WHAT IS DECASILVER?

decasilver is Decadance Co’s movement programme for seniors in Singapore. In this 12 - 16 week programme, we visit senior activity centres and assisted living homes to bring the benefits of contemporary dance to positive ageing. Created in 2019, this successful programme has been repeatedly fine-tuned and conducted across over 10 senior centres in Singapore, including Lions Befrienders, Care Corner Seniors Services and APEX Day Rehabilitation for Elderly.

We are able to tweak our program to the needs of our senior care partners (such as ad-hoc sessions) and have also conducted workshops for aspiring dance and movement therapists. Speak to us for a full programme breakdown!

HAND IN HAND

Interested to partner or collaborate with us? We are always looking for like-minded (and hearted) companies, organisations, foundations, and individuals to partner and bring the immense benefits of our programme to more communities.

Reach out via email and we’ll connect back with you soonest!

holistic wellness through movement

Our programme heightens kinetic and cognitive wellbeing in seniors through the discipline of a performative use of movement, prop manipulation and dance imageries. This group participatory activity enables and promotes social interaction and responsiveness, allowing mood improvements and communal wellbeing. The programme uses a carefully curated blend of dance, music, tactile props, rhythm, breathing, vocal and facial exercises to fully engage the seniors.

DECASILVER session with our friends @ NTUC Healthcare SilverACE Taman Jurong

decasilver on digital

decasilver on digital allows you to bring the decasilver experience home with you! This series increases accessibility to the programme to encourage seniors to keep active and maintain their wellbeing at one’s convenience. By being a digital programme hosted on Youtube, the episodes are incredibly accessible for seniors who are home-bound, have limited or no resources to physically access the Senior Activity Centres (SACs) during heightened restrictions.

click on the thumbnail to watch the episode

SEASON 1

SEASON 2

neighb.OURS

National Arts Council’s Silver Arts Residency 2021
Decadance Co x Lions Befrienders
April 2021 - November 2021 (workshops)
November 2021 - January 2022 (exhibition period)

neighb.OURS explores the concepts of a neighbour, physically and emotionally, and the self in the community. After months of workshops with our decasilver team, our seniors have choreographed embodied gestures to explore these ideas of kinship, place, the ageing body and identity. This residency results in a site-specific dance-film with visual art installations around their neighbourhood.

neighb.OURS project exhibition will be open for public viewing in November 2021.
neighb.OURS exhibition is extended until January 31 2022 as a part of Singapore Art Week 2022.

Head to this link for our online guide: link

short films

SHORTS with St Luke’s ElderCare

created in collaboration with the seniors from St Luke’s ElderCare Meadow Centre, St Luke’s ElderCare Nee Soon Central Centre and St Luke’s ElderCare Serangoon Centre after a 16-weeks of decasilver session.

A Dance to Remember - part of “The Arts Can Inspire Your Everyday”

In collaboration with Dementia SG, presented by The National Arts Council (NAC). Using dance and movement to improve the well-being of seniors with dementia and in turn inspire others in their community to appreciate and embrace the arts as an integral part of their lives.

neighb.OURS - a series of 3 short films exploring what it means to be a community of gracefully ageing neighbours
created in collaboration with the seniors from Lions Befrienders Tampines, after an 8 months workshop period, in socially distanced small groups

THROUGH THE PRISM
created in collaboration with the seniors from APEX Day Rehabilitation for Elderly

SISTERS - a short film about women supporting women
created in collaboration with the seniors from FaithActs Community Care, after a 10-week decasilver session