Theatre, Dance

59:59

Organised by: Decadance Co Performed by: Decadance Co and Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company
  • Date:
    11 - 12 Sep 2026
  • Time:
    8.00PM - 8.50PM
  • Duration:
    50 minutes
  • Venue:
    Esplanade Theatre Studio
  • Language:
    Chinese & English
  • Admission:
    - Admission is subject to valid tickets produced at the entrance.

    - Each ticket admits one person.

    - Please note that the performance will begin promptly. To ensure an uninterrupted experience for both performers and the audience, latecomers will only be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

  • Advisory:
    5 year old and above

Synopsis:

59:59 is a full-length contemporary dance work that asks a simple but urgent question: If you had one hour left to live, how would you spend it?

Developed through a five-week cross-cultural residency spanning Taiwan and Singapore, the work draws from personal reflections and research into predominantly Asian perspectives on death, impermanence, and the afterlife.

Choreographed collaboratively by Hsu Chen Wei (Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company, Taiwan) and Rachel Lum (Decadance Co, Singapore), and performed by dancers from both companies, 59:59 unfolds as a visceral meditation on mortality—moving from resistance and fear toward acceptance, presence, and the quiet appreciation of life's fleeting moments.