Esplanade Presents

Dance | Roving

para para

Chew Shaw En

14 – 22 Mar 2026

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30mins

(Intermission: None)

Forecourt Garden, Concourse, Courtyard

Free
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Synopsis

A surging band of bodies and percussive sounds, para para is a celebratory rumpus that explores rhythm with movement and sound.

 

A parade but smaller. The smallest. Make it two, in accompaniment of one another. A hand reaching out, a hand reaching back. “Para” a cute sound. para para

 

A rousing of the transient public spaces in and around Esplanade, para para blurs the lines between performer, participant and onlooker. This performance is a task in search of collective movement and joy. 

 

By Chew Shaw En 

 

Performing Artists:

Adele Goh Ee Lee  

Dawn Lim Gin  

Tan Chun Wai  

 

Costume Designer:

Aida Sa’ad 

Language: English
Things to Note:
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Artist Information

Chew Shaw En

Instagram | Website

Shaw is an artist, facilitator and performer who works from the perspective of the body. Her multidisciplinary practice spans different and overlapping contexts, ranging from medium-specific to socially engaged. She works with performance score, task-based devising and improvisation. In spaces where she directs and choreographs, Shaw draws upon fiction, the vernacular and her experiences on the ground within community spaces, in order to evoke imagery, metaphor and concepts that guide her creations. She is interested in the rehearsal as a practice that allows us to explore new ways of being with a group of people. 

Aida Sa’ad

Instagram

Aida Sa’ad is a visual artist who works in the realm of illustration, graphic design, mural painting, creating art installations and art direction for advertising. Her style is playful and fun, often characterised by bold compositions, bright colours and patterns. She also loves making things with her hands—sewing, painting, textile-printing, costume and prop-making for funzies. 

Date & Time

14 Mar 2026, Sat

10.30am

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

2pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

4.30pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

15 Mar 2026, Sun

12pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

2pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

4.30pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

20 Mar 2026, Fri

12pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

2pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

4.30pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

21 Mar 2026, Sat

10.30am

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

2pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

4.30pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

22 Mar 2026, Sun

12pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

2pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden

4.30pm

Esplanade Forecourt Garden
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