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A Date With Friends

25 - 28 Mar 2021
CONCERT HALL
Gadis dan Bunga: The Lady and The Flower

Rahimah Rahim and Fathin Amira

Glory 45 - Marcus Chin Live in Concert

Marcus Chin

The Young Ones: A Tribute to Cliff Richard and The Shadows

Dimension5 and Special Guest Winston Koh of The Phantoms

CONCOURSE
Eddynor Ali

The Evergreen Trio

Golden Melodies

Two of Us

Mando & Hokkien Evergreen Hits

Jayden Chew

OUTDOOR THEATRE
Acoustic Nostalgia

Singapore Char Siew Baos

Bushmen and Kamaliah Latiff

Joe and The Soul Express

Nostalgic Hong Kong Theme Songs

Donnie Chan & Shuk Fong

ONLINE
Acupressure for Seniors

Anita Pee

Dancercise – Move Together

The DanceSport Academy and Moses Lim

Kombucha Brewing: A Glass a Day Keeps the Body Okay

Melissa Mak

Laughter Yoga Foundation Experience

Laughter Guru Van Ram, Singapore Laughter Yoga

Stress Away in a Fun Way: Relaxation

Darwina Azmi, MSPS, Psychologist from ProAge Pte Ltd

Then & Now: Conversations Between Generations

Mel Ferdinands & Umar Sirhan, Louis Soliano & Nicholas Wong, Rahimah Rahim & Fathin Amira

Baybeats

21 - 23 Aug 2020
ONLINE
  • ANECHOIS
  • Annette Lee
  • Bakers In Space
  • Bennett Bay X PIBLOKTO
  • B-Quartet
  • Charlie Lim
  • Dreebsby
  • Every Rage I Seek
  • Force Vomit
  • hauste
  • Iman's League
  • LEW
  • Mannequins
  • Tell Lie Vision
  • The Trees & The Wild
  • Two Seas
  • YAØ
Future of Music Festivals in Asia

Talk with regional festival producers Hung Weining – LUCfest (Taiwan) , Sarun Pinyarat – Maho Rasop (Thailand) , John Uy – Wanderland (Philippines)

In Conversation with Franco

Franco (Philippines), Hosted by Michelle Tan

In Conversation With Reality Club

Reality Club (Indonesia), Hosted by Michelle Tan

So.. how is music recorded?

Leonard Soosay from Snakeweed Studios, Jason Gelchen from Homeground Studios, Evan Low (evanturetime), Mah from Tonehouse Studios

We Want to be Heard – Music Distribution in Southeast Asia

Edwin Waliman from Secret Signals, Nicolette Tay from Believe Music and Tan Peng Sing from Where Are The Fruits. Moderated by Syaheed MSBI from Believe Music.

What’s the alternative – Demystifying Underground Music

Kathir from Rudra, Arif from Wormrot and KC Meals from Sun Eater. Moderated by Gordon Khoo

Baybeats Festival

6 - 8 Nov 2020
ONLINE
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  • ABANGSAPAU
  • Allegiance
  • Approaching Aphelion
  • Astreal
  • Basti Artadi feat. Manuel Legarda
  • Bedchamber
  • Bottlesmoker
  • Cloakroom
  • Cockpit
  • Forests
  • Hanging Up The Moon
  • Hilera
  • M1LDL1FE
  • Mediocre Haircut Crew
  • Opposition Party
  • per[sona
  • Remnants
  • Riot !n Magenta
  • Spacewalk
  • Subsonic Eye
  • Terrestrea
  • THELIONCITYBOY feat. Amthakid - TLCB
  • Zild

da:ns festival

12 - 31 Oct 2020
ONLINE
Artist Chats: Failure As Practice – An Open Dialogue with Amin & Nirmala

Soultari Amin Farid and Nirmala Seshadri

Artist Chats: Flamenco – An ever-evolving interaction

Tania Goh, Angela López Lara, Adien Fazmail (Singapore, Spain, Indonesia)

Artist Chats: Open Call Artist Dialogues

Various Artists

Artist Chats: The Intervention of Loneliness (Lockdown Edition)

