Dance 
From Singapore Hotels & Singapore Lifestyle
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Dance in Singapore is kaleidoscopic, with a corps of dancers and choreographers moving between projects and ensembles, enhanced by artistic influences from outside the local dance community.
The most important cluster comes from the Singapore Dance Theatre, established in 1988 under the patronage of former President Ong Teng Cheong. Each year, the company of 20 dancers presents 28 performances in either Kallang Theatre or Victoria Theatre. The repertoire ranges from The Nutcracker to contemporary dance. Choreographer Jamaludin Jalil's Juxtamotion, and Paul Ocampo's Who Cares? set to the music of the pop group Queen; and Mohamed Noor Sarman's Living Green and Serenade Etoile have all entered into the repertoire, and some have been included in overseas tours. Signature work of the company includes a Neo-classical repertoire of the late Goh Choo San, originally choreographed for the Washington Ballet, and brought back to Singapore by his sister and founding co-artistic director of the company, Goh Soo Khim.
Working with international dance vocabulary, the Singaporean qualities of the works are not immediately obvious, and can be as subtle as the colour of the costumes or the use of the hands. Indeed, choreography in which overt attempts to shoehorn local elements into a work have resulted in a less satisfying aesthetic.
Other ensembles contributing to the development of dance in Singapore include Som Said's Sriwana for Malay dance and Yan Choon Lian's ensemble in Chinese dance, with other youthful companies producing experimental, sometimes site-specific work. The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in the Central Business District (CBD) area have been much enlivened by some of their performances.
