SEEDLINGS
(2021-2023)
Child-centred arts engagement programme.
Various locations around The Esplanade.
Project Info
First presented at the inaugural March On Festival at The Esplanade, and subsequently a yearly programme at March On; in 2023, an alumni programme was launched in addition to the regular SEEDLINGS programme
Project Credits
Created by — The Esplanade, Chong Gua Khee and Faye Lim (Derring-Do Dance)
Lead Facilitators — Chong Gua Khee and Faye Lim (Derring-Do Dance)
In all editions, we want to say a huge thank you to the families of the children, the guest artists and presenters, and everyone else who helped in one way or another to make SEEDLINGS possible!
→ SEEDLINGS logo (designed by The Esplanade)
SEEDLINGS is a programme that seeks to bring together a group of enthusiastic and arts-loving young people of diverse experiences and abilities. Participants get to meet like-minded peers and share their unique perspectives on topics close to their hearts.
Designed and facilitated by arts practitioners Chong Gua Khee and Faye Lim, SEEDLINGS features a series of arts-based workshops, dialogues and performances as part of March On, a new multi-disciplinary and participatory arts festival. The festival inspires and is inspired by young audiences.
With SEEDLINGS, Esplanade seeks to further develop children-centred artistic experiences at the national performing arts centre and within the wider Singaporean Arts for Young Audiences landscape.
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For more details about the 2021 pilot as well as the team’s reflections about it, you can read ‘Planning and Tending to SEEDLINGS’, an article Faye and I wrote for The Esplanade’s Offstage platform.
In 2022, Faye and I spoke with The Esplanade Programmer Edlyn Ng about SEEDLINGS, now in its second year, and reflected on the key values that guided us in designing the programme. The article ‘Looking Back on SEEDLINGS 2022’ also highlights our hopes for future editions of the SEEDLINGS programme.