“Neumeier’s biggest coup.” - Hamburger Morgenpost“A magical moment of ballet“ - Stuttgarter Zeitung“An ingenious combination of dramaturgy, staging and choreography.” - Stuttgarter Nachrichten“Highly dramatic and moving”- Hamburger MorgenpostThe Hamburg Ballet presents the Singapore premiere of Lady of the Camellias, one of choreographer John Neumeier’s most beloved works. This debut presentation in Singapore will be directed by Neumeier himself, as Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet.Based on Alexandre Dumas fils’ landmark novel La Dame aux Camélias, Lady of the Camellias is an unconventional story ballet that tells the tragic tale of Marguerite, a beautiful courtesan secretly suffering from tuberculosis, whose life of debauchery takes a turn when she falls in love with Armand Duval, a young man from a well-to-do family. Confronted by Armand’s father, she decides to leave her one true love, and soon after dies of her illness.Set to the romantic music of Frederic Chopin and with lush costumes by Jürgen Rose, Lady of the Camellias features some of the most beautiful pas de deux in 20th-century ballet. Since its premiere in 1978, Lady of the Camellias has entered the repertory of ballet companies such as Stuttgart Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.Neumeier is a recipient of some of the most prestigious international awards including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the French Order of Arts and Letters and the Legion of Honour. With the Hamburg Ballet last performing in Singapore in 2003, this is a rare chance to enjoy this well-loved John Neumeier ballet work performed by the Hamburg Ballet, which has been under the helm of Neumeier since 1973.

An enchanting lake. A spell-binding romance with the Swan Queen, Odette. A tragic betrayal by the alluring Black Swan, Odile. Swan Lake is a sensational timeless classic that beckons you into a realm of secrecy and seduction. Captivating you from the moment the curtains are lifted, this is a bewitching story of undying love, a cruel twist of fate, and the promise of devotion.The ballet opens with Prince Siegfried taking aim at a white swan, which magically transforms into a beautiful woman named Odette. She tells the prince that she is indeed a princess who has come under a spell – swan by night, woman by day, and it can only be broken if a nobel prince swears eternal fidelity to her. Prince Siegfried falls madly in love with Odette. However, in a series of tragic events, the Prince accidentally proposes to the evil sorcerer’s daughter, Odile, thinking that she is Odette. Princess Odette witnesses Siegfried declaring his love for Odile and feels doomed. The prince returns to seek forgiveness from Odette at the lakeside, and he defeats the evil sorcerer in a battle which releases Odette and all the swan maidens from the spell.Staged by Janek Schergen after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, Swan Lake will be performed to the brilliant live Tchaikovsky music played by the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra. Singapore Dance Theatre’s Swan Lake was first staged in December 2007, and has since been restaged in 2009, 2012, and 2015.

PheNoumenon is the latest creation by founding artistic director of T.H.E Dance Company Kuik Swee Boon, this time examining the relationship between Man and the natural phenomenon that surrounds him. The splitting of a free spirit from hegemonic thinking. Habits, cultures and systems that hide under the illusory cover of a prosperous modern society.  Looking around, what else can we learn from the political, technological and climate chaos that envelops our world? If you liked T.H.E's da:ns festival commission “Invisible Habitudes” in 2018 and have been closely watching its successful month-long tour in Europe, then you must not miss “PheNoumenon”, T.H.E’s highly anticipated finale show for 2019! The creative team includes Singaporean lighting designer Adrian and costume designer An Ni Loo, Malaysian sound artist Kent Lee, in collaboration with six extraordinary dancers from T.H.E Dance Company.

“This full-length solo piece tells her story, celebrates her talent and showcases her extraordinary longevity.”– South China Morning Post, Hong Kong“Watching her dance, I am overwhelmed with emotions and I just want to keep this moment close, like how I gingerly held fireflies in my palm in my childhood.Never have I seen such a unique expression, and I have no idea if I will have the fortune to witness something as stirring as this again.”– Lin Hwai-min, Founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of TaiwanI remember it was 1987 Such a long journey, 40 hours on the trainAll the way, from the north to the southEventually, I arrived in Hong KongAlmost 55 is a full-length autobiographical solo created by award-winning Taiwanese choreographer Chou Shu-yi for Qiao Yang, one of Hong Kong’s most distinguished dance artists and a pioneer contemporary dancer from China. Interspersing physically challenging dance solos with monologues, Qiao Yang shares her ongoing journey in dance as she reflects on her purpose in life at her age of 50s. Through the ebb and flow of Qiao’s movements, this intimate work imprints her years of unwavering dedication to dance, and spotlights the power that comes from daily discipline and ordinariness.Crystallised after a 400-day creative and research journey, this production traces Qiao’s dance career, from performing traditional Chinese dance in her home town in Shaanxi in the early 1970s, to studying contemporary dance in Guangzhou in the 1980s, and moving to Hong Kong in the 1990s, and explores notions of identity and home.Featuring a stellar creative team with lighting designer Lee Chi-wai, video designer Maurice Lai, composer Steve Hui and costume consultant Lin Ching-ju – its premiere in Hong Kong in January 2019 received critical acclaim.About City Contemporary Dance Company “The artistic soul of contemporary Hong Kong” – South China Morning PostUnder the leadership of Founder and Artistic Director, Willy Tsao, City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) has inspired and elated audiences in Hong Kong and around the world with superb modern dance performances for 40 years. Founded in 1979, CCDC has presented more than 200 original works to critical acclaim, including productions by Tsao and leading choreographers such as Helen Lai, Mui Cheuk-yin, Pun Siu-fai and Yuri Ng. CCDC has also staged innovative collaborations with outstanding artists from other media and with artists from around the world.CCDC is renowned for reflecting the vigour and creativity of Hong Kong’s vibrant, multifaceted contemporary culture, presenting works to an audience of more than 50,000 people annually. The Company has accepted 269 overseas invitations to represent Hong Kong in performance at the world’s foremost dance stages and festivals in over 30 major cities around the world.

