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INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

Latest takeover with Daisy Toh (VA 2012)!

INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

Dance Alumni Get-Together

Reunite with our dancers back in SOTA and get grooving together! Click for more details.

Dance Alumni Get-Together
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Freshly Pressed: alumni interviews

Freshly Pressed
FEATURE: MYOPIC (ANDRE, ZEHARN AND ZEHERNG)
Jan 27, 2019
FEATURE: MYOPIC (ANDRE, ZEHARN AND ZEHERNG)
Jan 27, 2019
Jan 27, 2019
ALUMNI BOARD Q&A
Jun 10, 2018
ALUMNI BOARD Q&A
Jun 10, 2018

We have some question and answers with the Board to find out what their term has been like as nominations for the next Board comes up soon!

Jun 10, 2018
FEATURE: ALMIRA FARID
Mar 9, 2018
FEATURE: ALMIRA FARID
Mar 9, 2018

We chat with ethnomusicologist major Almira Farid (c. 2014) for our ninth feature.

Mar 9, 2018
FEATURE: CLARE CHONG
Feb 24, 2018
FEATURE: CLARE CHONG
Feb 24, 2018

We interview filmmaker creative Clare Chong (c. 2014) for our eighth feature.

Feb 24, 2018
FEATURE: ZUNNUR ZHAFIRAH
Jan 29, 2018
FEATURE: ZUNNUR ZHAFIRAH
Jan 29, 2018

In conversation with dancer and artist Zunnur Zhafirah (c. 2013) for our seventh feature.

Jan 29, 2018
FEATURE: MARCUS YEE
Jan 11, 2018
FEATURE: MARCUS YEE
Jan 11, 2018

For our sixth feature we interview artist and art-writer Marcus Yee (c. 2014). 

Jan 11, 2018
FEATURE: WEIQI YAP
Dec 24, 2017
FEATURE: WEIQI YAP
Dec 24, 2017

Weiqi Yap (c. 2014) takes us through her journey in fashion journalism for our fifth feature! 

Dec 24, 2017
FEATURE: MICHELLE LIM
Dec 6, 2017
FEATURE: MICHELLE LIM
Dec 6, 2017

We're with dancer-choreographer Michelle Lim (c. 2012) for our fourth feature!

Dec 6, 2017
FEATURE – RACHAEL CHEONG
Sep 26, 2017
FEATURE – RACHAEL CHEONG
Sep 26, 2017

For our third feature, we have our first VA fashion alumna Rachael Cheong (c.2012)!

Sep 26, 2017
FEATURE – CRYSTLE WEE
Jun 16, 2017
FEATURE – CRYSTLE WEE
Jun 16, 2017

Crystle Wee (c.2012), aspiring marine conservationist, joins us for an interview for our second alumni feature!

