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Esplanade da:ns festival
Presents
(1hr, no intermission)
About Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Esplanade is Singapore’s national performing arts centre and one of the busiest arts centres in the world. Since
its opening in 2002, the centre has presented more than 37,000 performances, drawing an audience of 26 million
patrons and 92 million visitors. This architectural icon, with its distinctive twin shells, houses world-class
performance spaces complemented by a comprehensive range of professional support services. Its two main
venues are the 1,600-seat Concert Hall and a Theatre with a capacity of 2,000. In March 2014, Esplanade’s
Concert Hall was listed as one of the “world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls” by Hamburg-based building data
company Emporis.
Esplanade’s vision is to be a performing arts centre for everyone and it seeks to enrich the lives of its community
through the arts. The centre’s programming is guided by its mission—to entertain, engage, educate and inspire.
Its year-long arts calendar of about 3,000 performances presented by Esplanade, its partners and hirers cater to
diverse audiences in Singapore and span different cultures, languages and genres including dance, music,
theatre, and more. Esplanade also creates opportunities for seniors, youth, children and underserved
communities to experience the arts. More than 70% of the shows that take place each year at the centre are
non-ticketed. Also presented free are the extensive visual arts programmes at the centre’s public spaces which
allow visitors to view and explore art works in their own time.
Esplanade regularly presents world-renowned companies and artists that attract international attention and add
to Singapore’s cultural vibrancy. The centre is also a popular performance home for arts groups and commercial
presenters who hire its venues to stage a wide range of programmes. These carefully curated presentations
complement Esplanade’s own diverse offerings for audiences.
Esplanade works in close partnership with local, regional and international artists to develop artistic
capabilities, push artistic boundaries and engage audiences. The centre supports the creation of artistic content
and develops technical capabilities for the industry nationally.
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is operated by The Esplanade Co Ltd (TECL), which is a not-for-profit
organisation, a registered Charity and an Institution of a Public Character. The Charity Council awarded TECL the
Special Commendation Award – Clarity of Strategy in 2016, and the Charity Transparency Award in 2016
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Festival Message
A particular feature of dance is that it vanishes as quickly as it appears. Blink and we as
audiences may miss a performer’s quiet hand gesture, a bodily expression of profound
vulnerability or an exhilarating gravity-defying jump. Watching this ephemeral form
live allows us to have an intimate two-way conversation with the dance, creating
a unique experience of time. In the absence of spoken text, the moving body,
choreography and the stage open up a free space inviting us, the viewers, to form our
own passage of interpretation. We search for codes or symbols to read in the dance,
and begin to imagine our own narrative, or become aware of how our thoughts
respond to the interplay between representation and presentation through the body
performing for us. We all experience dance differently as our individual knowledge
and memories begin to dialogue with the performance, triggering personal feelings
and thoughts. As much as our eyes watch the dance, so too do our bodies: As human
beings, our senses heighten and respond when watching other bodies in motion,
forming a kinesthetic empathy of connection to the performers.
da:ns festival gives you the opportunity to have a multitude of such experiences with
dance and choreography. We have invited artists who have dedicated their lives
to creating works that push the form and explore pertinent concepts. Three new
productions have been commissioned which examine the state of the “in between”
and the potentiality within its exploration. In T.H.E Dance Company’s Invisible
Habitudes, choreographer Kuik Swee Boon looks into the tensions between personal
belief and identity in a world of rapid socio-political change, where attitudes can
veer towards the extreme or absolute. In Medium, Indonesian dance artist Rianto’s
physical language embodies the space between binary opposites – between man
and woman, traditional and contemporary, conscious control and trance. And the
multidisciplinary, durational performance xhe sees Daniel Kok and Miho Shimizu
search for new possibilities of meaning through a choreography of changing shapes,
shifting intersections, and multifarious representations.
