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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.
EveryBody
Dance
Lived Fiction
Stopgap Dance Company
(United Kingdom)
11 – 13 Apr 2025
Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
Earnest and contemplative, Lived Fiction provides new perspectives on dance and life through the stories and experiences of performers with and without disabilities.
Dance
EveryBody Dance Now
Various dance studios
(Singapore)
11 – 13 Apr 2025
Esplanade Concourse
Experience dance freely in this series of public dance workshops, suitable for everyone and every body!
Workshop
Inclusive Choreographic Practice (Workshop)
Stopgap Dance Company
(United Kingdom)
10 Apr 2025
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (Meeting Point: Theatre Studio, Level 4, 15mins before start time)
Get insight into Stopgap’s inclusive choreographic practice through engaging exercises, improvisations and discussions.
Dance | Workshop
Inclusive Creative Movement Workshop
Stopgap Dance Company
(UK)
10 Apr 2025
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (Meeting Point: Esplanade Mall Level 1 (outside Toast Box), 15mins before start time)
This inclusive creative movement workshop provides an opportunity for people with disabilities to try inclusive dance for the first time.
Talk
Pre-show sharing of Lived Fiction
Stopgap Dance Company
(United Kingdom)
9 Apr 2025
Esplanade Annexe Studio
Learn more about the dance, music and various creative access features in Stopgap Dance Company’s multi-sensory production, Lived Fiction.
Talk
Talk on Creative Access
Stopgap Dance Company
(UK)
10 Apr 2025
Esplanade White Room
Targeted towards artmakers with a keen interest in inclusive artmaking, this exclusive session provides insights into the collaborative process behind the choreography, creative captions and creative audio description of Lived Fiction.
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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