Jun 16, 2017

ALUMNI CALENDAR

ALUMNI CLASSIFIEDS

Alumni Classifieds
IMPART Awards 2019: Award & Funding
Oct 15, 2018
IMPART Awards 2019: Award & Funding
Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018
Singapore Tyler Print Institute: Assistant Printer
Sep 4, 2018
Singapore Tyler Print Institute: Assistant Printer
Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018
Hatch Art Project: Gallery Administrative Assistant
Aug 18, 2018
Hatch Art Project: Gallery Administrative Assistant
Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018
9th France + Singapore Photographic Arts Awards (FSPAA): Competition
Aug 18, 2018
9th France + Singapore Photographic Arts Awards (FSPAA): Competition
Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018
Jack Morton Experiential Agency: Production Intern
Aug 8, 2018
Jack Morton Experiential Agency: Production Intern
Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Taneo Dance Academy: Dance Instructor Position
Jul 19, 2018
Taneo Dance Academy: Dance Instructor Position
Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018
The Substation: Writing Competition
Jul 4, 2018
The Substation: Writing Competition
Jul 4, 2018
Jul 4, 2018
The Substation: Instagram Short Film Competition
Jul 4, 2018
The Substation: Instagram Short Film Competition
Jul 4, 2018
Jul 4, 2018
CDL E-Generation Challenge
Jul 3, 2018
CDL E-Generation Challenge
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
NUS Centre For the Arts: Mural Commission
Jul 3, 2018
NUS Centre For the Arts: Mural Commission
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
BeScene: Graphic Designer/UI Designer, Internship or Part-Time
Apr 25, 2018
BeScene: Graphic Designer/UI Designer, Internship or Part-Time
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
Galeries Bartoux: Art Gallery Assistant
Apr 25, 2018
Galeries Bartoux: Art Gallery Assistant
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
UNTAPPED: Open Call
Apr 24, 2018
UNTAPPED: Open Call
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
Encore Films: Internship
Apr 24, 2018
Encore Films: Internship
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
A*STAR Corporate Comunications: Internship
Apr 24, 2018
A*STAR Corporate Comunications: Internship
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
Singapore International Photography Festival 2018: Open Call
Mar 21, 2018
Singapore International Photography Festival 2018: Open Call
Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018
NG Art Creative Residency Prize 2018
Mar 21, 2018
NG Art Creative Residency Prize 2018
Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018
Supernormal & Sand Magazine: Open Call for Art
Mar 7, 2018
Supernormal & Sand Magazine: Open Call for Art
Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018
Celebrating SOTA's 10th Anniversary - Monuments and Memories
Feb 10, 2018
Celebrating SOTA's 10th Anniversary - Monuments and Memories
Feb 10, 2018
Feb 10, 2018
Lamy Pens: Part-Time Product Demonstration
Feb 6, 2018
Lamy Pens: Part-Time Product Demonstration
Feb 6, 2018
Feb 6, 2018

INSTAGRAM @ALUMNI.SOTA

We had such an AMAZING time at our dance alumni meet up last weekend! Breaking a sweat with good tunes and company. Reliving dance in A7. Having a go at unfamiliar dance genres with familiar faces 💖
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Thank you so much to all of you who came down, and to Nikki, Pamela, Ivan, Lindsey, Yue Ru, and Iswarya facilitating the classes. Shoutout to Poh Hian, Renee and Joy for putting this together! 〰️
We’re always excited for these events happening, so if you’d ever like to come up with one and would like the support of the alumni body, get in touch!
We hope you’re excited about this as we are, there’s only one more day to sign up for the sessions! For the 6th October we have from Class of 2012 Ma Yue Ru and Iswarya Jayakumar teaching us Improv and Indian Bollywood respectively! If you have any questions please DM or email us! More information in our bio. ✨
YueRu Ma was born in Singapore and has danced professionally in the United States and Spain with companies such as Marcat Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2, Post:Ballet and Present-Day Dance Theater. She began her formal dance education at School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA), and later graduated summa cum laude from The Boston Conservatory, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance Performance. As an artist, she strives to always be honest, curious, and courageous, and impact this world meaningfully through the powerful language of dance.
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A disciple of late SMT Neila Sathyalingam, Iswarya Jayakumar has been learning Bharathanatyam since the tender age of three and has performed and competed locally and Internationally. Since graduation from SOTA, she has completed her Bachelors Degree in Biomedical Sciences and have excelled in many prestigious dance competitions overseas (UK Dance Elite Championship 2016, 1st in Battle of Bollywood). She has also been given the opportunity to be featured in a German TV movie entitled ‘Das Gespenst von Cassley’ and ‘Loveratri’ an upcoming Bollywood film produced by Salman Khan.
Come join Iswarya’s Indian Bollywood class for a unique experience to expose yourself to a refreshing dance genre.
Brush the dust off your shoes and get ready to move! For the 5th of October, Friday evening, we have Ivan Koh @ivansmorgan and Lindsey Lum @lindseylatin teaching us Ballet and Latin respectively! For more information on the classes and the instructors, click the link in our bio. ✨
Ivan (p. 2013) after SOTA furthered his studies on full scholarship at the New Zealand School of Dance. He then joined the Singapore Dance Theatre Company in September 2017 and has been an artist there since. While serving National Service, he had the opportunity to work with the Music and Drama Company performing extensively in various genres.
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Lindsey (c. 2014) is one of Singapore’s best female amateur Latin dancers. Together with her partner, she emerged as the top Singaporean as well as second best SEA couple at the Blackpool Dance Festival 2017. She has won numerous titles and have travelled and competed in Malaysia, Hong Kong, London etc. Lindsey will be conducting a Latin workshop for us with her current partner and is looking forward to seeing you in her class.
We are proud to be introducing our dancers for this year’s series of dance alumni meetups! Nikki Chan (@n3kk3) and Pamela Khiu (@pamkhiu) will be teaching lyrical and hip hop respectively on the 4th of October, this coming Thursday evening. For more information on how to sign up for the classes and the Instructor profiles, click the link in our bio!
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Nikki (c.2013) started dancing at an early age of 4. Specialising in contemporary and jazz, She then joined The Royal dance off Contemporary dance company in 2016 as a full time company Dancer and has her weekly classes at TRDO.
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Pamela (c.2015) is currently a final year student in NTU. She started dancing Hip Hop at an age of 11 and subsequently ventured into other dance genres such as Ballet, Contemporary, Street Dance, Jazz Funk and more. Throughout the years, she has performed and competed on several platforms, both national and international.
REGISTER NOW!!✨✨✨ OPEN TO ALL ALL ALUMNI, priority would be given to dance alumnus.

