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12.ance INTENSIVE 2025, Soft Archives
Led by Sigma Contemporary Dance
with Christina Chan, Hong Guofeng, Marcus Foo & Chua Chiok Woon
An inside view of how Sigma Contemporary Dance builds and shapes its work.
The 12.ance Intensive 2025 offers a four-day immersion into the choreographic and movement practices behind Soft Archives, the latest work by Sigma Contemporary Dance
Photo by Burke Raby
Schedule
Intensive Training
10–12 December /
10:00AM–12:00PM; 1:00PM–6:00PM
13 December /
1:00PM–8:00PM
(Dinner will be provided on performance day)
Performance
13 December /
8:00PM–9:00PM
About the Intensive
Participants will train and create alongside the company’s Artistic Team, engaging in the same processes that shaped Soft Archives.
Daily progamme run-down:
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Morning Technique Class: grounding in release-based contemporary practice, with an attention to tone, clarity, and efficiency in movement
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Repertoire Sessions: learning and exploring material from Soft Archives
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Workshopping Sessions: developing movement material and performance tasks drawn from the work
The intensive concludes with a studio performance where participants present their version of Soft Archives.
Participants will
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Train in release-based technique, and principles that emphasis on tone, clarity, and efficiency in movement led by Sigma’s Artistic Team
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Learn and perform excerpts from Soft Archives
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Experience the company’s rehearsal environment and collaborative process
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Meet like-minded dancers from diverse backgrounds and engage in exchange throughout the intensive
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Perform an adapted version of Soft Archives in a studio showcase
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Ticket Price: SGD 380
APPLY BY 16 . 11 . 25
Follow Sigma Contemporary Dance's Soft Archives journey
Eligibility & Application Criteria
Participants must:
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Have a sound and consistent background in dance training (contemporary, modern, street, traditional, classical, or related practices)
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Be aged 18 and above
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Commit to full participation in all sessions (exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis)
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Prepare a 2- to 5-minute continuous improvisation video (unedited, with full body in view)
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Prepare a dance CV detailing your dance experiences
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Complete the application form in full
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Financial aid is available. Indicate interest in financial support in the "Remarks" section of the application form — limited assistance is available. You will be asked to provide supporting documents.
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Apply by 16 November 2025, 23:59 SGT
Watch Soft Archives
Schedule
Intensive Practice
18 December / 7:30PM–10:00PM
19 December / 7:30PM–10:00PM
20 December / 1:00PM–6:00PM
Performance
20 December / 7:00PM - 8:00PM
(Dinner will be provided on performance day)
CONTACT IMPROVISATION INTENSIVE 2025
Led by Yu Yen-Fang
A rare opportunity to work closely with Yen-Fang, one of Taiwan’s leading contact improvisation practitioners.
About the Intensive
This three-day intensive offers time and space to engage in Contact Improvisation (CI) as both a physical and performative practice. Participants will move through guided explorations, partnering work, and compositional scores that open pathways between practice and performance.
At the end of Day 3, participants will share a short improvised co-creation open to a registered audience — a celebration of collective process, risk, and play.
All are welcome, no prior CI or dance knowledge is required.
Photos provided by Yu Yen-Fang.
What You’ll Experience
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Learn and practice the fundamentals of CI: touch, weight, gravity, and momentum
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Explore CI as a performance and creative process: composition, presence, and awareness
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Collaboratively co-create an improvised performance: shaping collective improvisation
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Work directly with Yen-Fang in an intimate and supportive environment: exchange and reflection with fellow participants
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Share your exploration in a free public showing for a registered audience
Eligibility & Application Criteria
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This intensive is open to all levels, no prior dance experience is required.
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Participants must commit to full participation in all sessions (exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis)
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Recommended attire: pants that cover your knees.
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Please prepare your own knee pads if you think you might need them.
Video provided by Yu Yen-Fang, filmed during Global Underscore 2020 in Taipei.
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Ticket Price: SGD 180
APPLY BY 18 . 12 . 25
Before you sign up for any 12.ance activity, please ensure you have read and agreed to our terms and policies. Contact us at info@sigmadance.co for enquiries.