The complex dynamics of human relationships has been an important theme
explored through dance, and three productions featuring the renowned Akram Khan
Company, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and premier international ballet dancers,
examine the forces of love, desire and power. For practitioners, we have a wide range
of workshops where one can learn and think about dance, including this year’s da:ns
lab which brings together over 20 independent young female choreographers with
established artists Dana Michel, Melati Suryodarmo and Sonja Jokiniemi to focus on
the female artist experience in contemporary performance. Meanwhile, our Sixteen
da:ns Challenge sees over 30 street dancers mentored by professionals from Korea
and China. For dance newbies, What’s Your Move? and other free platforms offer you
the chance to pick up some easy dance steps and express yourself at the festival.
The qualities that make the experience of dance so unique — its ephemerality,
interpretive openness, and the rigour involved in creating a work — also make the
professional practice of the art form endangered and fragile. We ask at the 13th
edition of da:ns festival, for you to take a step further and bring a friend along to
watch dance with, or leap forward and learn more about the artists and how to further
appreciate the form. This way we can all keep dancing together and support the
creation and celebration of dance for many years to come.
Faith Tan
Head, Dance and Theatre
On behalf of Esplanade’s da:ns festival team
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Message from Founding Artistic Director of
T.H.E Dance Company & Choreographer
of “Invisible Habitudes”
In 2007, with the support of Esplanade’s da:ns festival, I had the chance to present my
first full-length creation, Silence.
The piece explored and reflected upon the unique situation of our present-day
reality, an abnormal living environment where information technology was advancing
rapidly, but communication itself had fractured.
In 2008, I returned to Singapore with the intent of setting up a company. After mulling
it over, I realised there could be nothing more critical than to continue this research
into the behaviours and conditions of modern Man’s existence. With the other
founding members, we agreed that the ”human being” would be the central subject
of our nascent company’s artistic explorations.
The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company was thus born. The exact date of
conception was registered on 11 September 2008.
In the process of building T.H.E, I began to sense that Singapore and Southeast Asia
was neglecting the cultivation of its native cultural forms and makers, and so I set
about championing the importance of local humanities and the individual expressions
of its practitioners. Ten years on, I remain convinced that this endeavour is crucial
and a necessity; in its pursuit, however, we must be vigilant in avoiding nationalist
tendencies or narrow-minded purist beliefs.
To rectify this, I hope that in the coming years some of T.H.E’s work will actively
advocate the truism of “transcending national, cultural, racial, gender, and religious
boundaries.” In christening the company The Human Expression 10 years ago, apart
from holding a mirror to Singapore’s multicultural society, our guiding principle
placed humanity at the heart of our work, so as to ultimately overcome all barriers
that stood in the way of universal empathy, acceptance and inclusion.
In the blink of an eye, 10 years have passed, and the people whom we have stood
shoulder to shoulder with in times of struggle and triumph have been innumerable.
I would like them to know: every second that you have spent with T.H.E is, to us,
precious beyond compare. Apart from gratitude, I hope you feel as proud of T.H.E as
I do. With great love and affection, I wish you all the greatest blessings and fulfillment
in life!
Swee Boon
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舞人舞团创团艺术总监和《看不见的归属》
編导感言
2007年，因为滨海艺术中心舞蹈节的支持我有机会做第一个全幕作品《寂静》。一个探讨
和反映当代“人”的特殊生存状况，关于资讯发达但是沟通断层的畸形生活环境。
2008年我回新加坡开始创团。考虑很久后，发现没有比继续关注研究当代人的状态与行为
更重要的事，因此和团员商量后决定了以“人”为新团的中心。
“舞人”( The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company) 因而诞生。正式注册日是
2008年9月11日。
“舞人”建团时，我有感于新加坡和东南亚对于本土的文化关怀和人材培养不足，而强调在
地人文和个体性的重要。十年后的今天我认为这点仍是很重要，但是要非常小心变成民族主
义的狭意思维。
为了改正这点，今后的几年，我会希望“舞人”的一些作品及传达的信息强调“跨国家文化
种族性别宗教”的重要性。十年前取名“舞人”除了因为我们是一个多元种族的社会，就是
希望以人为本，可以跨越所有的界限。
转眼十年，一起走过努力奋斗的人太多了；想让他们知道：你们在“舞人”的每一秒对我们
而言都是珍贵无比的。除了感激，希望你们也以“舞人”为荣；希望以爱及关怀祝福你们，
希望所有人都过得很好！
－瑞文