About liTHE 2019"liTHE 2019" is the 8th edition of the annual platform featuring the young, talented artists of T.H.E Second Company - the youth wing of leading Singaporean contemporary dance group, T.H.E Dance Company. Under the guidance of Associate Artistic Director Silvia Yong, its members, aged 17 - 35, range from students in dance CCAs, and local dance institutions, to career professionals who train and rehearse with T.H.E Dance Company regularly."liTHE 2019" is the last of a 3-year incubation (2017 - 2019) of three emerging Singaporean choreographers Anthea Seah, Goh Shou-Yi and Marcus Foo, offering freedom, space and resources to realise their creative vision, take risks, and completely immerse the Second Company dancers into their style, over the course of 3 years. In 2019, they will work with the following collaborators to produce their most mature, fully realised concepts and performance: for Goh Shou Yi, Rei Poh (Dramaturg) and Ng Jing (Sound Designer); for Anthea Seah, Jevon Chandra (Music Composer & Dramaturg); for Marcus Foo, Venetia Lim (Music Composer); for all three pieces, Liu Yong Huay is the Lighting Designer.

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED 'MOSCOW BALLET LA CLASSIQUE' PREMIERS TCHAIKOVSKY'S SPECTACULAR MASTERPIECESWAN LAKE'A SPELLBINDING CLASSICAL ROMANCE'"THE GREATEST SUCCESS OF RUSSIAN THEATRE IS UNDOUBTEDLY CLASSICAL BALLET"FROM THE MOON-LIT LAKE WHERE ELEGANT SWANS SILENTLY GLIDE, TO THE MAGNIFICENT OPULENCE OF THE PALACE BALLROOM, ODILE, THE TEMPTRESS IN A CLOUD OF BLACK TULLE PROVIDES A RAVISHING COUNTERPOINT TO THE PURITY AND INNONENCE OF ODETTE THE BEAUTIFUL SWAN QUEEN. A FAIRY TALE STORY CONVEYING ALL THE DRAMA OF A TRAGIC ROMANCE.MOSCOW BALLET 'LA CLASSIQUE' WAS CREATED IN THE 1990 BY ITS CURRENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ELIK MELIKOV.IN THIS 2 ACTS PERFORMANCE OF SWAN LAKE THE ILLUSTRIOUS MOSCOW BALLET 'LA CLASSIQUE' WITH THEIR BALLET SKILLS, LAVISH COSTUMES AND MAGNIFICENT STAGE SETS WILL CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION, THE PASSION AND THE ROMANCE OF THIS CLASSICAL BALLET FAIRYTALE.

A year-end performance put up by the students from DES Performing Academy and apprentices from the youth company. They will present new works choreographed by the instructors, including DES Dance Director Ms Sharon Low, DES Creative Director Ms Cai Shiji, and DES Resident Choreographer Ms Goh Yan Dan.

When we are not ourselves, who are we? When we are beside ourselves, where do we go? We have all felt disconnected from our bodies and the world around us—some more than others—in our own private ways. When you don’t know how to live in your own body, life can get a little absurd. A sort of live concept album, Beside Ourselves is more than a concert yet not quite a play. Through scenes, songs and stories, acclaimed electronica duo .gif presents a multi–disciplinary exploration of how our rich interior lives interact with the surrealism of everyday banalities. Darkly funny and uncomfortably intimate, Beside Ourselves interrogates this disembodiment through a collection of anecdotes and reflections which draws from personal experiences, various literature, as well as a series of interviews. From naked voices to immersive sonic delirium, the piece hopes to paint a raw and sincere picture of vulnerability and displacement. 

Café Sarajevo is an immersive theatrical experience exploring the borders that divide and unite us, within the framework of a live podcast.Café Sarajevo follows our protagonist, Lucy Simic, on a journey of self-discovery, as she travels to her father’s birthplace, Bosnia. Along the way, we explore divided cities and the notion of “human nature”, asking the question: What causes a nation to divide, and begin to hate the very people and culture that it used to see as its own? As we explore this question, we create intimate moments with story, dance, games, music and video, and perhaps most significantly, by casting audience-participants as characters in the story.Similar to an ambulatory audio-guided tour, when audience-participants arrive for the performance they are given a headset which delivers audio over Radio Frequency and a pair of cardboard goggles, which display 360° video. 

In ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one, Cologne-based choreographer Reut Shemesh directs her gaze onto the world views and different perspectives of Jewish Orthdox and secular women and their positions towards each other.Reut Shemesh grew up in a mixed secular/Orthodox family and investigates the gender roles and tensions within such family structures. Drawing from a series of interviews and photographic portraits, a mixed cast of Orthodox and secular dancers perform and transform re-enactments, religious ceremonies, rituals and conversations into a striking contemporary work.ATARA asks what femininity, female sexuality and their places in society could be, and invites you to examine your own clichés, prejudices and lifestyles.