Do communities need to exist forever?

I’d say no. 10 years ago, I started a community (Singapore Varsity Funk Unit) that brought together street dancers across Singapore’s universities, a year after founding SMU Funk Movement in Singapore Management University.

These communities are the main ones I’ve built that’ve lasted. Communities exist to provide social support and help individuals gather and grow with collective strength.

I phased out Singapore Varsity Funk Unit about 4 years in, since it’s served its objective and the wider street dance community has outgrown this subcommunity. (It was founded to give support to dancers in university, give them a home to belong to while introducing them to the larger dance scene)

Looking back and more so, looking at the new generation of street dancers makes my heart all fuzzy. Dancers from universities are interacting with dancers from the wider scene. There is more support for each other, in dance as well as in life, studies and career.

I’m so proud of how far the local dance scene has come. I’m proud of all of us.

A brief background story contributed by the community here:

Interested in the Singapore street dance scene? Check out Singapore Got Dance or just reach out and I can link you up or point you to places.

Do you have any tips on building communities and sustaining them? Please share :)

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