Catch dance shows by Barrowland Ballet and Akram Khan at Esplanade’s March On festival

Discover upcoming dance shows at Esplanade, featuring Akram Khan Dance Company's Chotto Desh and Barrowland Ballet's Tiger Tale. Read more at straitstimes.com.

March On may be billed as the Esplanade’s festival for young audiences, but it is also turning into a surprise annual stop for some very engaging dance shows. 

First up is Glasgow-based Barrowland Ballet’s Tiger Tale at the Esplanade Theatre Studio on March 13 and 14. A tiger upends a family’s dynamics in this energetic black box production for audiences aged seven and up.

Within the confines of a cage defined by spider-webbed string, dancers enact this tale of a girl’s relationship with her parents. Audiences get to explore the set after the show.

Dance fans will also want to put in their diary Chotto Desh by the renowned Akram Khan Dance Company, which last appeared in 2024’s March On with its Jungle Book Reimagined production.

Chotto Desh, which means “small homeland” in Bengali, features the same blend of animation, dance and spoken text as Jungle Book, and will be performed at the Singtel Waterfront Theatre on March 21.

Adapted in 2015 from Khan’s Olivier Award-winning solo Desh, it tells the story of a young man’s memories and dreams as he moves between Bangladesh and Britain.