YOUNG PEOPLE
BIRDS•UNSUNG (2023)
9 Nov - 11 Nov 2023
Drama Centre Black Box
What if birds no longer sing cuz all the forests are gone? Would birdsong fall silence when their habitats are no more?
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BIRDS•UNSUNG asks children to ponder on some serious questions. Mysterious voiceless bird-characters come face-to-face with the young audience in the performance. Each shares their desperate existence made bearable only with memories of happier times in the pristine forest.
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Come experience how the innocence sees their future fate in BIRDS•UNSUNG. What if birds no longer sing cuz all the forests are gone? Would birdsong fall silence when their habitats are no more?
A TIGER OPERA - NO WAY BACK (2022)
3 Apr - 31 Dec 2023
SISTIC Live
"... short film that uses dance to send a powerful environmental message about conservation" - Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development & Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration
Lost in the urban jungle, a Boy-Tiger desperately tried to find his way home.
He met domestic pets and strays in the city and asked for their help. But these city animals spoke a human-like language that he could not understand.
The Boy-Tiger has an ominous vision of a weeping tigress. He saw burning forest and loss of wildlife habitat.
He ran and ran and held on to his momory of his home in the magic forest. He could see the five valour tiger warriors. But he also saw the Great Tiger Spirit fatally wounded;
He ran into two wildlife-rescuers who helped to lead him to the shoreline.
Tired and dejected, the Boy-Tiger saw the blinking lights of bustling oil refineries across the shore – with towering metal cranes and huge cargo ships like mechanic whales in the dark water.
REMEMBER RAINFOREST​ (2021)
1 Feb - 31 Dec 2022
SISTIC Live
Trees are fell by the seconds and rainforests turned into island surrounded by bare earth. Wildlife disperses and ancient whispers of trees turn into cries. Forest rangers are frantically spreading the heed. But can anyone listen amidst the deafening roars of the chainsaws? From the dark came the Forest Shaman. Dressed in flaming orange cloak and speaking in tongues of ancient forest, he whispers and seeds the forgotten days among the young in their sleep.
WHERE THE WILD BEASTS FEED (2020)
21 May - 31 Oct 2021
SISTIC Live
Where the Wild Beasts Feed is a dance-theatre performance about wildlife forced to forage food among the urban waste. Recent reports of animals from the wild rummaging for food in the cities further reflect the escalating environmental tension between human and beast. The performance calls awareness and respect to the importance of co-habitation for both humans and wildlife.
CURIOUS FISH (2019)
4 - 8 Nov 2019
Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Building
A mysterious sea world deep in the ocean hides rich treasures of gems, minerals, and oil. Dwelling in the lowest layer are strange looking marine denizens with no names.
Down there, sunlight is not missed, and rainbow colors are not prized. Acoustic pulses dance secret codes through the waves. Only the moonlight can seep through the cracks of the thick water and make everything sparkle like fireflies in the dark.
But not for long this blissful calm!
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Hungry mining vessels, treasure hunting underwater submersibles and hordes of spying drones are finding their ways down to the deep ocean layer.
Calling all marine warriors!
How do we protect and guard this precious twilight zone?
PARADISE ALOFT (2018)
1 - 3 Nov 2018
Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Building
Paradise Aloft tells the riveting story of a sinking island due to rising sea levels and threatens all who live there. The inhabitants’ only hope depends on the mythical Peng Lai Island (蓬莱岛) when it is airborne at the bewitching hour before it disappears into the land of clouds again.
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Audience young and old can expect whimsical wildlife characters in fantastical costumes and enjoy the captivating performance of children dancing alongside professional dancers. The production enables the audience to learn about climate change and its environmental threats through an engaging and immersive theatre experience.
THEATRE OF TREES (2017)
17 & 18 Nov 2017
Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Building
The Theatre of Trees turns the giant trees in our city into fantastic dramatic characters and speak to the children about their precious gift of natural heritage. Young audience can enjoy an immersive theatre journey that transports them to an imaginative world where they discover and learn the importance of connectivity in our fragile environment.
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The hallmarks of Young People Environmental Dance Theatre always featured children performers with professional dancers in a riveting performance. With original music created by Young Artist Award composer Philip Tan and script by Cultural Medallion recipient Angela Liong, the high production value of the performance promises to enthrall both audiences young and old.
REMEMBER ELEPHANTS (2016)
12 & 13 Nov 2016
Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Building
Remember Elephants enables children from urban centers to see wildlife in reference to their own life in the urban environment through a thoughtful performance. The dance story revolves around the challenge of the elephant herds finding their ancient migration route to seek water and food amidst the disruptions due to logging and lost of natural habitats.
The poetic staging will have a mixed cast of children performing alongside professional dancers from The Arts Fission Company, with music and soundscape created by composer Philip Tan. This imaginative dance-theatre production will have audiences young and old enthralled.
SERENADING PANGOLINS (2015)
3 Oct 2015
Drama Centre Black Box @ National Library​
Part of ARTS FISSION’s Young People Environmental Dance-Theatre Production, Serenading Pangolins brings you the tales of the Pangolins. Through creative staging and choreography, this production aims to raise awareness on the threat of extinction on the Pangolins.
The dance-theatre performance uses children performers alongside professional dancers in a series of dreamlike and dramatic episodes that bring out the plight of the extremely endangered ant-eater, the Pangolins. A group of children come up with ideas to help the poor Pangolins. Although their helping effort is small but they manage to spread the news and get more people to help out. The performance includes interactive audience segments all in the name of rescuing the most hunted Pangolins.
FOLLIES FOR é BIRDS (2014)
22, 23, 29, 30 Aug 2014
National Museum of Singapore
As the meaning of "folly" implies a non-purpose built structure designed purely for decorative and amusement purposes, this performance presents whimsical installations that enhance incidental dances and spontaneous music playing at unconventional spaces inside the exhibition gallery with young people dancing alongside with professional dancers.
In creating an event space with carnival-like atmosphere, Follies for é Birds aims to relate to audiences young and old about the eventual loss of our depleting environment (both physical and spiritual) through a poetic and meaningful theatre experience.
THINGS WITH WINGS (2013)
​23 & 24 Nov 2013
Drama Centre Black Box @ National Library
A group of Kinnaree people (half-bird half-human beings) lost in the city are about to rediscover who they are and where their real home is through the help of Things With Wings.
Supported by professional dancers, a strong core of children performers from Arts Fission’s Young Dancers Theatre Ensemble presents a dynamic dance on their journey of discovery!
Family audience and children can sit freely on the floor (picnic style) of the Black Box theatre around a marked centre stage and enjoy the close distance to the performers.
The annual Young People Environmental Dance-Theatre by ARTS FISSION is a platform to present quality performance for children and family audiences. The production regularly features professional dancers and musicians performing together with children dancers in unique theatre installation. The performance integrates environmental issues with related Asian myths for a meaningful theatre experience.