Michael Hwang, Lee Lung-Nien, Laura Hwang, Grace Fu, Janek Schergen, Kevin Cheok
Cover Michael Hwang, Lee Lung-Nien, Laura Hwang, Grace Fu, Janek Schergen, Kevin Cheok

To mark the year-long celebrations of Singapore Dance Theatre's (SDT) 30th anniversary, the national dance company hosted its annual gala dinner at Capitol Theatre—the perfect setting to display the incredible oeuvres by its dancers. There was a palpable energy in the air, as Singapore's most avid cultural supporters came decked to represent the evening's theme, The Moon and The Stars: all the guests, including the very sporting men, wore diamonds and pearls.

While the food and company were stellar, the highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the three performances by the highly skilled dancers of SDT—the first was an energetic choreography by Choo San-Goh set to Schubert Symphony (4th Movement); then, the dancers performed the iconic The Nutcracker Pas de Deux, and ended in the high-octane Rubies by George Balanchine. The evening was graced by minister Grace Fu, who revealed that she had learnt ballet as a child—and even had the chance to reconnect with her dance instructor! A magical evening, indeed. 

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Photo 1 of 15 Marilyn Lum, Elaine Kim, Laura Hwang, Ann Tan, June Goh, Gek Hwang, Christopher Hwang, Tjin Le
Photo 2 of 15 Michael Hwang, Lee Lung-Nien, Laura Hwang, Grace Fu, Janek Schergen, Kevin Cheok
Photo 3 of 15 Patrick Daniel, Rosa Daniel, Michael Hwang, Laura Hwang, Goh Soo Khim, Koh Choon Hui, Sharon Lim, Gabriel Lim, Lynn McDonald, Mary Tan, Tony Tan, Grace Fu
Photo 4 of 15 Marilyn Lum, Laura Hwang, Tjin Lee, Elaine Kim
Photo 5 of 15 Goh Soo Khim
Photo 6 of 15 Kenya Nakamura, Goh Soo Khim, Chihiro Uchida, Laura Hwang
Photo 7 of 15 Grace Fu, Kwok Min Yi
Photo 8 of 15 Mary Tan, Tony Tan
Photo 9 of 15 Grace Fu, Paige Parker, Laura Hwang
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Photo 12 of 15 Elaine Kim, Ann Tan, Winnie Chan, Laura Hwang, June Goh
Photo 13 of 15 Goh Soo Khim, Grace Fu, Koh Choon Hui
Photo 14 of 15 Janek Schergen
Photo 15 of 15 Tjin Lee, Winnie Chan