Esplanade Presents

Dance | Workshop

Footwork: Adults & Kids

Various Studios

18 Jan – 2 Mar 2025

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1hr

(Intermission: None)

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (Meeting Point: Theatre Studio, Level 4, 15mins before start time)

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Synopsis

Since 2023, Esplanade’s beloved dance platform, da:ns festival, has transformed into da:ns focus, an exciting year-round season of five themed weekends of distinct focuses. Some of the da:ns focus weekends are accompanied by introductory dance workshops, Footwork, for all ages!

 

We have specially curated seven sessions of Footwork for adults and kids, focusing on flamenco (18 Jan, Sat), contemporary dance (19 Jan, Sun) and ballet (1 & 2 Mar, Sat & Sun). These one-hour sessions will be a great way for adults to bond and have fun learning together with a child between 6 to 8 years old!

 

The Footwork platform consists of introductory dance workshops for all ages:

Advisory:

This workshop is specially designed for participation between adults and young ones aged 6 to 8 years old. Each child must be accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adult must be 16 years old and above.

 

Please dress comfortably for the workshop.

Recommended Age: 6 - 8 years old.
Admission Age:
6 and above.
Language: English
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Workshop Information

About the workshop

It’s playtime - the fun Spanish way!

 

Come join our interactive flamenco workshop for kids and families. Let’s have fun with rhythms, claps, stamps and Spanish words. Move with imagination and instinct. Be in touch with joyful, spontaneous child energy!

 

In this workshop, adults and kids get to interact and bond through the creativity of flamenco dance.

 

About Tania Goh

Tania fell in love with flamenco on a trip to Spain. What started as a hobby turned into a passion and profession over the decades. At the source of the art form, she learnt from Spanish maestros, rooted herself in flamenco and developed an affinity with the local people, the language and culture. Tania is based both in Singapore and Seville. She specialises in flamenco projects (transmitting the art and skills of flamenco) for a global community, in collaboration with her artists and maestros. This includes master workshops for professional and personal growth, curating flamenco culture trips and producing digital courses. Tania loves to share the vibrant Spanish culture that gives flamenco its depth and emotion to touch the hearts of humanity.

 

About Spanish Dance Singapore

Spanish Dance Singapore is a school and performing ensemble founded by Tania Goh. With close connection to Spain, and an affinity for its culture and lifestyle, it loves to share the richness of dances from Spain, focusing on four key genres: heart-stirring flamenco, elegant classical Spanish Dance, balletic escuela bolera and spirited folk dances.

 

The diversity of Spanish dance offers you plenty of ways to explore your personality and express your unique self! The school’s activities include dance education, cultural and outreach programmes, performances, artistic collaborations and workshops with maestros from Spain.

About the workshop

Let’s have fun with flamenco moves with its rhythmic claps and stamps! Parents and kids are welcome to journey together with flamenco dance in this class where they play, respond and bond.

 

About Daphne Huang Vargas & Desmond Chen

Daphne Huang Vargas is a founding member who wears many hats including being director, producer, senior company dancer and educator of Flamenco Sin Fronteras. She teaches adults and kids of all ages, her youngest student being three years old!

 

Desmond straddles his love for flamenco with being a drama educator for children. He has been a proud member of Flamenco Sin Fronteras since 2016. He is excited to share his love for flamenco with everyone.

 

About Flamenco Sin Fronteras

Flamenco Sin Fronteras is a community of flamenco lovers who believe that dance is more than just an art form but a platform for individuals to express themselves freely and achieve artistic excellence. As a Singapore based non-profit organisation, it is dedicated to bringing individuals from different nationalities together in its melting pot of dance, music and friendship. From inspiring individuals through borderless artistic expression to appreciating the history behind flamenco, it believes in (and wants to create) a Singapore that embraces flamenco as a way of life.

About the workshop

This interactive contemporary dance workshop invites parents and their child to explore creative movement and connection. Together, participants will discover the basics of contemporary dance through playful, easy-to-follow exercises designed to foster teamwork, trust and self-expression. The aim of this workshop is to deepen the bond between parents and children through movement, while also providing a joyful introduction to contemporary dance!

 

About Amelia Chong

Amelia Chong is a professional dancer and dance educator with a Bachelor’s degree in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland. She specialises in contemporary dance technique and creative processes, with teaching experience across Singapore, New Zealand and China. Her work has been featured at notable events like the Tempo Dance Festival (New Zealand), SUPERCELL Festival (Australia), and M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival (Singapore). Since returning to Singapore, Amelia has also danced and trained professionally with The Royal Dance-off Company (TRDOco) under the guidance of Ryan Tan and Clarice Ng, and taught dance in various settings. Amelia is dedicated to elevating dance as an art form that goes beyond the physical and technical realm.

 

About One Dance Asia

One Dance Asia (ODA) is dedicated to creating a safe and inviting environment for dancers of all ages to ignite and rekindle their love and appreciation for dance as an art form.

 

Specialising in the genres of Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz and Street Jazz, ODA seeks to provide our students with multiple platforms for arts education beyond the four walls of the classroom. ODA aspires to build up the next generation of changemakers in our local dance community and beyond.

About the workshop

Join us for a fun-filled Parent and Child Dance Workshop! Explore the world of ballet together in an interactive, playful environment. This experience is designed for parents and/or grandparents and children aged 6-8 to bond, move, and enjoy the beauty of dance. No experience needed—just bring your smiles!

 

About Nicole Chai

Nicole started dancing at the age of seven under the tutelage of Ms Ong Long at Singapore Ballet Academy. After completing a Bachelor of Arts at National University of Singapore, she decided to follow her passion and pursue dance at LASALLE College of the Arts. In 2019, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with First Class Honours.

