PROGRAMME

WELCOME2DECA

Having no experience of a loved one passing on, co-creating Drifted was exceptionally challenging but this also put me in the position to completely rely on the children to tell me their stories, their feelings and how they grieved and the memories they hold onto.

What struck me from their sharing was their strong bonds to family. And it was a clear reminder for me that no matter the turbulence, family members help each other pull through difficult situations. Just a little hug and support makes everything feel better.

I hope the audience leaves with a little tingle and warmth in their hearts after watching Drifted, as much as it was such an enriching experience for us putting the show together with 3 generations.

Many thanks to our hardworking decaK!Ds for putting your heart and soul into the show! Special thanks to Aunty Cat, Aunty Helen and Aunty Mary for agreeing to perform with the DECA Team. And to the DECA team, thank you for always putting in your 110% in everything you do and for always being a positive light to everyone you interact with! To many more years of shows and adventures! Lastly, our audience, we would not be here without you. Thank you for your endless love and support.

Enjoy the show!
Stephanie Rae Yoong

SYNOPSIS

Drifted explores grief, memory, and celebration, unfurling the different dynamics of loss for all bodies young and old. Taking reference from the book ‘Lost in the Clouds’ by Tom Tinn-Disbury as a starting point, Drifted is devised together with dancers from Decadance Co, our decak!ds young dancers, and seniors from our decasilver elderly community engagement program. This production is perfect for all ages, and will resonate with audiences new or familiar to contemporary dance. Journey through the landscape of life after loss with us, as we explore how emotional bonds are ageless, timeless, and unbound by physical presence. 

TEAM

SUPPORTEDBY

NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL - Drifted is a recipient of the Performance & Participation Grant
ARTS FUND - Drifted is a recipient of the Tote Board Arts Fund Grant

MERCH

Thank you YABAI YABAI for designing 10 unique bags exclusively for Drifted! Also, checkout DECA TEE N°1 our very first graphic tee as well as our exclusive merch for Drifted all at our Front-Of-House desk or grab them at our merch page

SUPPORT US

Please consider supporting us! You can do so by following us on our social media accounts (Facebook or Instagram), following our newsletter, attending our dance classes, volunteering as an usher, or spreading the word about us to your friends and community. You can also do so with a donation. We are a non-profit company focussed on collaborative applications of contemporary dance, and every little bit of support helps our company continue our mission.

EDWIN WEEPRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Edwin Wee is the Co-founder, joint Artistic Director, and Creative Producer of Decadance Co.

Graduating from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Dance, he was invited to present his graduating choreography, The Shaman's Cat, at the da:ns Festival 2008 at Esplanade. He was part of Generations Spotlight: Moscow (2008) directed by Ivan Heng, where he performed for the President of Russia, Dmitriy Medvedev, and Singapore's Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong. He later performed for His Excellency President of Singapore SR Nathan at the Singapore Design Awards 2008.

He joined Arts Fission in 2008 and has been actively choreographing and performing since. He was appointed Rehearsal Director in 2011 and Artistic Director for the company’s annual young people environmental dance-theatre productions since 2012. He has directed, curated, designed and choreographed more than 20 staged and site specific original productions.

Notable performances include, The Rite of Spring: A People’s Stravinsky (2013); Temple Reimagined (2013), a dance film; Future Feed (2014), a collaboration with Irene K Compagnie and presented in Belgium; In the Name of Red (2015), a site specific performance commissioned by National Gallery Singapore; Fire Monkey, a site specific performance for the arts festival Mapping Melbourne (2016), and again at Northcote Townhall, Melbourne (2018).

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RACHEL LUMCO-CHOREOGRAPHER

Rachel Lum is the co-founder, joint director and choreographer of Decadance Co.

Rachel began her journey with a Diploma in Dance from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Upon graduation, she joined Frontier Danceland as an apprentice. She was a founding member of Re:Dance Theatre (RDT), performing in all core and external productions in renowned festivals such as M1 Contact Dance Festival, M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, Singapore Night Festival and NUS Arts Festival. Rachel was also the choreographer and training mentor for RDT’s second company, Re:Dance Theatre 2.

In her own artistic practice, Rachel has created and produced numerous acclaimed dance works which have premiered internationally in festivals such as the Lift Off Dance Festival in Bracknell, United Kingdom, DANCESTAGES in Shanghai, and CDE Springboard Dance Festival in Macau. She conceptualise and choreographed No Corners for Decadance Co’s debut dance production.

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WOO E-HUILIGHTING DESIGNER

E-hui is an independent lighting designer currently based in Singapore, creating art mostly in theatre and dance, and more recently theatre for young audiences as well. With more than 10 years of dance experience and a passion for collaborating with like-minded artists to produce works that enact positive change, E-hui is especially excited to be creating art with Decadance for the first time!

