AFRAH Dancers
Afrah is a local Dance group slowly sculpting a name for itself in the national dance scene. It was founded by Miss Sharifah Asheiqeen, or better known as SQeen, who is also its Artistic director & Choreographer, starting off with less than 8 members. From there Afrah slowly progressed into a stronger group with more members from the same few passionate members who initially started off as only Malay traditional and contemporary dancers. Soon Afrah started exploring various other dance forms such as modern, lyrical and hip hop and incorporated the dance styles into its choreographies. Since its debut at Project Rentak 2010, a local annual songwriting competition organized by Mediacorp, performing a contemporary piece to the song Kau Inspirasiku by X-clusive, Afrah has been actively involved in the local arts scenes.
The unique entity of Afrah is that it doesn’t only focus on one dance style as the group aims to achieve versatility. We immerse ourselves into the many different genres, pick up the different dance styles and with that we create new ideas. We strive to heighten one’s artistic experience by inviting absolutely anyone be one of us. With this in mind, we crafted a slogan that we, Afrah, can be proud of; Where Passion Meets Talent which defines us as a group where we invite all aspiring, passionate dancers to join us in promoting the dance scene.
We also believe in giving back to the community. With that, we consistently set aside time to contribute to homes around Singapore. Some of the homes that we have worked with are Darul Takrim ( Jamiyah Old Folk’s Home) and Darul Ma’wa (Jamiyah Children’s Home). Of which we entertained them with performances specially organized for them on occasions such as Hari Raya. At the same time, a few members of Afrah, including its Artistic Director & Choreographer, SQeen and its Chairperson, Atikah, have extended their helping hand in volunteering as choreographers for the dancers in Darul Ma’wa for their performances. Of which was the Parents Exemplary Award 2010 held at Swissotel Singapore.
To see our distinctive works, click on the link titled 'Our Shows' above.