 

Over the years, she has performed in works choreographed by renowned local and international choreographers such as Martin Schick (Switzerland), Annie & Franck Apertet (France), Theo Clinkard (UK), Jacky Yu (Hong Kong) and Kuik Swee Boon (Singapore). Interested in being more than just a performer, she ventured into teaching, arts management and choreography. Her choreographic works have been presented at various platforms including the ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum, Shantanjali Arts Festival and M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival’s Open Stage. Apart from teaching and assisting ballet and contemporary masterclasses, she also had the opportunity to teach creative movement, ballet and jazz at various international schools in Singapore.

 

In 2017, she joined the Singapore Ballet Academy faculty and has had the opportunity to learn alongside esteemed colleagues. In NUS Dance Synergy, Nicole undertook community-based dance projects which involved elderly, youth-at-risk and autistic children. This sparked her interest in community projects and led her to do an internship at Superhero Me, where she worked with children with special needs.

 

Nicole is also a recipient of the LASALLE Future Leader Scholarship.

 

About Singapore Ballet Academy

The Singapore Ballet Academy (SBA) was established in 1958 as a merger of the Frances School of Dancing and the Malaya School of Ballet, then two famous ballet schools in Singapore. The Academy is founded on the ideals of creating awareness of ballet being a beautiful art form, providing training to the highest standard and a platform for stage performances.

About the workshop

Join us for a magical experience in our Ballet Adventures class, where you and your little one can explore the joy of dance together! Designed for children ages 6-8 and their caregivers, this fun and engaging class introduces the fundamentals of ballet through playful movement, partnering, and creative activities.

 

You will bond with your child as you both learn simple ballet steps, enjoy music, and gain a love for movement and music while developing coordination, balance, and social skills.

 

No prior dance experience is necessary—just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to have fun! Join us for a delightful journey into the world of ballet and create cherished memories with your little dancer.

 

About Lindsey Lum

Lindsey graduated from School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA), where she majored in ballet and contemporary dance. An Examination Training Accreditation (ETA)-certified CSTD teacher as well as an RAD Professional Dance Graduate and Teaching Diploma Graduate, she has over 20 years of dance training and extensive experience teaching children and adults. She has choreographed and coached for both group, solo jazz and ballet competitions and teaches RAD Ballet and Elite Ballet classes as well as Jazz classes.

 

Lindsey is a competitive Latin dancer who has won over 80 awards in both local and overseas competitions. After over 20 years of dance training, she has now embarked on her career as a teacher and choreographer.

 

About City Ballet Academy

City Ballet Academy was founded by Xia Haiying – an award-winning principal dancer of international repute, and Koh Kai Mui. City Ballet Academy seeks to provide a well-rounded and balanced array of training programmes catering to the unique needs, abilities and learning goals of every student. With the support of a strong teaching faculty, we continuously refine our training programmes in order to maximise every child’s innate potential and groom them into confident, well-rounded individuals.

About the workshop

Dance Thrilogy will be using this class to introduce kids and parents to basic ballet fundamentals and to explore ballet together. The class comprises four components: welcome and warm up; express, basic ballet and port de bras; free movement; and follow and travel.

 

Its learning objectives include musicality, body awareness, listening skills, travelling while maintaining posture and arms, intuitive dancing as well as pattern and direction. The class will introduce the foundations of classical ballet such as the use of soft hands and sharp hands, as well as positions for arms, feet and legs.

 

About Kamilah Turner

Hailing from the United States, Kamilah has worked professionally as a performer and trainer with various dance companies in the US and Britain for the last 20 years. She has extensive experience both as an instructor as well as a performer. This includes having trained under several US dance legends in ballet and modern dance. Highlights of her career include performing with the Lion King cast on London’s West End, where her leadership and teaching skills were put to good use conducting workshops for the company. Following that up with seven tours with Disney Cruises, Kamilah knows better than most just how to take a song and bring it to live with music and movement. Between performing tours, Ms Kamilah hones her teaching skills attending masterclasses and workshops, and teaching at various dance schools.

 

About Dance Thrilogy

Located in Marina Square Mall, Dance Thrilogy (D3) distinguishes itself as one of Singapore's top dance schools. Offering a diverse range of training in ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics and musical theatre, it nurtures talent and fosters creativity.

 

Since 2014, it has boasted a distinction rate of over 90% in RAD UK and CSTD Australia exams. Its dancers regularly top competitions, consistently claiming championship titles. Few would argue that D3 produces outstanding versatile dancers; the standard of the average D3 dancer is significantly high.

 

Aside from its amazing annual concerts, it regularly captivates audiences with outstanding performances. It has collaborated with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Mediacorp, Asia’s Got Talent, Marina Bay Sands, and has supported NKF at their special events.

Date & Time

18 Jan 2025, Sat

9.30am

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Ole y Ole, Flamenco with Spanish Dance Singapore

11am

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Flamenco Play with Flamenco Sin Fronteras

19 Jan 2025, Sun

1pm

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Dancing Together: A Contemporary Dance Movement Workshop for Families with One Dance Asia

3pm

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Dancing Together: A Contemporary Dance Movement Workshop for Families with One Dance Asia

1 Mar 2025, Sat

1pm

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Rhythms of Grace: Ballet for Parents and Kids with Singapore Ballet Academy

2 Mar 2025, Sun

1pm

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Ballet Adventures with City Ballet Academy

3pm

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
Stepping into Ballet Together! With Dance Thrilogy
Tickets & Prices
1 Adult + 1 Child
(per session)
2 Adults + 1 Child or
1 Adult + 2 Children
(per session)
Price $40 $60

Tickets must be purchased as an adult-child package.

  • 1 Adult + 1 Child (per session)

  • 2 Adults + 1 Child or 1 Adult + 2 Children (per session)

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