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Invisible Habitudes
《看不见的归属》
By T.H.E Dance Company
Commissioned by: Esplanade –Theatres on the Bay
Artistic Director & Choreographer:
Kuik Swee Boon, in collaboration with the performers
Music Director, Composer & Live Performer: Wang Yujun
Lighting Designer: Adrian Tan
Costume Designer: Loo An Ni
Set Designer: Kuik Swee Boon
Assistant to Artistic Director: Anthea Seah
Movement Instructors: Anthea Seah and Billy Keohavong
Performers: Anthea Seah, Brandon Khoo, Billy Keohavong, Lynette Lim,
Ng Zu You, Klievert Jon Mendoza
Understudy: Shaun Lim
Production Team
Production Manager: Cindy Yeong (Ctrl Fre@k)
Stage Manager: Shining Goh
Assistant Stage Manager: Gordon Lai
Set Realisation: ARTFACTORY
Sound Engineer: Rong Zhao
Company Manager / Producer: Jael Chew
Front-of-House & Ticketing Coordinator: Lee Loo Yen
Key Visual & Title Design: qu’est-ce que c’est design
Key Visual Photographer: Studio W Photography
House Programme Images: Regina Tan, Shining Goh, Safiah Sulaiman
Full Dress Photography: Bernie Ng
T.H.E’s Acknowledgments
T.H.E Platinum Sponsor: M1 Limited
T.H.E Official Dancewear: Sansha
T.H.E Official Secretarial Services: DMS Corporate Services Pte Ltd
T.H.E Board Directors: Jobina Tan, Lee Biyi, Foo Yuet Min
T.H.E gives special thanks to TCR Music Station and CultureLink Singapore,
members of the media, all volunteers, friends and supporters whom we may have
been unable to include at the time of printing.
Esplanade’s da:ns festival supports the development of new dance works
through commissions and residencies. To date, it has supported the creation of
over 25 new productions.
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Synopsis
In a world of rapid political and social change, we experience loud volumes of
opinions and beliefs, many extreme and absolute. Finding one’s personal belief and
identity becomes increasingly complicated. In da:ns festival commission Invisible
Habitudes, choreographer Kuik Swee Boon explores these issues through the
language of dance—where solidity and fluidity intersect—in a dialogue between the
body and its environment.
The performance was created using T.H.E’s “hollow body” methodology, an
improvisation-based approach developed by Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon, that
focuses on the relationship between the mind, body and heart, where the body is a
hollow container that carries an individual’s world. Invisible Habitudes expresses the
authentic experiences of each dancer, telling the story of a fluid identity woven from
memory, childhood, culture and ethnicity. Each unique body upholds inclusivity and
compassion as antidotes to the relentless pursuit of one’s convictions at the expense
of others.
Invisible Habitudes is the first full-length ticketed dance performance at Esplanade’s
Outdoor Theatre. In tandem with the production’s themes, the open-air venue allows
for interactions with the environment, connecting to the sounds and sights of the
wider world. The international collaboration also unites award-winning Taiwanese
musician Wang Yujun, who performs live on stage, Singaporean lighting designer
Adrian Tan and T.H.E’s talented cast of dancers. This production is part of T.H.E’s
10th anniversary celebrations.
(1hr, no intermission)
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About T.H.E Dance Company
Described as a dance company “at the top of its game”, The Human Expression
(T.H.E) Dance Company, along with its semi-professional training arm, T.H.E Second
Company, is a name synonymous with ground-breaking contemporary dance of the
highest quality and artistry.
T.H.E has become a household name in Singapore and the region, having performed
at major local arts festivals and prestigious international festivals such as the Les
Hivernales festival 2012 in Avignon, France; SIDance Festival 2013 in South Korea,
Auckland Arts Festival (New Creation Commission) 2016 in New Zealand, Yokohama
Dance Collection at TPAM 2016, Japan, and most recently, the Niigata International
Dance Festival 2017, presented by the City of Niigata, among others. Driven by a
desire to create an inclusive and nurturing platform for local and regional dance
artists, they initiated the very first annual Singapore contemporary dance festival
CONTACT in 2010. With their unique brand of highly physical and kinetic works,
T.H.E digs deep into the universal human experience. At the heart of their works lie
a connection with heritage and our collective history as Singaporeans, which have
garnered recognition as local masterpieces and international accolades alike.