Her previous dance and TYA lighting credits include Young People Environmental Dance Theatre: Curious Fish (The Arts Fission Company), M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Fest 2019: Dance at Dusk(T.H.E Dance Company), Ghost Call(RAW Moves), The wee Question Mark & the Mountain Movers and ImmortalX (The Theatre Practice), and Sailing on String and Outside the Lines (Arts on the Horizon, USA). E-hui has also been a freelance Digital Stage Technician / Manager for The Theatre Practice for the last 2 years, and when she is not in theatre, you can find her perfecting her latte art skills at The Social Space.

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STEPHANIE RAE YOONGCO-CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER

Stephanie Rae Yoong graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Dance with Distinction in 2018 and joined RAW Moves as an Apprentice Dancer. She was then promoted to Junior Dancer in 2019. Stephanie was an Associate of Sigma Contemporary Dance in 2021 and has joined Decadance co this year.

Stephanie has performed in works locally such as Close Company (2018) by Alison Currie (Australia) , Ghost Call (2019) by Nabilah Said and Subtle Down Tempo No (2019) by Murasaki Penguin (Australia/Japan), HASER by Syimah Sabtu (2021) for M1 Contact, LOCKED by Decadence co (2021). She has also performed overseas in Australia at OzAsia Festival (2018).

Her choreographic work Fragments and A Whimsical World was featured in RawGround: Competition (2018)and RawGround:Reference (2020) . Stephanie taught Creative movement to A Little RAW Kinder in 2020 and was also a facilitator for A Little RAW Junior and A Little RAW Company (2018- 2020), she is currently the main teacher for DecaK!ds classes.

Stephanie completed a Specialist Certificate in Teaching and Learning of Preschool Arts Education by SEED institute. She is also compassionate in teaching Creative movement to children with Special abilities, she hopes to create an enjoyable and safe movement space for them one day

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JOANNE SEOWDANCER

Joanne started her dance journey at the Royal Academy of Dance ballet programme at the early age of five in Malaysia. At 16, she discovered her interest in contemporary dance, fascinated by the endless possibilities in body movements. She recently graduated from the Diploma in Dance Program at LASALLE College of the Arts with Distinction.

While furthering her dance studies at LASALLE College of the Arts, she expanded her repertoire to include genres such as jazz and street dance. During her training at LASALLE, she worked with several local and international artists such as Rachel Lopez de la Nieta (UK), Leah Morrison (UK), Ery Mefri (Indonesia), Eisa Jocson (Philippines), Susan Sentler (UK/Singapore) and Jenny Neo (Singapore), as well as collaborated across disciplines such as fine arts, fashion, film and animation, which widened her perspectives of dance. She is interested in dance creation as well as movement research which challenges the boundaries of the human body. She is currently a full-time dancer with Decadance Co.

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NI CHENG PINDANCER

Cheng Pin graduated with a Diploma in Dance from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. Upon graduation, he was an apprentice with Frontier Danceland for a brief period before moving on to join Re:Dance Theatre (RDT) as a founding member. During his time with RDT, he has performed for the company's debut show, as well as the Exxonmobil Campus Concert, before pursuing his Degree studies in the Tourism sector. Cheng Pin joined Decadance Co in 2020.

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HAYDN WEEDANCER

CHI MAYNARDDANCER

SOPHIA GOHDANCER

IYLA WEEDANCER

SOPHIE LEEDANCER

LUCY KYLEDANCER

STEPHANIE LEEDANCER

JULIET KYLEDANCER

ANG MARYDANCER

CATHERINE CHUA LYE TZIODANCER

ANG CHWEE LIEWDANCER

VANESSA GUINADIGRANT AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Vanessa graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Hons) from the Royal Northern College of Music and is a music graduate of School of the Arts Singapore. She has worked for arts organisations such as HOME Manchester, Hallé Orchestra, Buxton International Festival, Opera Shack and Checkpoint Theatre in various roles from production to stage management. She enjoys bringing a production from page to stage, and seamlessly enabling artists to focus fully on the creation process. A classical singer by training, she has also performed in solo recitals across Singapore and England, from Victoria Concert Hall to St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

KIRISHIMA DANCE CORPSFRONT OF HOUSE

Kirishima Dance Corps 霧嶋舞踊隊 (KDC) is a Contemporary Dance Collective focused on Psychedelic Dance Meditation, though our esoteric Water Breath Technique, that is rooted in the methodology of Taiji. Kirishima Dance Corps 霧嶋舞踊隊was formed in 2020 by Xenres Kirishima, and our Mission here at Kirishima Dance Corps is to advocate on Mental Health Awareness through art. Stemming from Founder Xenres’s passion on the advocacy of mental health, Kirishima Dance Corps sets out on a journey to educate and raise awareness of the enigmas in our ephemeral human bodies. Some notable works of Kirishima Dance Corps include, Vessel (2020) a dance film focusing on Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and 肌 HADA (2021) on the inner enigmas of Body Dysmorphic Disorder performed at M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival, Take Me Into Your Darkest Hour(2021) a dance film on sense of belonging in a foreign land , and Ibuki息吹 a research-performance on Psychedelic Dance Meditation and the Water Breath Technique, showcased at Scarlet Mela Festival of the Arts 2022. Our Vision here at Kirishima Dance Corps is to culminate together Western and Eastern philosophy and art.

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