Aspirations features five dance works by five established and new choreographers. Singapore's Cultural Medallion recipient Lim Fei Shen presents Tyranny of Beauty, a piece that examines the seemingly inescapable physical suffering of a woman while Young Artist Award recipient Jamaludin Jalil's S.W.A.N.S. is a light-hearted piece on a serious topic; exploring the price of conformity and identity.

Inspired by Heitor Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No 5, fellow faculty member Gillian Tan's Voices Within explores the suppressed emotions that confine us. Two notable and well-received works by NAFA's alumni, Silkworm by Judy Ren Yi and Qing Guo Qing Chen by Yin Hao, present fresh perspectives by these two up and coming young choreographers.

Performed by students of NAFA's diploma dance programme, Aspirations showcases the diversity, creativity and versatility that are at the core of its curriculum. Through rigorous training in technique and performance, in modern dance, ballet, Chinese classical, Southeast Asian and South Asian dance, framed by sound theoretical modules, NAFA develops dance artists equipped to enter the competitive dance world and make a mark with their boundless talent.