Building human
connections through dance

UPDATES

Adrian Tan

Adrian Tan’s designs have been staged at numerous cities around the world, including Jakarta, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Bratislava (Slovakia) and Prague. Most notably, A Cage Goes In Search of A Bird for theatre collective A GROUP OF PEOPLE was nominated for Best Lighting Design at the 2011 Life! Theatre Awards and also awarded Production of The Year.

Recent designs by Tan include, Company The Musical (Nominee, Production of The Year, Life! Theatre Awards 2013). Broadway Beng. Kumar, Crazy Christmas, Happy Ever Laughter and The Hossan Leong Show, all for Dream Academy. Not forgetting the well-received Cooling Off Day (Nominee, Production of The Year, Life! Theatre Awards 2012) for W!ld Rice, other shows for W!ld Rice include National Language Class, that premiered at the first Singapore Theatre Festival in 2006, and Cook A Pot Of Curry, which was part of the W!ld Rice Festival, Alfian Saat: In The Spotlight.

His versatility has been displayed in numerous dance shows, such as Coppelia, both 2012 and 2013 editions of Masterpiece In Motion and the Ballet Under The Stars, all for Singapore Dance Theatre. Tan has also worked on the 2012 and 2013 editions of Solo/ Duet by T.H.E Dance Company, under the NUS Arts Festival. He was also the Festival Designer for T.H.E’s CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festivals in 2011 and 2012, in September this year was the Designer for T.H.E’s New Vision triple bill performance, staged as part of their fifth anniversary celebrations.

In 2006, Tan was the first Asian recipient of the ETC Sponsorship Awards held in Las Vegas, USA.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS


Year in Review (2022)

premiere date NA


Infinitely Closer (2022)

premiere date 13–16 Oct 2022 | Singtel Waterfront Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Hey Man! (2022)

premiere date 2–4 Dec 2022 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kuik Swee Boon & Kim Jae Duk


Helix (2022)

premiere date 2–4 Dec 2022 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kuik Swee Boon & Kim Jae Duk


Behind the Scenes of Infinitely Closer Pt 3

premiere date 13–16 Oct 2022 | Singtel Waterfront Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Behind the Scenes of Infinitely Closer Pt 2

premiere date 13–16 Oct 2022 | Singtel Waterfront Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Behind the Scenes of Infinitely Closer Pt 1

premiere date 13–16 Oct 2022 | Singtel Waterfront Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Infinitely Closer (2022)

premiere date 13–16 Oct 2022 | Singtel Waterfront Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


T.H.E @ Tanzmesse (2022)

premiere date NA


Public Studio Classes (2022)

premiere date NA


Windward Side of the Mountain (2022)

premiere date 9–12 Jun 2022 | Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre | SAtheCollective, Nine Years Theatre & T.H.E Dance Company


Together We Rise (2022)

premiere date NA


Arts x Tech Lab (2021–2022)

premiere date Feb 2022 | National Museum of Singapore


PheNoumenon 360° Documentary (2020)

premiere date The Making of PheNoumenon: A 360° Immersive VR Experience《现·象 360°虚拟實境》with English Subtitles


Company Trailer

premiere date NA


What does T.H.E mean?

premiere date NA


Us (2021)

premiere date 3–5 Dec 2021 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Anthea Seah & Albert Tiong


An Impression (2021)

premiere date 3–5 Dec 2021 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Anthea Seah & Albert Tiong


liTHE (2021)

premiere date 16–18 Sep 2021 | Goodman Arts Centre Black Box | Nah Jieying, Klievert Jon Mendoza, Goh Jia Yin & Maybelle Lek


InterBeing (2021)

premiere date 25–26 Jun 2021 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Dimo Kirilov Milev & Jos Baker


《盤》Pán (2020/2021)

premiere date 22–23 May 2021 | Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre | Kuik Swee Boon & Kim Jae Duk


PheNoumenon (2019)

premiere date 12–14 Dec 2019 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kuik Swee Boon


Mr. Sign (2019)

premiere date 16–19 Jul 2019 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


Un-form (2019)

premiere date 6 Apr 2019 | Supercell Festival | Kuik Swee Boon


Learning (2019)

premiere date 16–17 & 23–24 Mar 2019 | National Gallery Singapore | LPD'i & T.H.E Dance Company


Invisible Habitudes (2018)

premiere date 11–12 Oct 2018 | Esplanade Outdoor Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Filled with sadness, the old body attacks (2018)

premiere date 15–16 Jun 2018 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


Impulse (2018)

premiere date 28 Mar–6 Apr 2018 | Esplanade | Kim Jae Duk


Cut Kafka! (2018)

premiere date 1–4 Mar 2018 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | T.H.E Dance Company and Nine Years Theatre


Mark 1 – Dialogue and Dance (2017)

premiere date 7–9 Dec 2017 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


Water Bloom (2017)

premiere date 7–9 Dec 2017 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kuik Swee Boon


Perhaps Someone… (2017)

premiere date 7–9 Nov 2017 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Dimo Kirilov Milev


Borderline (2017)

premiere date 22–24 Jun 2017 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | T.H.E Dance Company and Muscle Mouth


Interview With Kim Jae Duk (2017)

premiere date NA


Pure (2016)

premiere date 1–2 Dec 2016 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kuik Swee Boon


As It Fades (2016)

premiere date 7–10 Sep 2016 | Daegu International Dance Festival | Kuik Swee Boon


Helix, in Progress (2016)

premiere date 20–21 May 2016 | SOTA Drama Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Silences We are Familiar With (2015)

premiere date 28–30 May 2015 | SOTA Drama Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Organised Chaos (2014)

premiere date 4–6 Dec 2014 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


Rehearsal of As It Fades (2014)

premiere date 8–10 May 2014 | SOTA Drama Theatre | Kuik Swee Boon


Mr. Sign (2013)

premiere date 29 & 30 Nov 2013 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


Mr Sign (2013)

premiere date 29 & 30 Nov 2013 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


Hey Man! (2012)

premiere date 7–9 Dec 2012 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kim Jae Duk


As Is (2012)

premiere date 7–9 Dec 2012 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Xing Liang


Remains Remain (2012)

premiere date 16 & 17 Mar 2012 | University Cultural Centre Theatre | Jeffrey Tan


RE:OK…BUT! (2011)

premiere date 3 & 4 Dec 2011 | Esplanade Theatre Studio | Kuik Swee Boon & Kim Jae Duk