Be a part of the creative process as artists bring their ideas to fruition. This showcase gives you a first peek into the work-in-progress of a new dance work, The Locusts' Wrath.

Developing The Locusts' Wrath at the da:ns artist residency is choreographer Angela Liong, who is also the co-founder and artistic director of The Arts Fission Company, and France-based composer Joyce Koh. The Locusts' Wrath looks at the extreme global climatic changes that parallel the condition of the human psyche. The development of the work draws from literary/cultural sources as well as relevant scientific research. Recent dramatic natural calamities such as the locust attacks on African crops, the tsunami disaster, the Merapi volcano eruption and earthquake in Yogjakarta continue to shed poignancy to the creative investigation. One of the intentions of this creative process is to cultivate a new genre of Asian dance theatre that engages audiences with the dynamic interaction between contemporary dance and music and a visual narrative through multi-media projections.

The artist residency at da:ns supports the development of new dance works through the provision of time and space at the Esplanade to enable artists to germinate ideas, explore collaborations and experiment with new creative and production techniques. This scheme is part of the Esplanade's role in engaging with the arts community and contributing to growth of the arts in Singapore.