FILMS & ONLINE PEFORMANCES
WHILE LIVE PERFORMANCES ARE STILL ON HOLD, IMMERSE YOURSELF IN A SERIES OF ONLINE EXPERIENCES FROM DANCE FILMS, TO 360 SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE AND LIVE-STREAMED PERFORMANCES!
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE!
JAMS
Contact Improvisation Jam
20.12, SATURDAY
8:30PM - 10:00PM
Engage in physical dialogues through touch, weight-sharing, and improvised movements. Explore balance, gravity and momentum in a unique and often highly creative movement/dance experience. There will be a short facilitation by guest artist from Taiwan, Yu Yen-Fang who will be leading the Contact Improvisation Intensive. Attend the Contact Improvisation Jam for free, if you enrol in the Contact Improvisation Intensive.
JAM [All levels], 1 credit
CI JAM
Open Jam
21.12, SUNDAY
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Step into the realm of spontaneous and unscripted creativity as you join a session where fellow creative individuals from various backgrounds converge to engage in spontaneous collaboration. Whether you are a dancer, closet dancer, non-dancer, musician, artist of any art form, or anyone really, join us for a night of music, movement and musings. Attend the Open Jam for free, if you purchase a ticket to the Unsound.Bodies, Street Edition performance at 6:30PM!
JAM [All levels], 1 credit
OPEN JAM
Experience 1.5 hours of spontaneous and unscripted improvisation with fellow movers, musicians, and creatives from all backgrounds.
All Levels:
No prior dance background is needed. Suitable for movers/ dancers of all levels, where participants have the freedom to choose and explore within their personal level. Whether you're a beginner or intermediate dancer, this workshop offers options and/or space that enable you to tailor your workshop experience.
TICKETED PERFORMANCES
Soft Archives
29.11 – 06.12 (Fri–Sun) / 8:00PM
7.12 (Sun) / 3:00PM & 8:00PM
Soft Archives is a constellation assembled by movement, not meaning. There isn’t a single version—only fragments and impressions. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project and Singapore’s layered history of colonialism, modernisation, and cultural fusion, the audience becomes a collector, assembling meaning from motion. This work unfolds in six interchangeable modules, where you, the audience, decide the sequence for each of the six performances.
PERFORMANCE, not applicable for festival credits
Ticket Price: SGD 38
Unsound.Bodies, street
21.12, SUNDAY
6:30PM - 7:30PM
(Booking this performance allows you to attend the Open Jam at 8PM for free!)
Unsound.Bodies goes street this year! Movement & Music Improvisers: Lee Ren Xin (MY) Ahmad Kamil (SG) Tai Chun Wai (MY) Cruise Chen (SG) Unsound.Bodies is an initiative by independent dance artist Hong Guofeng that explores the relationship between movement and music. The performance itself embodies the practice of the Unsound.Bodies score, developed by pioneering artists during its first edition. Departing from conventional performances with pre-defined choreography and music, Unsound.Bodies blurs the lines between performers and audience members, creating a collaborative environment that fosters shared experiences and collective expression, prompting reflection on each participant's role. By embracing spontaneity and real-time collaboration, Unsound.Bodies encourages individuals to explore their own interpretations and emotional responses, inviting them to become co-creators in a living performance. Join the performers in an intimate dialogue between movement and music, where all participants intersect, co-exist, or diverge in the magic of spontaneous and unscripted collaboration. Visit @Unsound.Bodies on Instagram for a visual diary of these improvisers' explorations and past editions of Unsound.Bodies. Booking this performance allows you to attend the Open Jam at 8PM for free! So stay and jam with us after the performance!
PERFORMANCE , 1 credit
UNSOUND.BODIES
Catch the first performances at the new Sigma Studio Theatre! You can redeem your SG Culture Pass for both the Soft Archives ticket as well as a 3-credit 12.ance 2025 SG Culture Pass Package!
