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Singapore Dance Theatres
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The Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) is one of the premier professional dance companies to have emerged from the Asia-Pacific region. Performing six seasons in a year, The Company holds a repertoire, which ranges from classical to contemporary ballet, performed at the Esplanade Theatre, Performing Home of the SDT and at the Fort Canning Green.
The Singapore Dance Theatre is the national dance centre in Singapore founded by the late Anthony then and Goh Soo Khim. It had its debut in at the Singapore Festival of The Arts.
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It received its first arts patronage by Mr. Ong Teng Cheong. The Singapore Dance Theatre stages six performances every year at the Esplanade Theatre and the Fort Canning Green. It is here that the Ballet Under the Stars series have their outdoor performances.
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Some of the famous performances by the Singapore Dance Theatre till date have been several ballets and dramas. Giselle in the Park is a great dance ballet. It is a love story between a peasant woman and a nobleman. This special dance ballet performance has been the start of SDT's 20th anniversary celebrations.
Continuum is a remarkable milestone in the profile of Singapore Dance Theatre. It is a tribute to the theatre's 20 years. Each work is masterpiece by some of the luminaries of the creative field.
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Evening is a lyrical poem that plays on the elements of light and darkness. This brings out movements and limbo between sunset and nightfall. A Million Kisses to My Skin is a product of the post classical dance work that visualizes the baroque style patterns of Bach's Piano Concerto No.1. Glow-Stop is a dynamic and devilish creation with gravity-defying gyrations, kinetic and static at every moment. Celebrations in Dance, Ballet Under the Stars, FireFives, Redoubled, The Nutcracker are some of the performances that have been added in the prestigious past archives of this year. The other performances in the past years have been most notably Coppelia, Impressions, Swan Lake, etc.
The latest performance that is going to be staged in December is Nutcrackers. This is an enticing fairytale ballet set in the occasion of Christmas eve. The Nutcracker is a tale of adventure and courage of a girl and her Nutcracker Doll from Dr. Drosselmeyer. At the stroke of midnight, the Nutcracker doll is her savior when her room is invaded by an army of rats. The Nutcracker doll turns into a prince and then begins her magical journey with Clara.
This performance is on the 12, 13 and 17, 18th of December, 2008 at Esplanade Theatre.
The Singapore Dance Theatre is one of the most reputed centres for performing arts in Singapore and attracts lakhs of visitors.
Courses:
Ballet
Japanese Classical
Jazz Ballet
Modern Dance
Pilates
Location: Singapore Dance Theatre Ltd
Fort Canning Centre
2nd Storey, Cox Terrace
Singapore 179618
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