T.H.E Dance Company is supported by the National Arts Council under the Major Company
Scheme for the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2020.
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Creative Team
Kuik Swee Boon (Singapore/Malaysia)
Artistic Director & Choreographer
Founder and Artistic Director of T.H.E Dance
Company and the M1 CONTACT Contemporary
Dance Festival (Singapore); Co-Artistic Director
of Malaysia’s D’MOTION International Dance
Festival 2013 – 2015. Kuik was the first Asian
principal male dancer with Spain’s Compañia
Nacional de Danza (CND) from 2002–2007.
During his career with CND, he worked
mainly with Nacho Duato and renowned
choreographers like Jiří Kylian, Mats Ek, Ohad
Naharin and Wim Vandekeybus. Prior to joining
the CND, he began his dance career in 1990
with the Singapore People’s Association Dance
Company and Singapore Dance Theatre.
Kuik’s exceptional artistry led him to receive a
nomination in 2003 for the Benois De La Danse
Award. In 2007, he was awarded the Young Artist
Award from National Arts Council of Singapore
(NAC). He founded T.H.E Dance Company in
September 2008. Since its establishment, T.H.E
has quickly ascended to become a well-known
company in Singapore and Asia. His critically
acclaimed works include Silence (2007), As It
Fades (2011), collaboration works Re:OK...BUT!
(2011), and Above 40 (2015), all of which were
recognised as one of the best shows of their
respective years. Kuik’s works have also toured
to prestigious international festivals, such as Les
Hivernales Festival in Avignon, France where they
performed the festival-closing event.
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Wang Yujun (Taiwan)
Music Director, Composer and Live Performer
Born in Kaohsiung, Wang Yujun is a graduate
of the Applied Drama and Theater Department
of the National Taiwan University of Arts. She
currently works as a music composer and singer.
Keen on interdisciplinary exploration, she has
developed a stereoscopic approach to shaping
the sound of music. Her practice draws upon
observations of everyday life and ordinary
people, transmuting mundane and fleeting
impressions into a sonic documentation of
complex emotional shades. Wang’s passion
towards her craft is reflected in the indescribable
moments of beauty that she shares through her
works, whether with the theatre or black box
audience, or in composing solo, or endlessly
refining each note with her band. Wang looks
forward to making music in various corners of
the world, recording vibrations that are native
to the local atmosphere and their rhythms of
life, hopefully uncovering through indigenous
poems and songs, new ways to bring cultures
into dialogue with one another.
Wang’s published works include: concept EP
Concave《凹》, concept album The tracks on the
Beach 《沙滩上的脚印》, and a collaboration with
TIMEr Band, Abandoned Garden《颓圮花园》.
Other recording projects include The Birth《初
生》, The Day of Growing Up《长大的那一天》
and La Disparition《消失—神木下的梦》, which
was featured in the soundtrack of Flying Group
Theatre’s production A Sleep and a Forgetting
《一睡一醒之间》, among other compilations.
8Adrian Tan (Singapore)
Lighting Designer
Since graduating from LASALLE College of The Arts
in 2006, Adrian Tan has been designing shows for
the local and international arts scene. His work spans
a wide spectrum, including the performing arts and
outdoor light installations.
He has worked with most major theatre and dance
companies in Singapore, creating designs and spaces
for operas, dance productions and experimental works
produced by companies like Singapore Lyric Opera,
Singapore Dance Theatre, T.H.E Dance Company, W!ld
Rice, The Necessary Stage and Esplanade – Theatres
on the Bay. Several of his works have received theatre
awards, including shows like Monkey Goes West and
Another Country by W!ld Rice, A Cage Goes In Search
Of a Bird by A Group Of People, BITCH for M1 Fringe
Festival, and Dark Room, which was commissioned by
Esplanade as part of The Studios.
Loo An Ni (Singapore)
Costume Designer
Loo An Ni is fascinated with the tactility of objects
and spaces. This brought her into theatre where
the possibilities are limitless. She has taken various
roles in costuming, from design and construction to
wardrobe management.
