The Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) was founded in 1988 by Goh Soo Khim and the late Anthony Then. Under the directorship of Goh Soo Khim, SDT developed into a premier professional dance company that grew from seven to 24 dancers. Each year, the Company performs five to six seasons, including the widely popular Ballet Under The Stars (BUTS) at the Fort Canning Park.

The Company’s repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary ballet, from renowned choreographers and staging directors like Choo San Goh, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Jiri Kylian, Stanton Welch, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Thierry Malandain, Mauricio Wainrot, Val Caniparoli, Graham Lustig, Jorma Elo, David Dawson and Edmund Stripe.

With the appointment of Janek Schergen as Artistic Director in January 2009, the Company is poised for new achievements in the international and Singapore dance arena. Janek is also the Artistic Director of the Choo-San Goh & H. Robert Magee Foundation which oversees the licensing and production of Choo San Goh's ballets and the annual Choo San Goh Awards for Choreography.

Arts Education Program and Outreach

As a major grant recipient from the Singapore Government and in keeping with SDT’s commitment to bring the finest in dance to the public audience, SDT actively reaches out to the public to create greater awareness of dance through outreach to schools with our Arts Education Programme (AEP), Dance Appreciation Series (DAS) jointly presented by The Esplanade Co., and One@ The Ballet – a new initiative to help public gain more understanding about life as a dancer at SDT.

These efforts aim to make dance more accessible to the masses. SDT hopes to spread the beauty, passion and discipline of dance to as many people as possible and place Singapore in the minds of international dance aficionados.

“… the Singapore Dance Theatre would seem a little Asiatic gem. The company’s strength lies in a seamless transition between strong classical technique and contemporary movement, effortlessly switching between turned-out to turned-in and back again.”

– Graham Watts, March 2005 Ballet.co Magazine

“…Singapore Dance Theatre made a valiant effort with this production of Swan Lake, and as a benchmark, demonstrated that it is indeed capable of competently presenting one of the classics of the ballet repertory.”

– Jamaludin bin Jalil, February 2008, Dance Europe

“ReDoubled proves that Singapore Dance Theatre has the talent, strength, and prowess for contemporary dance pieces…”

– Tara Tan, October 2008, Straits Times Life!

For more information on SDT, please visit www.singaporedancetheatre.com.