Calling all dance enthusiasts! Come join us as Esplanade Youths da:ns Crew members!!
Love dance and want to be involved in Esplanade’s da:ns festival this year? Sign up to be a part of the Esplanade Youths (EY) da:ns Crew now!Â
As a crew member, you will have an exclusive opportunity to attend a FREE basic dance lesson where professional dance instructors will teach you simple dance moves of your […]
10 Minutes with Last For One (Project X)
By Harveen Kaur and Soh Kai Ruo
Get ready for a night of high-energy dance and awesome music this week as Project X – a funk tap, breakdancing, acrobatics, live music, percussion and beatboxing performance all rolled into one – comes to Esplanade!  Conceptualised by Andrew Fee, founder of the renowned RAW Dance Company, the show […]
What’s Your Move?
By: Jerusha TanÂ
Fall in love with the beauty of dance these next two weeks at Esplanade’s da:ns festival 2009. With an array of soul-stirring works and invigorating performances, this year’s festival celebrates life in all its glory. While we often stress the power words carry, the ability to communicate without words and across cultures through […]
PESTA RAYA 2009: Rantau Berbisik
17 & 18 Oct 2009 (Sat & Sun), 8pm
Esplanade Presents
Rantau Berbisik
by Nan Jombang Dance Company
“Nature blossoms as a guide.”–Eri Mefri
The low–lying coastal plains of Western Sumatra and its hinterland of swamps and volcanic peaks make up their hometown of Padang, Indonesia, where the matriarchal culture of the Minangkabau is both bane and comfort to its […]
Esplanade Presents: Footwork Dance Workshops
10 Minutes with Albert Tiong
Written by Jeremy Boo
-Part of the October issue of the EY Quarterly Newsletter
Relationships often harbour raging emotional turbulence that flings lovers into the depths of depression or the soaring heights of ecstasy. Albert Tiong explores these situations in Checkmate, a dance commissioned for Esplanade’s da:ns festival 2008. The dance choreographer who was also the Artist-in-Residence for […]
Checkmate Review
 Written by Jeremy Boo
-Part of the October issue of the EY Quarterly Newsletter Â
The winner places his piece neatly on the chessboard, arresting his opponent’s king in defeat. The loser’s face collapses in resignation, cold sweat dots his forehead.
The worst is over. The anger will come later.It’s this rage that Albert Tiong seized and […]
Preview of LAB
Written by Jeremy Boo
-Part of the July issue of the EY Quarterly NewsletterÂ
Pushing the boundaries of art into the edgy Avant-Garde, Joavien Ng will perform LAB as part of The Studios series at Esplanade. In this two-man performance, people are cloned in a laboratory as part of a Darwinian experiment to create the perfect human. Trouble arises […]
Spin Odyssey Review
Written by Wong Pei Yee
Sat, 14 June, 3pm
Esplanade Recital Studio
$38
Part of Flipside – a series of performances organized by Esplanade in conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival – there was more than just flipping at Spin Odyssey, a break dancing extravaganza featuring South Korean break dance group Last for One. With perfectly controlled dance moves […]
















