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Esplanade Presents
da:ns focus
Having transformed from da:ns festival to da:ns focus in 2023/24, da:ns focus continues with an exciting year-round season of four themed weekends in 2025/26, each focusing on a particular theme or genre. Each weekend connects dance to important facets and expressions of our lives, with programmes, experiences and activities that offer focused explorations and opportunities for counterpoints, dialogues and perspectives.
Connect Asia Now
Dance
U>N>I>T>E>D
An Esplanade Co-Commission
Chunky Move
(Australia)
26 – 28 Sep 2025
Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
Honouring technologies and rituals both ancient and contemporary, this otherworldly performance synthesises body, machine and spirit.
Dance
Chapter 2
An Esplanade Commission
Pichet Klunchun
(Thailand)
27 & 28 Sep 2025
Esplanade Annexe Studio
A known provocateur in Asian dance, celebrated dancer and choregrapher Pichet Klunchun confronts AI in this bold, new solo work that examines how the human body can coexist with its machinic other.
Dance
SoftMachine: The Return
An Esplanade Commission
Choy Ka Fai
(Singapore/Germany)
26 – 28 Sep 2025
Esplanade Theatre Studio
Interdisciplinary artist Choy Ka Fai weaves together a decade of experiments in dance making through the lens of five leading Asian artists.
Dance
VECTOR#6: The Sound of Intimacy
Presented by Dance Nucleus
In Collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Begüm Erciyas and Hee Suhui / Anise, with da:ns LAB 2025 participants Albert Garcia, jee chan, Sarah Aiken and Sun Phitthaya Phaefuang
(Various Countries)
25 & 26 Sep 2025
Esplanade Annexe Studio
VECTOR#6 explores intimacy through performance, sound, and technology—blending solitude and togetherness across installations, live works, and da:ns LAB showings.
Contemporary Dance
Dance
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 2) in Singapore
29 & 30 Nov 2025
Esplanade Theatre
Netherlands Dans Theater (NDT 2) make their long-awaited Singapore return, bringing the works of three exciting creative voices in contemporary dance.
FL/OW – The FULL OUT Weekend
Dance
FULL OUT! 2025
CDK Company, JINJO Crew, kirameki☆glitter and KITA
(The Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, Singapore)
12 & 13 Dec 2025
Esplanade Theatre
Go FULL OUT! in this electrifying street dance showcase, featuring trailblazing dance crews from The Netherlands, South Korea, Japan and Singapore!
Dance
Elements of Freestyle
ISH Dance Collective
(The Netherlands)
13 & 14 Dec 2025
Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
An adrenaline-fueled explosion of extreme urban sports, dance, music and theatre.
Dance
5.6.7.8
Produced by O School
(Singapore)
12 – 14 Dec 2025
DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade
Discover the next generation of homegrown street dance stars as rising choreographers and crews take over the stage!
Dance
FL/OW Masterclass with Mauro van de Kerkhof from CDK Company (Intermediate/Advanced)
14 Dec 2025
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (Meeting point: Theatre Studio Entrance, Level 4, 15mins before start time)
Don’t miss your chance to experience the artistry of powerhouse dancer and choreographer Mauro van de Kerkhof, the creative force behind the CDK Company.
Dance | Masterclass
FL/OW Masterclass: BMX Flatland with ISH Dance Collective - Dez Maarsen (Intermediate)
11 Dec 2025
Venue to be confirmed
Take your BMX Flatland skills to the next level with award-wining rider Dez Maarsen!
About da:ns focus
Having transformed from da:ns festival to da:ns focus in 2023/24, da:ns focus continues with an exciting year-round season of four themed weekends in 2025/26, each focusing on a particular theme or genre. Each weekend connects dance to important facets and expressions of our lives, with programmes, experiences and activities that offer focused explorations and opportunities for counterpoints, dialogues and perspectives.
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