Ming Poon, Jonathan Florez, Dandan Liu (Singapore, Germany)

Dancing at Dusk – A Moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring

Produced by Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables and Sadler’s Wells (UK, Germany, Senegal)

Failing the Dance: A Double Bill of Lecture-Performances

Pok! by Soultari Amin Farid and The Problematic Danseuse by Nirmala Seshadri

Footwork Fun-sized: Balinese Dance

Eka Suwara Santhi

Footwork Fun-sized: Bollywood

Lavania and Sneh of Dance Embassy

Footwork Fun-sized: #dans2themax challenge

Taryn Cheng (USA)

Footwork Fun-sized: Voguing

Izzy Mahathir

Friedemann Vogel – Incarnation of Dance

Directed by Katja Trautwein (Germany)

Living Archive – A creative workshop with Studio Wayne McGregor

(United Kingdom)

Open Call

Various Artists

The Escape Game

s**t kingz (Japan)

The Intermission of No. 60

Pichet Klunchun (Thailand)

The Intervention of Loneliness (Lockdown Edition)

Ming Poon (Singapore, Germany)

Rasas 2020: Dances from Bali

Eka Suwara Santhi

Rasas 2020: Dances from Myanmar

Kumudra Myanmar Arts and Cultural Association

Rasas 2020: Odissi

Indu Vijay

Rasas 2020: Tari Melayu

Sri Warisan Som Said Performing Arts Ltd

Huayi — Chinese Festival of Arts

19 Feb - 14 Mar 2021
ANNEXE STUDIO
Interspace

Ricky Sim

CONCERT HALL
A Dust in Time by Huang Ruo

re:mix and ACSO String Ensemble

Fantasia – Nanyin Reimagined

Siong Leng Musical Association

The Freshman “That Escalated Quickly” Concert

The Freshman

RECITAL STUDIO
Not Only Music in Anticlockwise

GayBird and Concordia Quartet

Reflections – An Interdisciplinary Concert

MUSA The Collective

THEATRE
All the world is one’s stage

Toy Factory Productions

THEATRE STUDIO
Citizen X

The Finger Players

The Universe According to Niu – Puppetry Production for Children

Paper Monkey Theatre

CONCOURSE
A Dance of Dunhuang

Xiao Jing & Li Yingying

Jazz for Kids - Nursery Rhymes

Dawn Wong & WEBE

Legend of the Civet Crown Prince

Doreen Toh and Ferry

New Journey

GIMA Band

Night of Reminiscence

Cheryl Fong

Spring & Strings

Stringanza

Story Time with Boh Choo - Bring on the Bull!

Zelda Tatiana Ng & Vick Low

We are Singer-Songwriters!

Anie Fann

Lee Ein Ein

Wilson Huang

OUTDOOR THEATRE
A Soaring New Year!

DRUM FENG FENG 

Can't Love You Enough, 90s

The JumpStart

Crazy Smooth

MICappella

Hokkien Opera Showcase

Traditional Arts Centre

Huayi Huat Opening!

Yiwei Athletic Association and DRUM FENG

Reverberance of Spring

Reverberance

Visiting Spring

TCR Music Station

PLAYBOX
The Ox and the Songbird

Jonathan Shin & Rit Xu

ONLINE
A Dance of Dunhuang

Xiao Jing & Li Yingying

A Soaring New Year!

DRUM FENG

Dance en Scene

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) (Taiwan), National Taichung Theater (Taiwan), Tai Kwun - Centre for Heritage and Arts (Hong Kong)

Huayi Huat Opening!

Yiwei Athletic Association and DRUM FENG

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Peggy Hsu (Taiwan), Chet Lam (Hong Kong), Jude Chiu (China), NEKO Highway & RYOTA (Malaysia)

Legend of the Civet Crown Prince

Doreen Toh and Ferry

Night of Reminiscence

Cheryl Fong

Reflections – An Interdisciplinary Concert

MUSA The Collective

Reverberance of Spring

Reverberance

Story Time with Boh Choo - Bring on the Bull!