Her costume design credits include Nine Songs
(Siong Leng Musical Association), Returning (asst.
design, SIFA 2015 commission), The Mazu Chronicle
(asst. design, The Arts Fission Company), Teochew
Festival 2014 Gala Dinner Performance (Teochew
Poit Ip Huay Kwan), and Huayi – Chinese Festival of
Arts 2018 commission, Cut Kafka! by T.H.E Dance
Company and Nine Years Theatre.
9Performers
Anthea Seah (Singapore)
Assistant to Artistic Director and Dance Artist
Movement Instructor
Anthea Seah trained in Chinese dance, street, jazz and
contemporary dance. She graduated with a BA(Hons)
Dance degree from LASALLE College of the Arts in
2015, where she worked with local artists Albert Tiong,
Melissa Quek and Susan Yeung, and international
artists Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Akiko Kitamura (Leni-
Basso) and Wu Yi-San (Cloud Gate Dance Theatre,
CCDC). She was a member of T.H.E Second Company
before joining T.H.E Dance Company in April 2015, and
has been involved in projects with semi-professional
collective, Sigma. Currently a professional dancer with
the principal company, Seah was appointed Assistant
to the Artistic Director in August 2017.
Brandon Khoo (Malaysia)
Dance Artist
Brandon Khoo began his training in Chinese dance at
Soka Gakkai Malaysia Association at age 13. He joined
the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts’ (NAFA) Diploma
in Dance Programme in 2012, and was a recipient of
the NAFA scholarship in 2014 and 2015. As a student
dancer he participated in a work choreographed by
Viv Phua Mui Ling, which won the Gold Medal at the
Asia Youth Dance Festival 2013 in Hong Kong. Khoo
graduated from NAFA in 2015 and joined T.H.E Dance
Company in July 2015.
10Billy Keohavong (Australia)
Dance Artist and Movement Instructor
Born in Australia, Billy Keohavong graduated on
scholarship from Ev and Bow Full Time Training
Centre in 2012, and New Zealand School of Dance
in 2015. Starting out as a hip hop dancer specialising
in dancehall and house, he majored in contemporary
dance while at school. Credits include Legs on the
Wall, M1 CONTACT Festival 2015 in Singapore, Dance
Academy Season 3, Channel 7’s Today Show, Tempo
Dance Festival Auckland, World of Wearable Art
Wellington, Mercedes-Bens Fashion Festival Sydney
and World Supremacy Battlegrounds. Artists he has
worked with include Ross McCormack, Ursula Robb,
Michael Parmenter, Doughlas Wright, Malia Johnston,
Eden Muholland, Sarah Boulter, Sarah Foster, Kathyrn
Puie and Victoria Colombus. Keohavong joined T.H.E
Dance Company in February 2016.
Lynette Lim (Singapore)
Dance Artist
Lynette Lim started ballet at a young age, completing
the Royal Academy of Dance grade examinations.
She trained under Zaki Ahmad and Zaini Tahir at St.
Andrews Junior College and NUS Dance Ensemble,
respectively, and has participated in productions
and competitions with the Ensemble both locally
and overseas. A member of T.H.E Second Company
since 2010, Lim has performed in its annual liTHE
showcases and the M1 CONTACT Contemporary
Dance Festival. Prior to joining T.H.E Dance Company
in July 2017, Lim was based in Taiwan and worked
with HORSE Dance Theatre. She also completed her
training as a certified pilates instructor.
11Ng Zu You (Singapore)
Dance Artist
Ng Zu You started dancing at the age of 13,
training in classical Chinese and folk dance with the
Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Dance Troupe (now
known as Singapore Chinese Dance Theatre), under
the tutelage of Lim Moi Kim. He holds a diploma in
dance from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore,
and in 2017, graduated from the Taipei National
University of Arts (TNUA) with a degree in dance. He
has worked with choreographers such as Lim Moi
Kim, Neo Jenny, Albert Tiong, Jeffrey Tan, Cheng
Hsienfa and Zhang Xiao-Xiong. Ng joined T.H.E
Dance Company in July 2017.
