cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival

13 – 28 Jun 2025

Presented by The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company in Collaboration with Esplanade — Theatres on the Bay

About the festival

Having started out as a simple week of dance events in 2010, cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival has evolved into an annual celebration that bridges local and global dance communities.

 

cont·act—meaning "continued act"—encapsulates the festival’s enduring commitment to nurturing the contemporary dance landscape through celebrating diverse voices from around the world, embracing cultural differences, and uplifting emerging artists and arts thinkers across borders. Echoing the gesture of touch, or contact, cont·act celebrates dance as a universal force that transcends boundaries, bridges perspectives and experiences, and touches hearts and minds across cultures. 

Threads woven, roots entwined. Paths That Bind Us, the 15th edition of this annual festival by T.H.E Dance Company, is an unfolding tapestry—of encounters, exchanges, and evolutions. For fifteen years, the festival has carved paths that intersect, diverge, and return—between artists, audiences, and the wider festival community, both locally and globally. As Singapore’s defining contemporary dance festival, it bridges the pulse of Singapore’s homegrown scene with the perspectives of international artists, inviting an exchange that transcends borders.

 

How do we deepen these connections? What new crossings await us? This milestone year is both a reflection and a step forward—honouring the ties the festival has built while forging new artistic dialogues across borders and disciplines. 

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