How a sensual dance cemented Jeanette Aw and Romeo Tan’s emotional connection for new drama

The local actors' improvised emotional dance became a central, wordless scene in Highway To Somewhere. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – One dance was all it took to set the dynamics of their onscreen relationship in their new drama Highway To Somewhere. 

During a pre-filming workshop, local actors Jeanette Aw and Romeo Tan were asked to improvise a dance. 

It started with her choosing a piece of music. What followed, she recalls, was an unplanned but deeply emotional exchange.

“Our (acting) teacher actually asked us to do an improv. It was a dance, and then he asked me what music I wanted to play,” Aw tells The Straits Times at a press event on March 4. 

“It was an instant emotional connection between Romeo and me. There were no lines, nothing. It was just us feeling each other.”

The moment was so powerful that the director immediately took note.