Dance Double Deal: 10% off Strangely Familiar and Planet [wanderer]

Strangely Familiar《熟悉的陌生》

T.H.E Dance Company (Singapore)

Victoria Theatre

22 & 23 May, Fri – Sat 8PM

24 May, Sun 2PM

An evolving presence enters the space – neither fully human nor entirely machine. In Strangely Familiar, five dance artists encounter this shifting digital being, moving at the threshold between instinct and invention.

As physical and virtual forces share the same terrain and an otherworldly ecosystem reveals itself, the encounter becomes a mirror – inviting reflection on coexistence, healing, and how the futures we imagine may depend on our capacity to live with what we create.

Directed and choreographed by T.H.E's Founding Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon, Strangely Familiar brings together collaborators across Asia and beyond. The work is co-commissioned by Asia+ Festival (Hong Kong) and SIFA, with additional support from the William and Lena Lim Trust.

There will be a post-show talk with the artists after the 22 May, Friday and 23 May, Saturday performances.

Planet [wanderer]

Damien Jalet (Belgium/France) & Kohei Nawa (Japan)

Esplanade Theatre

29 & 30 May, Fri & Sat 8PM

Strange and bewitching, Planet [wanderer] is the intriguing result of a collaboration between renowned choreographer Damien Jalet – a collaborator of Madonna, Thom Yorke, and Marina Abramović, among others – and Japanese visual artist and scenographer Kohei Nawa.

Both have a fascination for transforming shapes in space. In this dreamlike piece, they confront the bodies of eight dancers with shifting materials and textures, creating a visceral meditation on the bond between people and planet. Their bodies move back and forth like reeds, in a fragile balance between power and vulnerability, harmony and survival, destruction and evolution.