FILM SCREENING
Dance on Screen – Short Film Screening
FILM SCREENING, 1 credit
14.12, Sunday
7:30PM – 9:00PM
Dive into unseen landscapes of Singapore in this selection of 7 short dance films, in a journey from the natural world to haunting interiors and psychological landscapes of darkness and spirituality. This selection samples the diverse visions of established and emerging film/dancemakers from Singapore, animated by a wide range of styles including contemporary western and indian dance, butoh, street dance and stop motion animation. The 50 minute screening curated by Chan Sze-Wei will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Programme:
Body missing body
Clock
Saya
wordsANDworlds
The Pit He Digs for Another
PLEASEBESEATED
The Goddess of Potong Pasir
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Body missing body
Written and Directed by Grace Song
Duration: 15:09
Photography: Shaun Neo
Producer: Grace Song
Editors and Sound Designers: Grace Song, Alexander Lee
Performance: Xue and PD150
Production: Mobi & Octavia Pictures
A castaway figure washes up on a strange island, unable to recall its past. It wanders around the intertidal zone, struggling to recount its violent separation from the city. This movement film explores the perishing human form in contrast with the shifting landscapes and water bodies of the island-state of Singapore’s peripheral islands.
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Clock
Co-Directed by Tan Su Yan and Brian Toh
Duration: 2:59
Edited and Shot by: Brian Toh
Performance and Stop-Motion by: Tan Su Yan
There was a time when screendance implied a dancing body. “CLOCK.” is a spin on Constantini Georgescu’s "Spin!" (2009), implementing the theory of Radical Screendance by Anne Heighway. What is “the dance” in screendance now that the body has left center stage, and do audiences have the requisite concepts to identify and appreciate works that have outgrown traditional models?
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Saya
Directed by Kamil
Duration: 3:05
Choreographer and Dancer: Kamil
Director of Photography and Editor: Stan Poh
A physical and visual manifestation of the conflict between wanting self-love and hesitating to embrace it.
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wordsANDworlds
Directed by Zachary Yap
Duration: 9:28
Producers: Evan Simwandhi, Zachary Yap
Cast: Xue Jing Pang
Cinematographer: Zenden Tan
A body illuminates behind the screen like a ghost attempting to break free. But space has a way of revealing secrets.
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The Pit He Digs for Another
Directed by Emma Rose and Jaymes Wong
Duration: 6:08
Producers: Emma Rose, Hannah Chua, Jaymes Wong
Starring: Jaymes Wong, Hannah Chua
Director of Photography: Emma Rose
Editor: Emma Rose
Music Composers & Sound Designers: Pham Minh Tuan, Debra Niswar, Ikhwan Farihin
An abused clay doll unwittingly perpetuates the cycle of abuse due to its warped perception of affection and love. In this film, we watch as time changes the oppressed to the oppressor.
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PLEASEBESEATED
Directed by Ryan Lim and Playpunk
Duration: 6:08
Producer & Assistant Director: Clive Tua
Director Of Photography: Sean Lim
Dancer: Ryan Lim
Editor: Chong Ya Hui
Art Director: Dawn Lim Gin
Song: Desolation By Capricious (Lwynn Ng, Gabriel Saw)
Demise awaits the last one standing.
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The Goddess of Potong Pasir
Directed by Chan Sze-Wei
Duration: 7:57
Choreographer: Raka Maitra
Dancer: Caroline Chin
Cast: Sadhna Rai, Sanaya Rai
Cinematography: Grace Baey
This film is an intimate portrait of a mother’s love for her young daughter, as she teaches her about women’s strength and independence via the manifestations of the goddess Durga-Kali. Their rituals are a celebration of beauty, strength, life and the impermanence of it all. We see a unique diasporic expression of faith, across different traditions from North, South and East India.
FREE STUDIO PERFORMANCES
CI Intensive Showcase
20.12, SATURDAY
7:00PM - 8:00PM
On the final day of the Contact Improvisation (CI) Intensive, experience a performance led by Yen-Fang Yu, an established Taiwanese independent artist whose work bridges choreography, improvisation, and social inquiry. As curator of iDance Festival 2025, she brings her unique approach to collective process, culminating in a performance open to all, with or without CI or dance experience. Follow @12.ance on Instagram to meet this year’s CI Intensive participants and follow their journey from 18–20 December! Applications are ongoing.
FREE FERFORMANCE
CI Intensive
Showcase
12.ance Intensive 2025
Showcase
13.12, SATURDAY
8:00PM - 9:00PM
Catch the dancers of this year's 12.ance Intensive, led by Sigma Contemporary Dance's Artistic Team for Soft Archives, Hong Guofeng, Christina Chan, Marcus Foo, and Chua Chiok Woon. Follow @12.ance on Instagram to meet this year's 12.ance Intensive dancers and follow their journey from 10–13 December! Auditions are ongoing.
FREE FERFORMANCE
12.ance IntensivE
Showcase
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