Footwork: Open

About the workshop

Join us for an energetic and inspiring flamenco experience! In this workshop, participants will gain exposure to this unique art form and experience its distinctive features and style with a short dance choreography. Get a feel of its captivating rhythms by learning footwork and handclaps, and feel its Spanish character and style in your body and attitude.

Highly expressive and drawn from individual responses to flamenco song and music, as well as from one’s life experiences, flamenco offers a variety of ways to channel human emotion.

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 a 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

Toma que toma! In this introductory workshop, the experienced instructors of Flamenco Sin Fronteras will introduce basic flamenco techniques of arms, marking steps, rhythm and clapping. Plus, learn various jaleo (verbal encouragement) meant to encourage musicians and performers. Participants will also learn to dance a fun, short choreography to a popular Spanish song!

About Tilly Wong & Toshi Konno

Both Tilly Wong and Toshi Konno are two of the most experienced flamenco instructors and performers in Singapore. They are both Senior Company Members in Flamenco Sin Fronteras and have been contributing to the Singapore flamenco scene for more than 15 years.

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 class guides you to connect with your body through improvisation-based exercises that unlock hidden potentials within your body, thus creating a physical environment for curiosity and play to occur. This class does not prioritise form-based ideals but encourages you to exceed preconceived notions of what is achievable for your body.

No prior dance background is needed. Suitable for movers and dancers of all levels, where participants have the freedom to choose and explore within their personal level. Whether you're a beginner or intermediate dancer, this workshop offers options and/or space that enable you to tailor your workshop experience.

About Hong Guofeng

Hong Guofeng is an independent artist and the Artistic Director of Sigma Contemporary Dance. He has contributed to the extensive body of work for Sigma Contemporary Dance since its inception, establishing Sigma's distinct identity in the Singapore dance scene. His novel approach to choreography has driven him to create innovative pieces that extend beyond conventional stages. Notably, his portfolio includes site-specific performances at Dock 65 within Esplanade Park, as well as a well-received online production titled Survei:ance, fully conceived and executed on Zoom, and subsequently streamed via Facebook Live. His choreographic creations have been featured in prominent local arts festivals, such as the M1 Contact Festival and the SMU Arts Festival, as well as international dance festivals, including Sibu International Dance Festival, Dance Circus and the Blossom Arts Festival. Sources such as The Straits Times and ArtsEquator have described his works as "compelling" and "immersive". In 2019, he collaborated with long-time partner Chua Chiok Woon to produce a duet that premiered in Singapore, and was invited to perform in arts festivals in Hong Kong, Macau and Indonesia. Most recently, he spearheaded a collective called Unsound Bodies, which is dedicated to exploring innovative collaborations across various multidisciplinary elements.

About Sigma Collective Space

Sigma Collective Space is a studio managed by the Artistic Director, Hong Guofeng and the Founding Dance Artist of Sigma Contemporary Dance, Chua Chiok Woon. Born from a deep passion for sharing the art of dance and the joy of movement, this space aims to engage the Singapore community in the importance of dance and movement. Sigma Collective Space invites people of all ages and backgrounds to form deeper connections with their bodies and connect with their sense of curiosity and wonder through the art of dance.

About the workshop

Ready to dance your heart out? This ballet workshop for ages 13 and up is all about learning the fundamentals of ballet in a fun, welcoming, and supportive environment! Whether you're new to ballet or have some experience, you'll love how this class combines technique and creativity.

We'll kick things off with a warm up at the barre. Next, we will do some classic ballet exercises and introduce various arm and leg positions. After that, we'll work on center floor exercises, learning how to balance, leap and hold your poses with confidence (and a little flair!).

This class is perfect for anyone wanting to give ballet a try, improve their technique, or just have fun learning a new skill. Let’s get moving and make ballet a blast!

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 Sammi Chia

Sammi started her dance training at Singapore Ballet Academy at the age of five and has obtained the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Level 4 Diploma in Vocational Graded Examination in Dance.

She completed her diploma in Business Studies at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic (2020) and she is also a graduate from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) with a diploma in Dance (2023).

During her studies at NAFA, she has performed in several productions, such as Third Space, Crossings, and In Youthful Company at Esplanade and da:ns Festival, and has worked with renowned artists and choreographers such as Yarra Ileto (Singapore), Kuik Swee Boon (Singapore), Jacky Yu (Hong Kong) and Eileih Muir (England).

