Screen, dance, screendance
David Mead considers the nature of screendance as he looks at four works by Singaporean director Brian Toh.
Singapore
T.H.E Dance Company and Searching Blue (寻蓝): Drawing the Boundary
Kuik Swee Boon’s work “explores community and the possibility of oneness. Before inviting anyone into a shared experience, it draws a boundary.”
Singapore’s T.H.E Dance Company in a triple bill of short works
In Un-form, all three dancers are quite compelling, their dance amazingly detailed, superbly performed and clearly with great personal meaning
Revealing personal, hidden trauma: Frontier Danceland’s Stage On-Screen
Unlock draws you almost immediately, the mood set inside seconds. Dancers dressed in simple, plain gowns pad slowly through the space
Stre@m, a new video-on-demand platform for Asian dance
This year, Stre@m will focus on work from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea, but he hopes more Asian countries will join next year.
Determinedly different: T.H.E Dance Company in PheNoumenon
The intimacy of the eccentric Coronet Theatre suited this company of six dancers from Singapore and its programme well
A double-bill for our times: T.H.E. Dance Company’s Seeing ___ Through The Eyes Of Impermanence
A deeply thoughtful double bill from Singapore of hidden stories, unusual perspectives and struggles with life.
Singapore Dance Theatre returns with Masterpiece in Motion
Poignant reminders of dance’s ability to create universes with earthly moorings but lined with stardust
Captivating dance from Singapore: T.H.E Dance Company in Pán
A look at transculturation, Pán is superbly danced. The performers come together in a delicious whole
Regal ease: Kana Minegishi makes her mark in Singapore Dance Theatre’s Swan Lake
There is beautiful length to her upper body
Old ballets revisited with fresh faces: Singapore Dance Theatre in Masterpiece In Motion
Surprising and compelling