From dust to dust, one by one the ensemble brought the soil to the edge of the stage, carefully upheld it in their palms, entering the stage with graceful precision. This opening sequence was a spectacular beginning, alluding to the growing of a tree from a humble dried seed, as hinted by the projection. The bare stage of the Istana Budaya was filled with multi-coloured visuals, with the weary free dancers moving contradictoraily to the drumming by ICool Percussion. It was a land flowing with harmony and peace. The production titled The Tree resonates with the poem by renowned Taiwanese author San Mao: “If there was an afterlife, may I be born as tree”. This aspiration is evident throughout the entire performance ,stylistically; performers from Dua Space Dance Theatre and Aurora Dance School transformed like a seed growing into a plant, or perhaps a tree, branching into newer grounds, budding and blooming into flowers of harmonious splendour.