ECNAD

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ECNAD (the reverse spelling of 'dance') is a contemporary dance company founded in 1996 in Singapore, it multi-disciplinary in approach. Its founders and artistic directors Tan How Choon and Lim Chin Huat (Lim was 2000 Young Artist Award recipient). It was formerly known as Dance Dimension Project.

From 1997 to 2000, it initiated a series of outreach site-specific works at fountains and architectural spaces in the urban environment. Suntec City fountain, Bugis Junction fountain, Millennia Walk and UOB Plaza Atrium are some of the performance venues.

ECNAD has performed more than 30 creations over the past 10 years. In the 1990s to early 2000s, ECNAD focused mainly on:

providing opportunities for local dance talents to work together and create their dances
free outreach performances for the general public
gaining valuable experiences through collaborations with overseas professionals
nurturing and assist new talents to fulfil their dreams
explore working with many production artists besides dancers

The company received both full-house and standing ovation for her tour performances "Floating Mirror" and "a-the-bird" in 35th Belgrade International Theatre Festival (BITEF), and had an audience of 19,700 for "Tales from The Giant Blanket" performances in Festival of Asia in New Zealand in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, it was commissioned by the National Arts Council of Singapore to perform a multi-disciplinary artistic work entitled "Missing In Tall Pillars" at the Asian Civilisations Museum.

In 2006, ECNAD was commissioned to co-conceptualised and created "Metamorphosis" to open the evening for Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award (regional final competition).