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Shut Up and Dance 2022 – Destination:
Destination: a place, a path, or a pause? Like a twisty map or a bumpy road, our journey through life can often feel confusing and unbearable. Every junction is a dilemma – do we stop or go? Turn left, or right, move forward or backwards? And if we keep stopping to think about our next step, how then will we ever reach our destination?
Destination: explores our journey in realising a dream, a goal or a milestone. Detours and distractions are inevitable, but somehow we always seem to arrive at the right place, at the right time. And at the end, we realise that our destination is not just a place, but a process of being a better version of ourselves.
About Shut Up and Dance
NUS Dance Blast! Shut Up And Dance (SUAD) is a biennial event organised and produced by NUS Dance Blast!. This production provides Blast! members with a platform to hone their craft, grow their event planning and production skills, and showcase their passion for dance to a wider audience.
This year’s SUAD will be held on 17 & 18 September 2022 at the University Cultural Centre Ho Bee Auditorium, and will feature eight performances by current members and alumni of NUS Dance Blast!.
About NUS Dance Blast!
Founded in 2001, NUS Dance Blast! focuses on street dance and open choreography. As the largest street dance group in NUS, Blast! prides itself in empowering its members to grow as versatile and excellent dancers. Through a holistic curriculum and various events, Blast! provides opportunities for its members to discover themselves as performers, creators and leaders. Collectively, as a family of dancers from diverse backgrounds, Blast! comes together to leave a positive, Blast!ing impression on the dance community and society at large.
Recent productions include Scene: By Blast; Tak Lurus, a digital production for NUS Arts Festival 2022; From The Store, our 20th Anniversary digital production; Take 5: A Time to Share, for NUS Arts Festival 2021; and Blast! Out of Bounce: Deleted in 2019.
NUS Dance Blast! is a member of NUS Centre For the Arts, and one of 20 co-curricular activity groups distinguished as Arts Excellence Groups in the National University of Singapore.
Choreographers
This year’s SUAD production features an amazing line-up of choreographers comprising both current and alumni Blast!ards!, as well as guest choreographer Fredy Kosman.