[1] Initially, SDT started with a group of seven ballet dancers in a modest dance studio on the second story of a creaky colonial bungalow on Killiney Road.
They have also done several full-length ballets in their history with The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Giselle, Madame Butterfly, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote and the contemporary work Reminiscing the Moon, choreographed by Boi Sakti, commissioned for the opening of the Esplanade in 2002.
SDT adds four to six new works in each season coming from choreographers such as Val Caniparoli, Edwaard Liang, Nils Christe, Kinsun Chan, Timothy Harbour, Christina Chan, Timothy Rushton, Alice Topp, Ma Cong, Loughlan Prior, Natalie Weir, Paul Knobloch, as well as the children's ballet Peter and Blue's series created especially for young audiences by the company's Artistic Director, Janek Schergen.
SDT presented company premieres of George Balanchine's ballets Concerto Barocco, Serenade, Allegro Brillante, Divertimento No.
Masterpiece in Motion 2011 programme was Stanon Welch's Maninyas, Nils Christe's Fearful Symmetries and a new work made for SDT by Edwaard Laing entitled The Winds of Zephyrus.
Ballet Under the Stars 2011 presented a Tchaikovsky Festival with Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, Serenade, and Swan Lake Act II.
The performance season began in March, at The Esplanade Theatre, with Coppelia, featuring largely new sets and an expanded staging to present the full company.
It featured Edwaard Liang's world premiere of Opus 25 as the centerpiece, created for 32 dancers in the company, to the music of Michael Torke.
2018 marked the 30th Anniversary of SDT, beginning with the Moon and the Stars Gala, held at Capitol Theatre in April 2018.
Besides developing its repertoire, its Ballet Under The Stars seasons at Fort Canning Green have become a viable working space for dance performances.
In the company's history SDT has also groomed notable dancers and choreographers such as Kuik Swee Boon and Jeffery Tan, a Young Artist Award for Dance recipient in 2000.
The SDT continues to make extensive school visits and offer special courses for non-dancers and adult students.
On 26 February 2016, The Choo San Goh Studio was dedicated during SDT's Gala evening "The Moon and the Stars" in honour of the choreographer.