Creative Director
Benedict Soh
Benedict is a seasoned performer, educator, and choreographer with over three decades of experience. He holds a Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours in Choreography from the University of Melbourne (Victorian College of the Arts).
Trained in Chinese classical and contemporary dance since 1987 under Mr Ng Chay Kuang, Benedict further honed his choreographic voice under Helen Herbertson and Dr Don Asker. Since 2001, he has served as Creative Director and Resident Choreographer of Dance Horizon Troupe (Singapore), contributing over 20 works and two full-length productions. In 2021, he joined Singapore Chinese Dance Theatre as Creative Director.
He has also worked internationally, including as a guest choreographer for Jakarta’s International Buddhist Dance Troupe and Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green Community Centre. A committed dance educator, he continues to mentor and inspire students across schools.
Benedict’s works are known for their originality and visual impact, with performances presented across Asia and Europe. His works were also showcased at the 2007 Hong Kong International Children’s Cultural and Art Festival and Korea’s prestigious Andong International Mask Dance Festival. His piece Metamorphosis earned top honours at the 2008 Europe New Prague Dance Festival, making him the first Singaporean to receive the “Best Choreography and Contemporary Dance” award.
Passionate about the connection between arts and culture, Benedict believes in dance as a vital and evolving expression of community and identity.
In 2013 and 2014, his works, together with the dance company, were invited as the first Singaporean dance representative to attend and perform at the most prestigious and largest international festival in Korea, “Andong International Face-Mask Dance Art Festival”.
Believing that the Arts grow from culture and vice versa, Benedict sees our world as the interwoven foundation from which many artists draw their inspiration. Our society, therefore, refers to the natural vastness of the culture and the arts as understood and expressed by the audience and artists, whereby they feel a nourishing community gathered under the same roof. Dance- the art itself, enables us to find its unique role within the rapidly changing and expanding horizons of dance culture.