Klievert Jon Mendoza (Philippines)
Apprentice Dancer
A graduate of the Philippines High School for the
Arts where he received the Outstanding Student
Artist Award in 2015, and the Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts’ (NAFA) Diploma in Dance Programme on
scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Klievert
Jon Mendoza was the first Filipino to compete in
the Youth America Grand Prix 2018, the world’s
largest international student dance competition.
At age 17, he was awarded the Gold Medal in the
pre-professional category of the 2014 Concours
International De Danse Classique De Grasse in Paris,
France. He was part of NAFA’s dance performance at
the Opening Ceremony of 8th ASEAN Para Games in
Singapore. Mendoza joined T.H.E Dance Company as
an apprentice dancer in 2018.
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/ Recital Studio 9pm / Rehearsal Studio
Reamker in Motion
Sophiline Arts Ensemb
RASAS – Fri 6.45pm & 8pm, Sa
Sun 6.15pm & 8pm /
traditional
dances from
Asia
Kathak
Apsaras Arts
6.45pm & 7.45pm
/ Concourse
K Po
CJ Sc
FREE
Perfo
7.45p
WHAT’S Hip H
Salsa Danz
YOUR MOVE? ACTFA 9.30p
7.15pm Sixte
Tango Chal
ACTFA Show
9pm 10.45
The Edg
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EVENTS3 Oct Sat 14 Oct Sun 15 Oct Mon 16 Oct Tue 17 Oct Wed 18 Oct Thu 19 Oct Fri 20 Oct Sat 21 Oct Sun
derlands Dans Theater 1 International Stars of Ballet
8pm, Sun 5pm / Theatre 8pm / Theatre
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Daniel Kok & Miho Shimizu Medium AH | HA
himizu 2pm – 7pm* / Annexe Studio Rianto Lisbeth Gruwez | Voetvolk
xe Studio (*audience may arrive at any time) 8pm / Theatre Studio 8pm / Theatre Studio
Cipher/Decipher
LASALLE College of the Arts
Sat 2pm, Sun 6pm
/ Recital Studio
The Third Space
Nanyang Academy Joy
of Fine Arts Joshua Monten
Sat 6pm, Sun 2pm Fri 3pm, Sat 5pm
/ Recital Studio / Recital Studio
terclass: Masterclass
J with NDT1
pm 9am
hearsal Studio / Rehearsal Studio
Workshop:
Intro to Cambodian Masterclass Workshop: Intro to Traditional
Classical Dance with Lisbeth Javanese Dance
Sophiline Arts Ensemble Gruwez Soerya Soemirat Mangkunegaran
1.30pm 6pm Royal Palace
/ Rehearsal Studio / Rehearsal Studio 10am / Rehearsal Studio
n Bharatayuddha in Motion
ble Soerya Soemirat Mangkunegaran Royal Palace
at 7pm & 8.45pm, Fri & Sat 7pm & 8.45pm, Sun 6.15pm & 8pm
Outdoor Theatre / Outdoor Theatre
Dances of the Javanese Traditional
Kelabit Highlands Celestial Dances Dances Bharatanatyam
Mupun Tauh Troupe of Cambodia Soerya Soemirat Mangkunegaran Omkar Arts
6.15pm (Fri & Sat), Sophiline Arts Ensemble Royal Palace 6.15pm (Sat only),
7.15pm & 8.15pm 6.45pm & 7.45pm 6.45pm & 7.45pm 7.15pm & 8.15pm
/ Concourse / Concourse / Concourse / Concourse
op
chool of
orming Arts
pm Viennese Waltz
Hop The DanceSport Flamenco Bollywood
z People Academy Lindy Hop RBSDC SAHERISM
pm 7pm Jazz Inc 7.45pm 7pm
een da:ns Jive 7.45pm Classical Bhangra
llenge The DanceSport Street Dance Spanish SherePunjab
wcase Academy Jazz Inc RBSDC Bhangra
5pm 8.45pm 9.30pm 9.30pm 8.45pm
ge (Waterfront) The Edge (Waterfront)
Shall We Dance? Shall We Dance?
6.15pm & 7.15pm 6.15pm & 7.15pm
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