PROGRAMME

SYNOPSIS

OMAKASE is Decadance Co’s signature performance-experience series — an intimate evening of food, wine, and dance, curated for the company’s close circle of patrons, collaborators, and supporters. True to its name — from the Japanese “omakase,” meaning “I’ll leave it to you” — each edition invites audiences to surrender to surprise, discovering a unique blend of movement, conversation, and artistic exchange.

For this edition of OMAKASE, *Decadance Co partners with SCAPE to offer a special expanded experience. This presentation features four choreographers — Joanne Seow, Oh Jia Hao, Jack Ng, and Joseph Chua — each creating an original 10–12-minute duet. These distinct works will be spliced and interwoven into one full-length performance, exploring ideas of trust, flow, and collective creation — a choreographic omakase of sorts.

MUSIC

NEVER STOP - CHILLY GONZALES
INTERNAL PANORAMAS - THE BLACK DOG
EVERY LIVING BREATHING MOMENT - GRANT STELLAR
VRKASANA - LAMAT 8 & ANDRES ALBOROK
EASTERN SEA - JORDAN CRITZ
THE BLOOD MESSAGE TRAILER OST
OPAL - BYETONE
PREMONITION - TOE
THA - APHEX TWIN
BLOOMING FLOWER - PARALLELLE, ABUNDANCE
COLOMB - NICHOLAS JAAR
ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS (WILL UNDERSTAND) - IRMA THOMAS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOREDWIN WEE
ARTTISTIC DIRECTOR/MENTORRACHEL LUM
CHOREOGRAPHERJOANNE SEOW
CHOREOGRAPHERJOESPH CHUA
CHOREOGRAPHERJACK NG
CHOREOGRAPHEROH JIAHAO

PERFORMERRACHEL CHNG RUI EN
PERFORMERTSU RUI LIN CHERISSE
PERFORMERPANG SI MIN
PERFORMERJESLYN CHONG FENG RU
PERFORMERNG AIK SONG
PERFORMERJAMES ANTHONY CARINO
PERFORMERWONG SEK LI
PERFORMERCHUANG NING HSUAN

Edwin graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2008 with a Diploma in Dance. Upon graduation, 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 ad 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.

With Arts Fission, he was involved in all productions and community projects. Some notable performances include, and not limited to, 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 under the arts festival of Mapping Melbourne (2016), and again at Northcote Townhall, Melbourne (2018).

Rachel is a contemporary dance artist from Singapore, recognised for her distinctive movement language—fluid, intricate, and full of character. Her emotionally resonant and inventive works have been presented internationally in cities such as Stockholm, Istanbul, Amman, and Bracknell.

As the Co-Founder of Decadance Co, Rachel is dedicated to pushing artistic boundaries and making contemporary dance more accessible. A graduate of NAFA’s Diploma in Dance, she began her professional journey with Frontier Danceland before becoming a founding member of Re:Dance Theatre and a movement artist with The Arts Fission Company. She also holds an Advanced Yoga Teacher Certification, which deepens her understanding of embodiment and informs her choreographic and teaching practice.

Beyond performance, Rachel is an educator and community advocate. Through Decasilver, a movement programme she co-designed for seniors, she champions accessibility and intergenerational connection—using dance as a means of expression, empowerment, and well-being.

Joanne embarked on her dance journey at the age of five, she later pursued her professional training at LASALLE College of the Arts, graduated with Distinction in 2021.

During her time at LASALLE, Joanne stepped beyond the classical realm, immersing herself in genres such as jazz and street dance, allowing her movement vocabulary to grow in texture and breadth. Her training placed her in close collaboration with numerous 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). These experiences extended beyond dance into disciplines like fine arts, fashion, film, and animation, enriching her artistic perspective.

Currently, Joanne is a full-time dance artist with Decadance Co, performing in all major productions and touring with the company at numerous dance festivals.

Joseph received full-time pre-professional training at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, gaining rich performance experience—including performing in a work by Eileih Muir from Studio Wayne McGregor. Since graduating, he has been working as a freelance contemporary dance artist and continues to seek performance opportunities to further his technicality and artistry in dance.

From 2015 to 2017, he was part of T.H.E Second Company, and rejoined from 2023 to 2025 to continue refining his craft. He has had the opportunity to work locally with Kuik Swee Boon for T.H.E Dance Company and Angela Liong for Arts Fission, and internationally with Sung Yong Kim for the Korean National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) in Seoul, South Korea, Ole Khamchanla from Compagnie KHAM and Francesco Curci for Amorphous Dance Company in Nice, France.

Joseph has also been given opportunities to choreograph, including a solo work “Whole Without You” performed and presented at Fang Mae Kong (FMK) International Dance Festival 2025 in (Vientiane, Laos), and for the comma Creative Arts Festival organised by *SCAPE, having worked alongside both international and local dance artists. He joined Decadance Co as a full-time dance artist in 2026. 

Jack has practiced dance since 2009, training mainly in Contemporary dance and Chinese Dance. He has danced and performed in school dance clubs such as River Valley Dance Society, NTU’s Contemp{minated}, as well as semi-professional companies such as Dance Horizon Troupe Singapore and T.H.E. Second Company. Jack actively seeks out new ways to expand his dance vocabulary and has branched out into cross-disciplinary work such as dance films and performances involving live music, spoken word, and visual art.

Oh Jia Hao began his dance journey with Breaking (BBOY) at the age of 13 years old. Starting out with Breaking as a passion, he won several local competitions and represented Singapore overseas. He then pursued professional training at LASALLE College of the Arts, where he explored Ballet, Contemporary, and Jazz for the first time. He decided to transfer to Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and eventually graduated with a Diploma in Dance in 2020. Jiahao has collaborated with both local and international artists, including Ezekiel Olivera, Richard Chappell, Charlotte Christensen Boye, Aditep Buanoi, Hwa Wei An, Kuik Swee Boon, and Albert Tiong. Additionally, he worked with The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company as a project artist for their end of year production in 2022. Currently, Jiahao serves as an adjunct lecturer at Singapore Raffles Music College, where he teaches both Hip Hop and Contemporary dance.