M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival breaks boundaries

M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival features works by artists from 14 countries, with a focus on local artists

Japanese dancer Kenji Shinohe's rubber-faced K(-A-)O is set to manically upbeat electronic music.
Japanese dancer Kenji Shinohe's rubber-faced K(-A-)O is set to manically upbeat electronic music. PHOTO: COURTESY OF KENJI SHINOHE
Taiwanese dancer Tom Tsai combines break-dancing and politics in A Fantasy Of Going Home. In Black Velvet, Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins dance with shorn heads, clad only in loincloths, with golden-bronze body paint.
Taiwanese dancer Tom Tsai combines break-dancing and politics in A Fantasy Of Going Home. In Black Velvet, Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins dance with shorn heads, clad only in loincloths, with golden-bronze body paint. PHOTOS: CIRO HURTADO, MAURICIO PISANI
Taiwanese dancer Tom Tsai combines break-dancing and politics in A Fantasy Of Going Home. In Black Velvet, Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins dance with shorn heads, clad only in loincloths, with golden-bronze body paint.
Taiwanese dancer Tom Tsai combines break-dancing and politics in A Fantasy Of Going Home. In Black Velvet, Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins dance with shorn heads, clad only in loincloths, with golden-bronze body paint. PHOTOS: CIRO HURTADO, MAURICIO PISANI
South Korean choreographer Kim Jae Duk and Singapore-based choreographers Chiew Peishan and Liu Wen-Chun have created new works for the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival.
South Korean choreographer Kim Jae Duk and Singapore-based choreographers Chiew Peishan and Liu Wen-Chun have created new works for the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival. ST PHOTOS: LEE JIA WEN
South Korean choreographer Kim Jae Duk and Singapore-based choreographers Chiew Peishan (right) and Liu Wen-Chun (left) have created new works for the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival.
South Korean choreographer Kim Jae Duk and Singapore-based choreographers Chiew Peishan (right) and Liu Wen-Chun (left) have created new works for the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival. ST PHOTOS: LEE JIA WEN
Olivia Ho
Assistant Life Editor
Updated
Apr 17, 2018, 10:19 AM
Published
Apr 17, 2018, 05:00 AM
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Young artists with something to say fill the roster at this year's M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival, with a number of works that are socially conscious or contemplate the millennial condition.

The festival, which is in its ninth edition and is organised by T.H.E. Dance Company, will run from June 9 to Aug 5 with 28 works by artists from 14 countries, with a focus on local artists. It comes on the back of a record 93 per cent seats filled last year.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 17, 2018, with the headline M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival breaks boundaries. Subscribe

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