★★★★☆ Review: Sloth Canon by T.H.E Dance Company and Company 605

Surreal, fragile and delusional collaboration is a keen exploration of shared desire and movement. Envisioned and choreographed by Anthea Seah of Singapore’s T.H.E Dance Company, and Josh Martin of Canada’s Company 605, new collaborative work Sloth Canon sees a dynamic team of performers and collaborators from both cities coming together to seek out what it means to build and to break. At the heart of … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Sloth Canon by T.H.E Dance Company and Company 605

★★★★☆ Review: re:intertwining by T.H.E Dance Company

Choreography pushing the human body to its limits, in a work that once again emphasises T.H.E’s ethos of human connection through dance and movement. If it is one thing the world seems to need more than ever, it’s to recognise the need for coexistence over conflict. That feels like the central theme of re:intertwining, the newest work by T.H.E Dance Company that pushes its dancers … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: re:intertwining by T.H.E Dance Company

★★★★★ Review: Invisible Habitudes《看不见的归属》(2024) by T.H.E Dance Company

Searching, finding, longing, connection. In an increasingly fractured world, our own identity can enter a state of flux, where we no longer feel comfortable at home, and the familiar becomes strange. It becomes difficult when we’re constantly shouted at from all fronts, yelled at to listen to someone else’s opinion, when we haven’t even settled on our own. In exploring that, T.H.E Dance Company explores … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Invisible Habitudes《看不见的归属》(2024) by T.H.E Dance Company

Review: Elusive — a double bill by T.H.E Dance Company

T.H.E double bill explores themes of transience and extreme opposites. Dance is often seen as an art form that pushes performers to their physical limits, and if it’s one company that knows how to do that while shaping the human form into art in motion, it’s T.H.E Dance Company. Presenting a double bill as part of their 2024 edition of the cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival, … Continue reading Review: Elusive — a double bill by T.H.E Dance Company

Review: Dance at Dusk (2024) by T.H.E Dance Company

Two excerpts that showcase the beauty of contemporary dance against the waterfront and Singapore skyline. T.H.E Dance Company’s Dance at Dusk series has long been a key component of their cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival, making contemporary dance feel accessible for first timers, complete with Grace Lee-Khoo and sign interpreter Shawn ensuring greater inclusivity, while also showing off the technical and creative elements honed to a … Continue reading Review: Dance at Dusk (2024) by T.H.E Dance Company

Review: Open Stage 2023 (cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2023)

Each year, cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival’s Open Stage programme is always one of the most exciting platforms to look forward to, gathering and curating short works from all corners of the world and presenting them as a mixed bill. The diversity you get in a single presentation is unparalleled, and celebrates movement, experimentation and varied perspectives. This year, a total of seven works were selected … Continue reading Review: Open Stage 2023 (cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2023)

★★★★★ Review: PheNoumenon by T.H.E Dance Company

Phenomenal show of creativity and immersion in presenting human strife. We live in chaotic times, a world that is quick to destroy the natural environment all around us, with constant tension threatening to burst into war. How do we navigate such a world, and find connection at our most human again? Presented as part of the 2023 contact Dance Festival, T.H.E Dance Company explores this … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: PheNoumenon by T.H.E Dance Company

★★★★☆ Review: Seeing ______ Through the Eyes of Impermanence by T.H.E Dance Company

Nothing lasts forever. With how often we experience change in our life, you’d think that we’d have gotten used to it by now. But no matter how many iterations of change we’ve been through, be it moving from place to place, or simply breaking from day to day routines, we remain resistant to change. In T.H.E Dance Company’s year-end production, Seeing ______Through The Eyes of … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Seeing ______ Through the Eyes of Impermanence by T.H.E Dance Company

Review: InterBeing by T.H.E Dance Company

Finding new ways of interaction and performance in a post-COVID world. While some may bemoan the new normal, others have found ways to adapt to the new rules and use it as a way to reimagine the way we interact with others. In InterBeing, T.H.E Dance Company meditates on these new means of co-existence, with a double bill of new works by choreographers Jos Baker … Continue reading Review: InterBeing by T.H.E Dance Company

Review: M1 Open Stage 2021

Four works shine a spotlight on Southeast Asian contemporary dance. The M1 CONTACT – Contemporary Dance Festival has always been a champion for Asian contemporary dance artists, particularly with their annual M1 Open Stage programme. As always, this year’s edition curates a selection of new work from over 150 applicants, and this time, distils it into a final performance of four choreographies, each one focusing … Continue reading Review: M1 Open Stage 2021