Movement Artist • Choreographer • Interdisciplinary Collaborator • Educator
I’m currently based in Singapore, and most likely frolicking around the studio now.
A Movement Artist, Choreographer, Interdisciplinary Collaborator and an Educator, Goh Shou Yi’s curiosity has empowered him to embrace a multitude of roles. Shou Yi has been actively collaborating with both local and international artists to create and present dance choreographies and performances in various platforms & festivals.
Fascinated by the relationship between the body and society, Shou Yi is fervently driven to explore this profound relationship through a multifaceted lens. He actively collaborates across diverse interdisciplinary fields to contribute in this exploration.
Alongside his independent artistic practice, Shou Yi also serves as a Lecturer at the School of Dance, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), University of the Arts Singapore (UAS).
HIGHLIGHTS
Shou Yi was honoured with the inaugural NAFA Young Alumni Medal 2025, presented by the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), University of the Arts Singapore (UAS), in recognition of his artistic excellence, international collaborations, and his meaningful contributions to the growth of contemporary dance and the arts community.
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) Chairman Ms Low Sin Leng, Singapore Minister for Education Mr Desmond Lee, Goh Shou Yi (left to right)
NAKA
A Collaborative Work by Goh Shou Yi (Singapore) & Mai Kubota (Japan)
Award Presentation at M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2018
With New Dance for Asia International Festival Artistic Director, Yu Hosik (Korea) & Advisor of New Dance for Asia International Festival, Takao Norikoshi (Japan)
Mai: “Getting to work with Shou Yi whom I was unfamiliar with meant that I naturally was more reserved in my conversations with him - what could be said, and what could not. This tension was very real, and it contributed to what NAKA was about: our outer and inner states of mind - what could be observed, and what couldn't be."
NAKA by Goh Shou Yi & Mai Kubota (Choreographers & Performers), Bernie Ng (Photographies).
M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2017 & 2018, Esplanade Studio Theatre, Singapore,
NAKA by Goh Shou Yi & Mai Kubota (Choreographers & Performers)
New Dance for Asia 2018, Sogang University’s Mary Hall, Seoul.
Outside performance venue Frilagret, Göteborg (Sweden)
Performers in image: Goh Shou Yi (Left), Jackie Ong Jin Jie (Right).
Performed at Gothenburg Fringe Festival 2016, Sweden and New Dance for Asia (NDA) International Dance Festival 2016, Republic of Korea.
Gaps 缺口
Choreographed by Goh Shou Yi
Performer in the image: Koh Zong Qi.
liTHE 2019, The Human Expression (T.H.E) Second Company, Singapore. Malcolm Fu Studios (Photography)
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Goh Shou Yi (Singapore)
Kim Hwan Hee (Republic of Korea)
Performers in the images: Goh Shou Yi, Kim Hwan Hee, Shin Won Min.
Seoul Performing Arts Festival 2015 (Republic of Korea), M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2015 (Singapore), d’Motion International Dance Festival 2015 (Malaysia).
Oh Sang Hyuk (Photography).
Performers in image: Goh Shou Yi (Left), Sufri Juwahir (Right). Photo by Zinkie Aw for Drama Box. Courtesy of Arts House Limited, Ubin 03.
Ubin by Drama Box, Kok Heng Leun & Koh Hui Ling (Co-Directors). Goh Shou Yi, Hasyimah Harith, Sufri Juwahir (Choreographers), Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA) 2022. Pulau Ubin, Singapore.