Zelda Tatiana Ng & Vick Low

Talk: Time & Place – Locating traditions in contemporary dance

Bulareyaung Pagarlava (Taiwan), Xiao Ke (China), Yang Yuntao (Hong Kong)

Talk: Tracing Invisible Footprints from Afar

Danny Yeo, Bonaventure Tain

Visiting Spring

TCR Music Station

Workshop: Hand-dye Your Own Mask Pouch

STPI

Workshop: Ox Paper Cutting Lightbox

Lim Bee Ling

Kalaa Utsavam — Indian Festival of Arts

20 - 29 Nov 2020
RECITAL STUDIO
  • A Meenalochani + Subiksha Raman
  • Devika Menon + Aarya Kini
  • Juslina Sathguru + Amara Rama
  • Kalyani Hema Nair + Saanika Zanwar
  • Mridula Kumar + Parvathy Varma
  • Periyachi Roshini +Thulasi Sharma
  • Preethi Devarajan + Ashmita Jayaprakash
  • Samyukta Venkatraman + Maanasa Sri Ganesh
  • Shreya Murthy + Avantika Menon
CONCOURSE
  • Bhaskar's Arts Academy
  • Bombay V. Anand
  • Chitra Poornima Sathish
  • Ramkumar Vasudevan
  • Rhythms Aesthetic Society Singapore
  • Samyukta Venkatraman + Maanasa Sri Ganesh
  • SIFAS Alumni
  • Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society
  • Sneha Ajayan + Kshirja Govind
  • Sripriya Vijay
  • Temple of Fine Arts
  • Veena – Venu – Violin Trio
PLAYBOX
Kalaa Utsavam - Not so Little in Little India

Story and Narration by Pramila D/o Krishnasamy

ONLINE
Amara – Dancing Stories of Banteay Srei

Apsaras Arts

Ayurveda: Concept of Immunity and How to Strengthen It

Dr Dharna Tiku (Ayurvedic Physician and Yoga Trainer)

Chakra-thon: Krishna Rajani

Rakesh Chaurasia

Chakra-thon: Mangal Dhwani

Sanjeev Shankar & Ashwani Shankar

Chakra-thon: Pratah Sangeet

Anupama Bhagwat

Chakra-thon: Ratra Ragini

Arshad Ali Khan

Chakra-thon: Sangeet Sayamkaal

Dhananjay & Ninad Daithankar

Chakra-thon: Sur Sandhya

Debasmita Bhattacharya

Chakra-thon: Swara Prabhath

Manish Pingle

Chakra-thon: Triprahar Raga

Sangeet Mishra

Dialogue with Apsaras Arts

Aravinth Kumarasamy, Rajkumar Bharathi, Mohanapriyan Thavarajah

Moderated by Janek Schergen

Dialogue with Chowk Productions on Pallavi through Abstractions

Raka Maitra, Sandhya Suresh, Caroline Chin

Moderated by Rajeswari Ramachandran, Producer, Esplanade

Dialogue with RDG on Pathey Nimidam – 10-minute Tamil Plays

Hemang Yadav, Susie Penrice Tyrie, Aswani Aswath, Shalaka Ranadive

Moderated by Vithya Subramaniam

Disha – A Vision (Excerpts) by Spanda Dance Company

Spanda Dance Company (India)

Live Chat with Amit Kilam and Rahul Ram of Indian Ocean

Hosted by Sai Vigneshwar and Isuru Wijesoma

Live Chat with Bombay Jayashri and Amrit Ramnath

Hosted by Lavanya Balachandran and Nishanth Thiagarajan

Making A Scene: Bharatanatyam’s waves of change

Artist: Leela Samson (India) & Host: Himanshu Verma

Making A Scene: Looking Back at Singapore’s Indian Band Scene

Artist: Md Raffee & Host: Sheela Narayanan

Making A Scene: The Devdutt Phenomenon

Artist: Devdutt Pattanaik (India) & Host: Himanshu Verma

Making A Scene: The Magic of Zakir Hussain's Music

Artist: Zakir Hussain (USA) & Host: Himanshu Verma

Making A Scene: Theatre in Prosperity and Adversity

Artists: Atul Kumar and Arundhati Nag (India) & Host: Sharul Channa

Mudiyettu by Mudiyettu Sangham Keezhillam (India)

