da:ns Festival

In 2012, Esplanade commemorates its 10th Anniversary in service to the community with the theme Celebrating Life – The best of the Human Spirit through the Arts. The da:ns festival celebrates the theme of Love. 

Of all our emotions, love has perhaps received the greatest attention. At one level primitive, mysterious and intense, at another, it moves individuals and whole communities to heights of divine ecstasy. In whatever form it takes, whether maternal or fraternal, romantic or compassionate, love in its most fundamental aspect reminds us that we cannot be alone, that we can be who we are, and celebrate life in all its glory, only when we are in a relationship with another.

Esplanade’s da:ns festival invites one and all to fall in love with dance and find a renewed love for life.

“Dance is the language of the soul.”– Martha Graham