She was also the production manager for NAFA’s Dance Science Production, supervised by Dr Filomar Cortezano Tariao, where she worked closely with disabled children with cerebral palsy and autism to produce a full-length dance performance.

Sammi began her teaching journey at Singapore Ballet Academy in 2019 as an assistant teacher learning alongside the SBA faculty. She hopes to inspire young dancers and share her passion and knowledge with her students.

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

In Ballet 101, instructors from Singapore Ballet, who are also the company’s professional dancers, will teach the basic steps of classical ballet. Students will learn the basic positions of ballet, simple barre exercises, and fundamental movements like pliés, tendus and dégagés. Our instructors will focus on coordination and proper alignment while helping you to discover the beauty and grace of dance.

About Shan Del Vecchio

Half Thai and half Italian, Shan was born in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He started dancing at the age of 11, learning ballet at Chiang Mai Ballet Academy on a yearly scholarship from 2005 to 2013.

He trained under Kim Matthews and under the director of the school Preeyapun Sridhavat. Shan received the RAD Solo Seal Award in November 2012. He performed numerous lead roles with the Chiang Mai Ballet Performing Group including the Annual Charity Musical Dance Play (2008) where he danced the role of Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty (2010), The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (2011), Conrad in Le Corsaire and Aladdin in Aladdin (2012), Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (2013). Additionally, Shan has won the first prize multiple times at the Asia Pacific Dance Competitions.

He joined Singapore Dance Theatre as apprentice in January 2014, was promoted to Artist in January 2016 and was later promoted to Demi-Soloist in January 2022. His repertoire highlights include Variations From A Distance (2021), The Light Behind Us (2021), Mandolin Dance in Romeo and Juliet (2020), Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Coppélia and Giselle. He has also danced in Opus 25, Midnight Waltzes, Serenade, Theme and Variations, Bliss, Peter & Blue series, Sticks and Stone, Shadow’s Edge, Age of Innocence, Symphony in Three Movements, Piano Concerto No.2 Opus 102, Unexpected B, Double Contrasts, Linea Adora, SYNC, 13th Heaven, Unknown Territory, Evening Voices, Quiver and Ibsen’s House.

Shan was promoted to Soloist in January 2024.

About Jessica Garside

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Jessica started ballet at the age of six at Terri Charlesworth Ballet Centre. In 2011, she was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), where she had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Nils Christe, Kim McCarthy and Xiaoxiong Zhang, and perform in a range of repertoire including Serenade by George Balanchine and Jardi Tancat by Nacho Duato.

After graduating from WAAPA, she moved to Germany in 2015 to complete her Masters at the Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim. During that year, she danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe, where she performed in The Taming of the Shrew, Youri Vámos ’ The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty, and Terence Kohler’s Das Kleine Schwarze/ The Riot of Spring. Jessica has also performed professionally with West Australian Ballet in Serenade (2012) and Giselle (2014).

Jessica joined Singapore Ballet as an apprentice in March 2017, and was promoted to Artist in January 2018. Her classical repertoire highlights include soloist roles such as Carbosse in Sleeping Beauty, the Stepmother in Cinderella, and Big Swans in Swan Lake. She has also danced in a range of neoclassical and contemporary ballets, including Serenade, Blue Snow, Jabula and Opus 25, as well as Organ Concerto, SYNC, ZIN! and Purcell Pieces by Nils Christe. Jessica has enjoyed performing many of the ballets by Choo-San Goh, including Fives, In the Glow of the Night, Birds of Paradise and Double Contrasts, and being a part of new creations, such as Evening Voices, Quiver and Without You by Tim Rushton, After Happy Ever by Alice Topp, Rite of Spring by Kinsun Chan, and Reflections by Paul Knobloch.

About Singapore Ballet

Singapore Ballet is Singapore’s premiere professional dance company. The company stages six seasons a year, featuring two full-length classical ballets, an outdoor dance performance, a children’s ballet production and two contemporary seasons. Singapore Ballet’s repertoire comprises classical works, neo-classical masterpieces and contemporary pieces, many of which were created just for the company. Singapore Ballet runs many outreach programmes such as the popular One @ the Ballet and Adult Dance Classes for various levels from beginners to advanced students.