Masterclass with Janek Schergen

Apart from the performance Ballet Illuminations, Singapore Ballet will be also offering its annual Masterclass with Artistic Director Janek Schergen on 22 November 2025 (Saturday) at klpac. 

Places are limited and only those who are 13 years of age and of intermediate grade and above may apply. Two scholarships will be awarded to two promising students for a two-week intensive at Singapore Ballet’s Scholar Programme in Singapore. The scholarship covers course fees only.

Date: 22 November 2025 (Saturday) 
Time: 10am – 11.30am
Venue: Pentas 1, klpac
Open for ages 13 years old and above with RAD Intermediate level training or equivalent.
Class Size: 15 – 35 pax
Fee: RM 75  

Please note:
●        Participants should be dressed in proper ballet attire, with hair neatly tied in a dancer’s bun.
●        Please arrive at least 15 minutes early for registration and warm-up.
●        There will be no replacement class for absentees.
●        The masterclass and registration fee are non-refundable. 
●        In the event that the masterclass does not commence, klpac will refund the fee fully to the participant.
●        Please ensure that you qualify for the masterclass based on the age & qualifications stated before completing your purchase. No refunds will be entertained.

About Singapore Ballet 
Founded in 1988, Singapore Ballet is Singapore’s premier professional ballet company. It showcases six seasons of performances a year and presents full-length classical works, contemporary works and neo-classical masterpieces. Singapore Ballet is a recipient of the National Arts Council’s Major Grant.  

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About Janek Schergen
Janek Schergen is Swedish/American and trained by Richard Ellis, Christine DuBoulay (Sadler’s Wells Ballet/Royal Ballet) and Benjamin Harkarvy (founder/Netherlands Dance Theatre). He danced with Royal Winnipeg Ballet and then joined Pennsylvania Ballet. At Pennsylvania Ballet, he became part of the faculty of the company’s school and was repetiteur for Benjamin Harkarvy’s ballets. In 1982, he was invited by Mary Day and Choo-San Goh to be the ballet master of The Washington Ballet. He also taught at The Washington School of Ballet. In 1988, he joined Royal Swedish Ballet as ballet master. In 1991, he completed his studies at the Benesh Institute in London as a choreologist. He was ballet master at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (1991-1993) and Norwegian National Ballet (2002-2006). Mr. Schergen is the founding Artistic Director of the Choo San Goh & H. Robert Magee Foundation and Chairman of The Choo San Goh Awards for Choreography. He stages the ballets of choreographer, Choo-San Goh and has produced more than 140 staging of his ballets worldwide. Additionally, he has staged classical productions of The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Swan Lake, Coppélia, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Raymonda and Paquita.

In 1988, he became involved with the inception of Singapore Dance Theatre and taught the company the first ballets they presented at their 1988 debut performances. Since then, he kept an active involvement and staged 11 more of Choo-San Goh’s works on the company between 1988 and 2005. In 2007, he was asked to become Assistant Artistic Director of Singapore Dance Theatre and the following year was asked to assume the place of Artistic Director. At SDT, he is responsible for daily company class, teaching and rehearsal of the company’s classical and neoclassical repertoire and the oversight of the development of the artistic elements of the company as a whole. During this time, he has commissioned 31 world premiere ballets and brought in a further 19 company premieres to enrich the company’s repertoire. In 2013, he oversaw the move into SDT’s new rehearsal studios and offices. He has developed several programmes for SDT, including the Ballet Associates Course, Scholar’s Programme, One @ the Ballet, The Ambassadors Circle, the annual The Moon and Stars fund raising gala, Celebration in Dance (a collaboration between SDT and the RAD), SDT Choreographic Workshop, The SDT Intensive Ballet Programme and several other platforms to increase the artistic identity of SDT and its awareness in the arts community in Singapore.

He has participated in many international dance competitions on their judging panels. He has been on several assessment committees for the Singapore National Arts Council. In 2015 he was presented with the Culture Award given by Tatler magazine and in 2017, he was awarded the Public Service Medal as part of the National Day Awards. Janek was unanimously voted to receive the “Swede of the Year 2019” Award by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Singapore.