Photo Credit: Joel Ong
SAMMANTHA YUE attained a Diploma in Dance (2014) and graduated with a BA First Class Honours in Dance (2016) from LASALLE College of the Arts. At LASALLE, she worked with local and international choreographers including Foo Yun Ying, Chiew Peishan, Yarra Ileto, Melissa Quek, Simona Cieri, Wu Yi-San, Susan Buirge and Chankethya Chey. In addition to performing, Yue also created Introspective (2015) and Two becomes One (2016) while in LASALLE, and Tussel (2015) for Nanyang Technological University’s dance club, Contemp{minated}.
Yue joined Frontier Danceland as an apprentice in May 2016 and was promoted to company artist in March 2017. She was the M1-Frontier Danceland 2019/2020 PULSE Programme Coordinator. Her works in the creative platform of Dancers’ Locker include Womxn (2017), filmic work, Here today, gone tomorrow (2020), co-creation, Elemental Beings (2021), and Sunlight Rhythm (2022). She also created Remember when… (2021) and Meandering (2022) as part of Esplanade’s In Youthful Company 2021 and LEAP 2022 respectively. Most recently, she co-created With The Existing (2023) for LEAP 2023.