Field trip to Bornfire Festival - Neurokinaesthetics Now: workshop and dialogue with Xyn Foo
This final field trip of Creative Brain Week Singapore 2026 brings us to the circus!
Bornfire, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this September 2026, is a Singapore social circus dedicated to bridging differences through the arts. Rooted in cultural sustainability, Bonfire champions circus arts as a vibrant, evolving, and meaningful medium of expression and advocacy within a global contemporary circus movement.
In partnership with Creative Brain Week Singapore, Bornfire’s artistic director makes room for differences to gather under one big tent, towards thinking better together as part of the workshop programming for Bornfire Circus Festival.
Xyn Foo is an independent arts and cultural worker with a passion for circus arts, working primarily as a producer, director and researcher. She serves as the artistic director and an organising member of the circus collective Bornfire.
Her practice involves creating platforms for artistic development and community engagement; over the years, this has involved orchestrating circus festivals, designing training programs like SPROUTS, and founding initiatives such as Circus Scratch Nights.
Xyn frequently collaborates with The Esplanade, directing productions and producing events like Aerial Open Stage and Circus Open Stage for their annual Flipside festival. A core part of her practice is mentoring new artists in search of opportunities and guidance.
Beyond the circus world, Xyn enjoys extending her collaborative approach to community projects, such as producing puppetry festivals with Kallang Community Club, co-organising film series with Film for Action Singapore, and lead-producing Kampong Halloween. She works closely with a range of organisations, including The Esplanade Co Ltd, People’s Association, National Arts Council, Marina Central, Singapore River One, The Fingers Players and Dance Nucleus.
Xyn holds an MA in Arts and Cultural Leadership from LASALLE College of the Arts, awarded by Goldsmiths, University of London.