Danses de Rêve
About
Singapore Ballet and Alliance Française Singapour co-presents Danses de Rêve as part of the vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2026 programme lineup.
Supported by the Embassy of France in Singapore, vOilah! is the annual French festival celebrating the creativity and innovation of French artists, scientists, and cultural thinkers in Singapore.
For this year’s show, Singapore Ballet is proud to make its festival debut with Danses de Rêve, an evening that brings together newly created works and beautifully curated pieces from our repertoire. This presentation builds on our ongoing collaboration with Alliance Française Singapour, which began in 2021.
The evening features a new creation by French-born choreographer Claire Voss, whose career spans more than two decades across Europe and Asia. Étienne Ferrère, former Principal dancer with Singapore Ballet, also returns with Singular, now restaged for a larger audience.
In addition, Singapore Ballet will showcase several gems from its repertoire including excerpts from:
• Configurations Pas de Deux by Choo-San Goh — last staged at the Esplanade Theatre in 2024
• Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 102 Pas de Deux by Edmund Stripe — created especially for the company and last performed at Ballet Under The Stars in 2025
• Cinderella Pas de Deux by Janek Schergen — which concluded Singapore Ballet’s 2025 season at the Esplanade Theatre to a sold-out audience.
Uniting original creations, celebrated works, and exceptional artistry, Danses de Rêve promises an unforgettable evening of dance — one not to be missed.
Programme List
Après un rêve by Claire Voss
Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102 pas de Deux by Edmund Stripe
Configurations Pas de Deux by Choo-San Goh
Cinderella Pas de Deux by Janek Schergen
Singular by Étienne Ferrère
16 May, Saturday | 7pm
17 May, Sunday | 3pm
Alliance Française de Singapour
1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130
$40, Free Seating
10% discount for:
Artiste & Staff, Singapore Ballet Donors, Friends of Alliance Francaise, Partners & Sponsors [Promo code to be issued]
[Group booking]
Complimentary ticket for every 20 tickets purchased
This event is Culture Pass-eligible. To find out more about Culture Pass, please click here.
Featured Choreographers
Etienne Ferrère (Former Principal Dancer of Singapore Ballet)
Singular
“...characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility that the author thinks no one else has discovered or said something essential about”. Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being.
In this piece, I explored the different emotional relationships between individuals in the absence of a story context, so in the purity of the feelings.
Claire Voss (French-born ballerina and choreographer)
Après un rêv
A reflection on a homeland left behind in childhood, this work explores how a place, over time, comes to exist only as a dream shaped by memory and imagination. Through a child’s gaze, the past softens, becoming more luminous and deeply nostalgic.
For Claire, this is the village she left at fourteen to pursue ballet, recalled through what Marcel Proust described as “la madeleine”, memories awakened by sensation and emotion. This universal feeling of longing resonates across cultures, connecting personal history with collective experience.
Our partners
As part of vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2026
