WDA Asia Pacific members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the organisation on Sunday 1 September at 1pm, either via Zoom or in person at the Bencoolen Hotel, 30 Bencoolen Rd, Singapore.

The meeting will provide reports from the Executive Board and chapter heads (as per those published in the latest edition of Asia Pacific Channels), and there will be an election for a new Executive Board. Voting for these positions will be by the current Executive Board, Chapter Heads, Regional VPs and Network Chairs, all of whom will represent the broader WDAAP membership. If you are a WDA member and intend being present at the AGM via Zoom, please register here and a link will be sent to you, along with the Agenda.

Julie Dyson
WDA AP Secretary

SIDCF ’24 is about a month and a half away. We are excited and look forward to welcoming you all.

Before your arrival, here is some essential information for you to take note of :

The WDA-AP AGM for all members is on Sunday, 1st of September, from 1300 to 1500.

– All participants who are non-members interested in finding out more about WDA-AP are welcome to attend.

– Registration for members and non-members is at the door.

Registration on Monday, 2nd of September, will open at 0800

– The event fee is to be paid in Singapore dollars upon registration.

– Non-member is to pay S$100/- and member is to pay S$70/-.

You can find the all schedule , performance rundown and hotel link here

for more information, please visit the website https://www.wdasg.com/

Finally, if you should have any concerns or queries,

– on the festival and master class, please get in touch with the Festival Office, World Dance Alliance Singapore worlddancealliancesg@gmail.com

– on the paper presentation, please get in touch with Dr Urmimala Sarkar at urmimala.sarkar@gmail.com

– on performance presentation, please get in touch with Prof Yunyu Wang at yunyuge@gmail.com

With warm regards,

SIDF ’24 working team

Five choreographers recommended by WDA-Asian Pacific will be selected to attend the Young Choreographer Project in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. An additional three Taiwanese choreographers will also be selected to join the event. The funding is supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation, Bureau Culture Affairs of Kaohsiung City Government, and the Chin-Lin Foundation for Culture and Arts in Taiwan. The project is located in the city of Kaohsiung, south of Taiwan. The tentative dates for the 2024 event are from July 1st to July 19th, with two performances taking place in the main stage of the theatre in the campus of Tsoying High School from July 20th to 21st. Eight choreographers have been selected for the 2024 International Young Choreographer Project.
Congratulations to the following artists:
1. Callum Mooney (Australia, WDA Asia Pacific)
2. Maybelle Lek Shue-Qi (Singapore, WDA Asia Pacific)
3. Ma Sze Nga Alice (Hong Kong, WDA Asia Pacific)
4. Anandita Khan (Bangladesh, WDA Asia Pacific)
5. Mohd Nuriqram Bin Azhar (Malaysia, WDA Asia Pacific)
6. Hsiang-Yu CHAN (Taiwan)
7. Tung-Chun HSU (Taiwan)
8. Yu-Chi CHEN (Taiwan)

The Dancers’ Audition will be held at Tsoying Senior High School on June 30th, and eight choreographers will select dancers for their works. And the rehearsal schedule and the selected list will be announced on that day. During the event, you must take care of your own accommodation, transportation, meals, etc. This event does not pay any fees to the selected dancers, so please think carefully before signing up.

Please fill in the registration form and email to dance30@tyhs.kh.edu.tw , and the email subject should be:
2024 IYCP dancers audition- (your name)

Deadline: June 21st (Friday)

For more information, please contact 2024 IYCP Office:
Mrs. Suling Chou: dance@tyhs.kh.edu.tw
Project Assistant-Fang-Hua Lee: dance30@tyhs.kh.edu.tw

Singapore International Dance Festival invites you to the vibrant and bustling city of Singapore. Organized by World Dance Alliance Singapore, the festival invites all to culminate in the port town to showcase, share and learn from one another. The festival envisions to be an interchange of exchanging ideas, knowledge, viewpoints, artistry and virtuosity through the language of dance.
SIDF will be combined with the yearly event of WDA – AP, which includes Key-note speeches, Academic seminars, Workshops, Performances and Lecture demonstrations, by participants from all over the Asia Pacific, concluding with the Annual General Meeting of WDA-AP.

Title : Singapore International Dance Festival
Date : 2nd-4th September 2024 
Time : 0900-1800hrs
Venue : Singapore, City Ballet Academy 

Fee : SGD 100 / Students SGD 70  FULL PROGRAM
please visit the official website to get further information: https://www.wdasg.com/

Eight choreographers have been selected for the 2024 International Young Choreographer Project. Congratulations to the following artists:

1. Callum Mooney (Australia, WDA Asia Pacific)
2. Maybelle Lek Shue-Qi (Singapore, WDA Asia Pacific)
3. Ma Sze Nga Alice (Hong Kong, WDA Asia Pacific)
4. Anandita Khan (Bangladesh, WDA Asia Pacific)
5. Mohd Nuriqram Bin Azhar (Malaysia, WDA Asia Pacific)
6. Hsiang-Yu CHAN (Taiwan)
7. Tung-Chun HSU (Taiwan)
8. Yu-Chi CHEN (Taiwan)

The total activity will be from June 30 to July 21. Dancers audition is on June 30, and the rehearsal will start immediately after, ending with the performances are on July 20 and July 21. The venue of the rehearsal and the performance are in the studios and the Experimental Theater at the Tsoying High School, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

Official Announcement

For more information, please contact 2024 IYCP Project Office: dance30@tyhs.kh.edu.tw or dance@tyhs.kh.edu.tw

CHOROEGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITY IN TAIWAN Working with eight choreographers in July 2024 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Registration Form to be sent to your chapter head

