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Asian Festivals Exchange - AFX

When

8-9 December, 2015, 08:00 PM

Venue

Esplanade Theatre Studio

Embrace Asia’s most dynamic dance cultures as they intersect in 3 new creation residencies for AFX: Singapore’s M1 CONTACT Festival, Malaysia’s d’MOTION Festival, the Yokohama and Seoul Dance Collections pair and nurture three collaborative creations between emerging choreographers.

Goh Shou-Yi (Singapore) x Kim Hwan Hee (Korea)

Mikiko Kawamura (Japan) x T.H.E Second Company

Amy Len (Malaysia) x Naoto Katori (Japan)

Pre-show: Free admission Dance Forum on 9 Dec, 5pm, Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (L6).

Post-show Artist Dialogue on 9 Dec.

Grab our Festival Magazine in November for more on Goh Shou-Yi’s residency in South Korea!

featured artists

Mikiko Kawamura

Mikiko Kawamura's dance practice is grounded in street dance. Currently a Junior Fellow with the Saison Foundation, she has taken part in numerous competitions and festivals in Japan, South Korea, and Europe, and is a Yokohama Dance Collection award winner selected for the AFX collaboration with T.H.E Second Company.

Goh Shou-Yi

Goh Shou-Yi is a T.H.E Second Company artist and graduate of SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). He has choreographed works for the M1 CONTACT Festival, Esplanade da:ns festival, and liTHE 2015 by T.H.E Second Company.

Amy Len

Amy Len was trained in contemporary dance at Kwang Tung Dance Company and is now the artistic director of the company.

Wong Jyh Shyong

Jyh Shyong is the Artistic director and in-house choreographer of Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC). He was previously a dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan from 2005 to 2009. In the 9th and 11th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards in Malaysia, he received the Best Featured Performer award for his homecoming performance with JS Dance Theatre’s “Fragile” (2011) and Niche Design & Pentas Project’s “Double Punctum” (2013).