Symposium by IDANS (South Korea)
International Dance Networking in Seoul, supported by Seoul Metropolitan Government · Nov 2nd, 2022
Special Contributions - Driving Global Dance Synergies Dancewebzinc (South Korea)
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic has brought international dance relations to a focal point for serious calibration, compounded with the roller coaster tightening and easing of travel restrictions that seem to ebb and flow with the tide of prevailing infection rates. These have caused some illusions to the delivery of dance platforms, arts markets, and festivals, which facilitate many agendas such as pu...
Article - Driving Global Dance Synergies
Dance Central Fall 2021, The Dance Centre (Vancouver) · Nov 18, 2021
Having attended Dance In Vancouver 2019, Dr. Danny Tan was invited by Dance Central to reflect on his experience and to share his observations on the opportunities and challenges in running the global circuits of dance in the COVID era as the CEO and founding Artistic Director of Odyssey Dance Theatre Ltd in Singapore. This article is extracted from the original paper written in September 2021.
Singapore Perspective : Navigating Dance Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Busan International Dance Festival Forum (South Korea)
Busan International Dance Festival · Sep 15, 2021
Reset-Dance In Asia by Dancewebzine (South Korea)
Korean Association of Dance Critics and Researchers (KADCR), founded in Jan 2010 · Jul 3, 2021
Dance, a popular art form, has always enjoyed governments’ support and public acceptance in Asia, owing to the strong cultural diplomatic ties and exchanges between Asian governments, festivals, markets, companies, and artists. According to The Straits Times’ tracking report on 21 May 2021, “Globally, the virus pandemic, which began in December 2019, has infected more than 166 million people. Over 3.45 million people have died.” In Asia, there are 34,211,549 cases, with the number of deaths at 438,047 and rising. Singapore and Taiwan, which have been hailed as success stories with almost zero or single-digit COVID-19 cases since the beginning of 2021, have both seen a sudden spike in new cases. Countries like Myanmar and Thailand, which are facing political unrest in their respective cities, have also been struggling to cope with the increasing number of infections. With the global devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic which has already lasted for more than a year, the road to recovery seems more precarious than ever with the continuous recurring spikes of new infections with various mutated variants, and especially, the highly contagious variant that first surfaced in India - known as B.1.617. Dance and its related functions like festivals, shows and productions, are in great peril. Dance in Asia calls for a new reset of bold actions, championing its essence and core values to support the human population in the struggle to overcome this crisis. At the same time, it needs to redefine itself for a new dance world. Read more...
SET Dance Forward by Dance Journak/HK
“Hybrid” has been a buzz word in this New Normal, with the world being disrupted by the global pandemic – COVID-19 – since January 2020. With the gloomy state of world economies affecting all industries around the globe, the enormous impacts on the arts and culture sector have been extremely detrimental. Live performances and events have been cancelled or put on hold. Theatres have been ei...
Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore
Chapter 9 - Teaching of Chinese Language and Culture Through Chinese Dance
Ethnic and modern dances have been a popular co-curricular activity is Singapore schools. School celebrations cannot go without dance presentations and many schools organized dance learning programmes with professional assistance. There is a potential for dance to be taught and performed in conjunction with the learning of Chinese Language and culture. This chapter documents the unfailing enthusiasm of school leaders in supporting dance training and the students in dance learning.
Chapter 10 - Inspiring Youths Through Chinese Dance
The tremendous support of the school leaders and enthusiasm of the students in Singapore schools for dance have been documented in the immediate previous chapter. This chapter goes beyond to discuss dance not only as a popular co-curricular activity but as an educational instrument in moulding students as persons imbibed with cultural values. Experiences of the schools and students involving in local and international dance presentations are cited to illustrate the points made. In that sense, this is a succinct visionary discourse more than a factual report.
“Impact of COVID-19 on International Arts Affairs: Gloom or Doom?” Symposium by IDANS (South Korea)
International Dance Networking in Seoul, supported by Seoul Metropolitan Government · Oct 1, 2020
Article in Singapore Arts & Culture Pandemic Reflection -Dance
Contemporary Arts Research Association · Jan 1, 2021
Celebrating Cultural Diplomacy with the World through Asian Contemporary Dance
International Dance Networking in Seoul, supported by Seoul Metropolitan Government · Dec 1, 2019
Research Paper presentation- “A Singaporean Contemporary Dance Perspective” World Dance Alliance/ NY
World Dance Alliance Global Conference · Jan 1, 2010
‘Re-negotiating the Arts 2010 - Creating a New Space' Symposium
30th Anniversary of Arts Management at University of Adelaide
Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management · Jan 1, 2010
This paper attempts to examine a decade of ODT‘s achievements and development within the changing local arts and dance environment. It also seeks to examine the challenges for a dance company move into a new phase of development in the context of social, economical and political changes in Singapore and the arts world
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