Three to four choreographers recommended by WDA Asia-Pacific , and one choreographer recommended by WDA-America or Europe will be selected to attend the Young Choreographer Project (IYCP) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. An additional three Taiwanese choreographers will also be selected to join the event. The funding is supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation, Bureau Culture Affairs of Kaohsiung City Government, and the Chin-Lin Foundation for Culture and Arts in Taiwan. The project will be held in the city of Kaohsiung, south of Taiwan. The tentative dates for the 2024 event are from July 1st to July 19th, with two performances taking place in the main stage of the theatre in the campus of Tsoying High School from July 20th to 21st. Choreographers will be recommended by WDA (Asian Pacific, America or Europe) chapter heads. The deadline for the recommendation from each chapter head is January 21st with all documents required sent to Taiwan. The final eight choreographers will be provided with housing, local transportation, dancers, studios, publicity, production and office assistance. In addition, an honorarium will be provided: US$ 800 for four choreographers from Asian Pacific area and US$ 1200 for the choreographer from America or Europe. Participants are responsible for international airfare and local transportation between the airport and the site. The selected choreographers will set the dance on dancers auditioned in Taiwan. It is recommended that only young choreographers who feel they can meet the challenges of producing a work under unfamiliar circumstances and with unfamiliar dancers should apply.

Each WDA region office in Asian Pacific, America or Europe will facilitate the selection process in its own chapter and sent only one candidate from each chapter or country to the IYCP office in Taiwan. You need to be a member in order to apply to your chapter. Expressions of interest should address the following points and approach to your area chapter (http://www.wda-ap.org/chapters/):

A. What would you gain from a professional experience such as this? B. Why would you like to work in Asia? C. A brief concept of your work D. A 200-word autobiography and a resume/CV

If you are short listed in the final list in your chapter, you will be required to submit WDA (Asia-Pacific, America or Europe) a link to an online video (YouTube or Vimeo) of a work sample of your recent choreography, either with a single dance piece or several excerpts (less than 20 minutes). You may also be invited to send up to three photos of your work, which is not compulsory, but will give WDA (Asian Pacific, America or Europe) selection board more ideas about your choreography. Expressions of interest should EMAIL to the WDA (Asia-Pacific, America or Europe) office of each chapter by January 10th. Download Registration Form *Please send this registration form to your chapter head for their evaluation. The name and document of each choreographer recommended by the WDA chapters should be sent to Taiwan office by January 30th. Taiwan office will announce the result of the final eight selections for the 2024 IYCP by February 25th, 2024, on the WDA-AP website at http://www.wda-ap.org. Also, a letter of confirmation to each choreographer will be emailed from the office in Taiwan.  For information or any enquiry about the International Young Choreography Project, please visit http://www.wda-ap.org/projects or contact the Project Office at Tsoying High School (email: dance30@tyhs.kh.edu.tw). Mailing address: Chapter Head /Ms. Su-ling Chou, Tso’s Dance Association 55, Hai-gong Rd., Tsoying, Kaohsiung 81326, Taiwan

(Ocean Dance Festival has been postponed to Janurary, 2024. Please watch for the update news on WDAAP website).

The Second Ocean Dance Festival (ODF) being organized at Cox’s Bazaar, a breath-takingly beautiful beach city, in Southern Bangladesh, by Nrityajog, a conglomeration of forty dance organizations of Bangladesh under the umbrella of the World Dance Alliance – Asia Pacific (WDA-AP), from November 22 to 24, 2023, is envisioned as a showcasing of mainly Bangladeshi dance interspersed by performances from South Asia and the Asia Pacific. The organizers hope to make this a yearly event combining exciting tourism with dance. The Ministries of Cultural Affairs and Civil Aviation & Tourism, of Bangladesh, are the co-hosts.
The Second ODF will be combined with the yearly event of WDA – AP, which includes Key-note speeches, Academic seminars, Workshops, Performances and Lecture demonstrations, on a ‘theme topic’ by participants from all over the Asia Pacific, concluding with the Annual General Meeting of WDA-AP.

check the festival website at http://www.oceandancefestival.com/
Download the introduction in PDF version.

Organized by the School of Dance at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, held between 17 and 25 June 2022, SWEAT is specially curated for the international dance community to meet, innovate, research, share and dance. This year, leading dance academies, artists, scholars and other practitioners will “arrive” in Hong Kong to reconnect and explore new frontiers of dance and beyond.

Come meet creative residents at ArtsCross Hong Kong 2022 to explore dance & technology “in the clouds”; celebrate the re-connection of dance academies and talented students at the first Digital International Festival for Dance Academies (IFDA) with screenings and interactive student forums and selected commissioned dance films. Presented by the World Dance Alliance and co-presented with the Hong Kong Dance Alliance (HKDA), the World Dance Alliance (WDA) Global Summit aims to promote dance and wellness in response to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the wellbeing of dance practitioners worldwide, with the theme Dance Offer/On New Energy. The sensational four-day virtual conference features a series of riveting and inspiring paper presentations, Pecha Kucha presentations, dance film screenings and more.

Watch the Festival Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoJfm7nE2Y

Learn more: https://sweat-festival.hkapa.edu

Members of WDA can enjoy exclusive discounts, get your pass now at https://sweat-festival.hkapa.edu/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=100194209&

For more information, contact info@sweat-festival.com

2022 International Young Choreographer Project has been cancelled.

Because of the spreading of COVID-19 in Taiwan, we are sorry to announce that the 2022 International Young Choreographer Project has to be cancelled. Hopefully, the project can be held in 2023.

If you still need furthur information, please contact the Project Office at Tso’s Dance Association
Chief of Secretary/Ms. Su-ling Chou
55, Hai-gong Rd., Tsoying, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
Email: dance30@tyhs.kh.edu.tw