59:59 SYNOPSIS

59:59 is a full-length contemporary dance work that asks a simple but urgent question: If you had one hour left to live, how would you spend it?

Developed through a five-week cross-cultural residency spanning Taiwan and Singapore, the work draws from personal reflections and research into predominantly Asian perspectives on death, impermanence, and the afterlife.

Choreographed collaboratively by Hsu Chen Wei (Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company, Taiwan) and Rachel Lum (Decadance Co, Singapore), and performed by dancers from both companies, 59:59 unfolds as a visceral meditation on mortality—moving from resistance and fear toward acceptance, presence, and the quiet appreciation of life’s fleeting moments.

59:59 PREMIERE

VENUE ESPLANADE THEATRE STUDIO
DATE 11-12 NOVEMBER 2026, 8PM
DURATION 55 MINUTES

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT

PERFORMANCE SPACE

10mx10m IN SIZE (PREFERABLY)
DANCE MAT WITH SPRUNG FLOOR

SOUND SYSTEM

3.5 AUDIO JACK FOR PLAYBACK
SUB WOOFER
2 SPEAKER FACING AUDIENCE
2 MONITOR FACING STAGE

OTHERS

TEAM

PRODUCER EDWIN WEE
CHOREOGRAPHER RACHEL LUM
CHOREOGRAPHER HSU CHEN WEI
LIGHTING DESIGNER GABRIEL CHAN

MUSIC

PROLOGUE - RAN BAGNO
BLUES CON FUEGO - SUSIE HANSEN
DESIR - IDA TONINATO
OUST - MIKAEL KARLSSON
WINGS 1 - MICHAEL WALL
EGRESS V - AHO SSAN, RESINA
WE’RE ALL LEAVING - ARCADE FIRE OWEN PALLETT