SDT In The Spotlight: Chihiro Uchida
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22
Oct
Artistic Staff
17
Apr
Interview with
Jeremie Gan
What do you enjoy most about dance?
The high that you get from dance. The high that is an accumulation of hard work, preparation, ex...
17
Apr
Interview with
Satoru Agetsuma
What is your favourite ballet?
Le Corsaire. I find it fascinating because most ballet repertoires are of love stories with the fema...
24
Jan
Interview with
Nanase Tanaka (2017)
What did you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
SDT has a very versatile repertoire regardless of the company size. I alway...
17
Jan
2017 – Season of Bliss
Bliss
— noun
1. supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
2. heaven; paradise: the dance of eternal bliss.
Every...
18
Nov
Interview with
May Yen Cheah (2016)
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
The repertoire extends from classical to contemporary ballet so I never feel...
02
Nov
Interview with
Ma Ni
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
I really enjoyed dancing in Don Quixote. I’ve become more familiar with danc...
13
Oct
Interview with
Jason Carter (2016)
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
The repertoire is most exciting; dancing new and different pieces is always ...
13
Oct
Interview with
Chua Bi Ru
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
I don't think there is a "most" that I enjoy about 2016's performance season...
03
Oct
Interview with
Etienne Ferrère
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
There is so much that I enjoy about this year. From dancing in Don Quixote a...
19
Sep
Interview with
Yeo Chan Yee
Do you have any pre-performance rituals?
I don’t have a specific routine before a performance, but I always try to get ready a bit e...
14
Sep
Interview with
Akira Nakahama (2016)
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
It's hard to pinpoint one thing but I would say the versatility. We have bee...
31
Aug
Interview with
Beatrice Castañeda (2016)
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
Getting reacquainted with Swipe by Val Caniparoli was probably the most enjo...
18
Aug
Interview with
Elaine Heng (2016)
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
It’s got to be the new work, Symphony in 3 Movements, that we are working on...
04
Aug
Interview with
Kwok Min Yi (2016)
What do you enjoy most about 2016’s performance season?
There are so many works by very different choreographers in this year’s perf...
04
Aug
Interview with
Takeaki Miura
What is your most memorable performance in your life?
My most memorable performance would be Don Quixote, as it was the very first ...
02
Aug
Interview with
Justin Zee
What is your most memorable performance in your life?
My most memorable performance to date was dancing as Demetrius in Youri Vamos...
25
Jul
Interview with
Timothy Ng
Since you joined SDT as an apprentice in January 2016, what do you enjoy the most?
I must say that I enjoy every aspect of being a p...
10
Feb
Interview with
Megumi Sugita
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
Founder of Prima Bella Ballet Studio – MEGUMI SUGITA
Through sheer grit and determination, M...
21
Jan
Interview with
Xia Hai Ying
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
FOUNDER OF CITY BALLET ACADEMY – XIA HAI YING (1976)
Xia Hai Ying, who was formerly a Chines...
19
Jan
Interview with
Jamaludin Jalil
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
FOUNDING DANCER – JAMALUDIN JALIL (1961)
Forging the prospects of being a lawyer, Jamaludin ...
13
Jan
Interview with
Cheah Mei Sing
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
SOTA HEAD OF DANCE – CHEAH MEI SING
REKINDLING HER FIRST LOVE OF DANCE BY INSPIRING THE NEXT...
18
Nov
Interview with
Jeffery Tan
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
FROM PRINCIPAL DANCER AT SDT, TO PRINCIPAL AT SBA – JEFFREY TAN (1968)
Jeffrey Tan started l...
23
Oct
Interview with
Goh Soo Khim
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
THE CO-FOUNDER – MS GOH SOO KHIM (1944)
Ms Goh Soo Khim is one of the co-founders of Singapo...
06
Oct
Interview with
Mohamed Noor Sarman
Remembering Our Days; SDT Dance Pioneers
THE BALLET MASTER – MOHAMED NOOR SARMAN (1964)
Mohamed Noor Sarman, who is affectionately kn...
11
Mar
Interview with
Elaine Heng (2015)
When did you join SDT?
I joined SDT officially in Jan 2011 as an apprentice.
What were your first few soloist roles in the compan...
11
Mar
Interview with
May Yen Cheah (2015)
When did you join SDT?
I joined SDT in August 2011.
What were your first few soloist roles in the company, and what was it like d...
23
Feb
Interview with
Reece Hudson
How old were you when you started ballet? Did you like it?
I started learning ballet at De Souza Dance Centre when I was 12 years ol...
16
Feb
Interview with
Shan Del Vecchio
How old were you when you started ballet?
I was ten turning eleven when I started taking ballet class. My father was the one who per...
28
Jan
Interview with
Ma Ni
How old were you when you started ballet?
I did Chinese dance since I was five or six years old, and started learning ballet at Liao...
14
Jan
Interview with
Mai Suzuki
How old were you when you started ballet?
I was eight when I started learning classical ballet in Japan with my twin sister, Yuu Suz...
30
Dec
Interview with
Marina Yatsushiro
How old were you when you started ballet?
I started learning ballet at the age of 10, but before that, I also learnt gymnastics when...
18
Dec
Interview with
Huo Liang
How old were you when you started ballet?
I started learning ballet at the age of 10, but before that, I also learnt gymnastics when...
18
Nov
Interview with
Nanase Tanaka (2014)
How old were you when you started ballet?
I started learning ballet at the age of four in Japan. Since then, ballet became such an i...
05
Nov
Interview with
Beatrice Castañeda
How old were you when you started ballet? Did you like it?
I started dancing ballet when I was seven years old. I had to really conv...
27
Oct
Interview with
Sun Hong Lei
How old were you when you started ballet? Did you like it?
I started learning Chinese dance in kindergarten when I was three years old...
27
Oct
Interview with
Kwok Min Yi
How old were you when you started ballet? Did you like it?
As a really young girl, I remember watching my elder sister in her ballet...
22
Sep
Interview with
Akira Nakahama (2014)
How old were you when you started ballet?
I was around 3 years old when I first started learning ballet, and I think I must have rea...
19
Sep
Interview with
Jason Carter
How old were you when you started ballet? Did you like it?
I was 5 years old when I started taking ballet classes, and I was taught ...
08
Sep
Interview with
Kensuke Yorozu
How old were you when you started ballet, and did you like it?
I started ballet when I was 5 years old in the USA, I moved there becau...
26
Aug
Interview with
Elaine Heng (2014)
How old were you when you started ballet?
I was four when I started learning ballet in Kindergarten, and I moved to Singapore Ballet...
17
Jan
Interview with
Chihiro Uchida
How old were you when you started ballet?
I was 2 ½ years old. My mum told me that as soon as I started to walk, I also liked to dance...