ones, as well as being the final edition under M1 Limited’s title donorship towards the Festival since 2014. Festival Director and Artistic Director of The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance … Continue reading Preview: M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2021

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★★★★☆ Review: Agathi | Refugee by Apsaras Arts

Retelling the story of the refugee crisis through Bharatanatyam. In a first-time collaboration between Apsaras Arts and Wild Rice, the Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium played host to Agathi | Refugee. Directed by Aravinth Kumarasamy, with dramaturgy by Ivan Heng, the performance brings together theatre, poetry and the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam to spotlight the lives and plight of refugees on the intimate stage. The … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Agathi | Refugee by Apsaras Arts

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Review: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland

Youth dancers take on Frontier Danceland dancers’ new choreographies. In the 11th edition of LEAP, the latest batch of the M1-Frontier Danceland PULSE Programme graduates made their mark with five works that showed off the results of their training. Taking inspiration from the movement of birds, the performance opened strong with Mark Robles’ AviuMotus, seeing the dancers dressed in traditional, cultural garb. One could practically … Continue reading Review: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland

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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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