Mudiyettu Sangham Keezhillam (India)

In association with Soorya

Pallavi through Abstractions by Chowk Productions

Chowk Productions

Parent-Child Workshop – Basic Indian Dance

Bharathaa Arts

Parent-Child Workshop – Basic Yoga

Renuka Silvaraju

Pathey Nimidam

In collaboration with RDG

Science of Meditation

Navneet Kaur

Stories for Solving - Riddle Stories from India

Kamini Ramachandran, Raghavendran Rajasekeran and Kumuda Krovvidi

Tholu Bommalatta By Chitrakaari Tholu Bommalatta (India)

Chitrakaari Tholu Bommalatta (India)

Vasana Kavithaigal – Tamil spoken word performance (Bharathiyaar)

Brahmastra

March On

10 - 14 Mar 2021
ANNEXE STUDIO
Alice's Topsy Turvy Tea Party

A co-production with The Kueh Tutus

RECITAL STUDIO
PLAYlab+ : Process Insights

Judy Ngo, Jasmine Xie Huilin, Regina Foo, Tan Weiying, Sonia Kwek, Ng Sze Min, Perry Felix Shen, Jun Jie, Zee Ang, Vick Low, Claris Tan, Jessy, Elizabeth Loh and Jeremy Leong

Robot House Party Workshop

Kid Koala (Singapore, USA & Canada)

SEEDLINGS – A Public Sharing

Created by Esplanade with Chong Gua Khee and Faye Lim and supported by Neo Jialing and Gladys Ng. With participants: Ashvika, Rachel, Ellie, Travis, Hao Yang, Le Xi, Gleb, Riya

SDEA Connections 2021:
  • Educators’ Dialogue

    Singapore Drama Educators’ Association

  • Educators’ Workshop : Navigating the 'New Normal': Offline Scenarios to Online Strategies

    Singapore Drama Educators’ Association

  • Teaching Artist Workshop

    Singapore Drama Educators’ Association

THEATRE
The Feelings Farm

An Esplanade Production

BAY ROOM
Youth Lead: Tabla Rhythmology - Rhythms of Tabla Workshop

Aliraza Mirajkar

CONCOURSE
An Afternoon of Music

Frission Acapella

Harping on Nursery Rhymes

Rave Harpers Junior Ensemble

Nobleland Kaleidoscope

Nobleland Arts N Learning Place

ONCE UPON A TALE: “Bringing old tales to life”

A’artsg

Our favourites

TAS Children's Pop Choir

Pipa Harmonies

Pipa Society Singapore

Showtunes with Sing’Theatre Academy

Students of Sing’theatre Academy

String Favourites

Nawarah Band

Yuva SinhaNaad

Aliraza and friends

COURTYARD GREEN
Many Many Extraordinary Stories 2021 Public Installation

Masayo Ave & Wendy Chua (Forest & Whale)(Japan/Berlin, Singapore)

FORECOURT GARDEN
The Rattle King

Danny Yeo, Phang Kok Jun, Oliver Chong and others

FORECOURT GARDEN & RECITAL STUDIO FOYER
Kinder's Garden Walk Workshop

Edible Garden City

OUTDOOR THEATRE
CHUTZPAH! (Hoop-spa)

ScRach MarcS and Jonathan Goh

Light Dance Performance

Polaris Wotagei

When we were Little...

Little Cr3atures

REHEARSAL STUDIO
Art & Design Workshop for Children: Many Many Extraordinary Stories

Masayo Ave & Wendy Chua (Forest & Whale)(Japan/Berlin, Singapore)

Re-imagine A Character! Costume-Making Workshop

Anthony Tan & Max Tan

Youth Lead: Looking Up! Of lines, shapes & faces.

