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YSDAF 2025: Pitch Start
2025-03-01 08:00 - 2025-03-30 23:59 (Asia/Shanghai)
The Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival (YSDAF) celebrates a decade of arts and community. Since 2014, Pitch Start has been an integral component of YSDAF and is an avenue for artistes or arts groups to pitch their ideas based on a given theme.

For YSDAF 2025, themed “Community: Side by Side”, Pitch Start is calling for creative and meaningful ideas to engage Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) through the arts and encourage collaboration between people of all abilities.

Successful applicants stand a chance to win a grant of up to RM30,000. The project team is expected to run a 6 to 8-week programme to conceptualise, train and / or devise a presentation or performance with participants comprising PWDs to be premiered at YSDAF 2025 Urban Tour’s Community Stage.

Deadline for all entries is 30 March 2025, 11.59pm Malaysian time.

For guidelines and application forms, visit ysdartsfestival.com.my/pitch-start/.

For more details about YSDAF, check out ysdartsfestival.com.my.

Love Connects: My Life in Dance by Goh Soo Khim
2025-03-21 10:00 - 2025-04-13 17:00 | The Private Museum, 11 Upper Wilkie Rd, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore 228120, Singapore
The Private Museum is delighted to present Love Connects: My Life in Dance by Goh Soo Khim, a book launch accompanied by a special exhibition that offers a glimpse into her journey in dance, her artistic influences, and her enduring legacy in the cultural landscape in Singapore.
Cultural Medallion recipient Goh Soo Khim is a pioneering figure whose influence extends far beyond the stage. As co-founder of the Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT), now known as Singapore Ballet, the doyenne has shaped the landscape of dance in Singapore, nurturing generations of dancers.
Her memoir, as told by Phan Ming Yen, traces a life in motion—chronicling the triumphs, sacrifices, and the devotion that have defined her life in dance and beyond. In dialogue with the book, the exhibition explores vignettes of life-long relationships forged through art and poignant moments from her time with SDT.
The exhibition presents a series of photographs by Robin PE Chee and Tan Ngiap Heng, long-time photographers who have documented SDT’s performances for decades—alongside an intimate selection of works from her private collection, featuring renowned and established artists whose works resonate with her journey. Through the lens of photography and the visual arts, it highlights the artistic collaborations, shared influences, and her enduring love for the arts.
At the heart of both the book and the exhibition is a singular theme—love. Love, in its purest form, is the driving force behind all that Goh Soo Khim has built: the communities she has nurtured, the dancers she has inspired, and the legacy she continues to shape.