It is our first time organising a dance alumni get-together and we are super excited to have 6 alumnus coming back to give classes! If you an alumni and would love to groove with us, you are WELCOME too! 
For more information about their classes, see their profiles at: https://www.alumnisota.com/…/2018/10/4/dance-alumni-get-tog…. Juniors who may not know them, don’t be shy! We promise the classes will be for everyone so JIO JIO JIO! It will be an enjoyable time to meet old and new faces, maybe even your teachers!

Please sign up to each class individually as you will need a ticket to get into school.

Dance Dare: YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO ALL 6 CLASSES (: Sign Up Here by 2 Oct, 2359: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/dance-alumni-get-together-ticke…

Price: pay-as-you-wish

For any enquires please email: sota.alumniboard@gmail.com

Poster credits: Joy Ho (insta: @feever_dreem
All the best to @kevintristan competing in @thefluxcollective ‘s inaugural contemporary dance competition tomorrow!

The Flux Collective, co-founded by SOTA Alumni @natkhoo (Class of 2014), is an event-based organisation that aims to bring the like-minded together and curate new platforms for contemporary dancers across Singapore.

Do support the both of them!!! Tickets are going at $18 each at www.thefluxcollective.com/tickets 🙂 #SOTAspotted #aftersotadowhat
Thanks Ethan (@ethanwrks) - for taking us around London Fashion Week on the posts, AMAs, stories and even for the brief live session! ✨ You can find Ethan’s street style photos for LFW on the @harpersbazaarsg website. •
We love to see alumni content on our feed so drop us a message ANYTIME if you’d like to do a takeover!! X
Day 5 of LFW: It’s finally the end! It was nice to attend and cover this season and also to just share my experience and thoughts with yall! Hope I was able to give enough of a peek into what it’s like at LFW! Feel free to DM me at @ethanwrks if you’ve got more questions abt fashion media/UAL/CSM! #aftersotadowhat
Day 4 of LFW: Spent the day editing! It’s nice to get a breather from the FW environment and just not have to see people/fashion/fashion people (Also you guys can submit qns on our insta story for our lG live session with @coqillage abt fashion media! Sorry this afternoon was a fail we’ll try this live thing again when we can!)
Day 2 of LFW: It’s been a long caffeinated day as I had an early start shooting backstage at the @eudonchoi show followed by assisting a Chanel feature shoot with Harper’s BAZAAR SG and just shooting more street style!
And here are just some street style pics I shot outside the various show locations. Check back later today for Day 2 of LFW!
Day 1 of LFW is done! Here’s a snap I took at the @nicopanda SS19 collection show earlier this afternoon
 
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