An illustration workshop by Aira Lim

Youth Lead: The Start Line to Dance

Hip Hop workshop by Yuka Koide

PLAYBOX
My Feelings Mask

l’Observatoire

Playing Monster

Mulyana (Indonesia)

ONLINE
In Hope: Future Praxis of Theatre for Young Audiences

Adjjima Na Patalung, Bebê De Soares, Kate Cross, Sue Giles (Thailand, Germany, UK, Australia)

LINK: A Collaborative Process of Creation at a Distance

Polyglot Theatre (Australia) and Esplanade –Theatres on the Bay

Moonfest — A Mid-Autumn Celebration

25 SEP - 04 OCT 2020
ONLINE
Artist Chat: Cantonese Opera – The Passion of My Life

Christopher Choo and Philip Chan

Host: Karin Lim

Artist Chat: Folk Songs 101

Wang Er Ni

Host: Dedric Wong

Artist Chat: Growing Up with Street Opera

Lian Wen Rui and Stacy Ong

Host: Nick Shen

Bamboo Serenades

Dicapella Dizi Ensemble

Canto @ Heart

Estella Kwok and Sherilynn Tan

Charms of Northern Shaanxi – Wang Er Ni Vocal Concert

Accompanied by Ding Yi Music Company (China, Singapore)

Craft Activity – Make Your Own Smartphone Filter

Yong Kah Kin

DIY Osmanthus Flower & Longan Jelly Mooncake

Miki's Food Archives

Enthralling Folk Classics

Marcus Chin

Fun with Poems in Dialect

Lee Yong Tick, Chin Yen Chien and Lim Kwuan Boon

Fun with Wing Chun

Daryl Yeo

Lantern Riddles Online

Riddle Association

Laugh Out Loud

Johnny Ng and Yong Ser Bin

Moon

Sharon Sum and Sugie Phua

Songs About the Moon

Felinda Wong

Teochew Opera Classics

Nam Hwa Opera

The Magic Paintbrush

Paper Monkey Theatre (Singapore)

To be

Li Ruimin and Zheng Long

Virtual Lantern Walkabout

Zheng Sentiments

Z3nith Ensemble (Singapore)

Octoburst! — A Children’s Festival

05 - 18 OCT 2020
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
BURSTing with Curiosity! A Self-Guided Trail of the Esplanade

An Esplanade Production

ONLINE
Alice’s Topsy Turvy Tea Party: Digital Dance Experience

The Kueh Tutus

Beats & Doodles

Cherry Chan

Elastic Plastic Crew

Kiat, Rizman Putra, Tia Guttensohn

Have You Seen Our Childhood?

Lorong Boys – Rit Xu, David Loke, Jonathan Shin, Joachim Lim, Benjamin Poh

Hold My Hand

Paper Monkey Theatre and Jean Tay

Kaleidoscope

Open Score Project

PIParade

Sandra Lim with PIP

Supported by Cheryl Kuek, Yazid Jalil, Tan Rui Shan, Janis Wong, Amos Poh and YOU!

Roumon Ensemble

Tan Chye Tiong and Aaron Tan

Small Talk – Arts for Young Audiences

Ainul Farhana, My First Skool 

Nazreen Osman, MOE Educator 

Revati, Ilham Childcare Curriculum Planner

Small Talk – Arts for Young Audiences (Artist Session)

Luanne Poh, Grace Kalaiselvi, Judy Ngo, Jasmine Xie

Tabla Tales - The Tradition Continues

Nawaz Mirajkar and Aliraza Mirajkar

The Noisy Forest

Phang Kok Jun

The Putu Piring Incident of Batu Bulat

Written and Directed by Adib Kosnan

Performed by Dalifah Shahril, Farez Najid, Sugie Phua

Pesta Raya — Malay Festival of Arts

19 - 28 JUN 2020
ONLINE
It's still Hari Raya!

Tysha Khan

Let’s Dance! Joget Hitam Manis ft. Pucuk Pisang

#stateofemergency

Artistari Gentari

Pentas Pesta

Hafidz, Zuhairi, Izat Ibrahim, Zalelo, Asnida Daud, Megat Firdaus, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Hatta Said, The Venopian Solitude (Malaysia) & .gif

Screening: Alkesah

Written by Zulfadli Rashid

Directed by Aidli Mosbit

Performed by Siti Khalijah Zainal, Jeff Catz, Siti Hajar Gani, Hatta Said, Siti Maznah, Norisham Osman, Shafiqhah Efandi and Muhd Haikal Mohd Jani

Screening: Dikir-pella

JUARA

Screening: GhaMuhyi: Crossing the Boundaries of Ghazal

GhaMuhyi (Malaysia), Orkestra Sri Temasek and Sri Mahligai

Screening: Hikayat Gundik Berirama - The Venopian Solitude

The Venopian Solitude (Malaysia) featuring .gif

Screening: Raya Block Party

Fariq, Karmal, WanD, Hunny Madu, Kayda, Akeem Jahat & Radio3000

Screening: Senandung Puspa Pertiwi

Sruti Respati & Friends (Indonesia)

Voices — A Festival of Song

1 - 20 DEC 2020
CONES
de•con•struc•ted – an a cappella soundscape

All tracks in the installation are provided courtesy of 1023

CONCOURSE
ALLCAPS: A Musical Debut

ALLCAPS

An Evening of Art Songs

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts School of Music – Liu Feier, Wu Fei, Fei Xiaowen

Accompanied by Nicholas Loh

Early Mozart Operatic Gems

Singapore Lyric Opera Artists' Training Programme – Joyce Lee, Wang Tong, Jonathan MacPherson, David Tao

LASALLE Musical Theatre

LASALLE College of the Arts BA(Hons) Musical Theatre

My Favourite Things – Broadway Then and Now

Sing'theatre Academy

New Phases with New Recording 47

New Recording 47

OUTDOOR THEATRE
ALLCAPS: A Musical Debut

ALLCAPS

Kexin, Calin & Peter

Tay Kexin, Calin Wong and Peter Huang

CONCERT HALL
O Soothest Sleep - Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

The Opera People featuring Alexander Oon & Orchestra of the Music Makers

ONLINE
5,6,7,8! – Intro to Musical Theatre Workshop

Mina Kaye & TJ Taylor of Sing’theatre Academy

A Bitesize of Originals: The Monster in the Mirror

Bitesize Theatre Production

A Medieval Garden of Song

La Voix Médiévale

Bel Canto Workshop

Dr. Jessica Chen Hsing An

Easy to Love...: Close harmony in the style of the Boswell Sisters

The Sugar Bees

In Conversation with

Ily Matthew Maniano, Jude B. Roldan, Maria Theresa Vizconde-Roldan & Ken Steven (Philippines/Indonesia)

Hosted by Marcus Lee

In Conversation with

Maytree (Korea) hosted by Peter Huang

Know Your Voice: Finding Ease In Your Singing

Jingyun Ng

Let's talk: A cappella

Peter Huang

Let's talk: Improve your singing

LimTayPeng

Let's talk: OPERA-ting the voice

Nancy Yuen

Maytree – Singing from Korea

Maytree (Korea)

Musical Theatre Open Mic

Sing’theatre Academy

Muziksea – The Gateway to Southeast Asian Choral Music

Muziksea – Ily Matthew Maniano, Jude B. Roldan, Maria Theresa Vizconde-Roldan & Ken Steven (Philippines, Indonesia)

Nelson’s Bag of Tricks for Choral Arrangements (Workshop)

Nelson Kwei

New York Voices – Singing from USA

New York Voices (USA)

The Art of Phrasing: Melodic, lyrical and rhythmic interpretation and mining the meaning of song (Workshop)

Lauren Kinhan of New York Voices (USA)

The Art of Song Reinvention: Before & After (Workshop)

Peter Eldridge of New York Voices (USA)

Vocal Technique & Improvisation (Workshop)

Kim Nazarian & Darmon Meader of New York Voices (USA) 

Youth Engagement – Mic Test (Workshop)

Simon Ng