SINGAPORE — Don’t be deceived by its title — there’s nothing to suggest bright open fields or even a garden, in Re: Dance Theatre’s latest production.

Instead, what we have is another mesmerising work rooted on the experience of the mundane. I say “another” because Revisit The Sunflower echoes similar themes from the few works that we’ve seen from choreographer Albert Tiong. And here, with his own company to realise his vision, it is magnified.

It wouldn’t be too far-fetched to describe it as a choreography of white collar tedium. The central section revolving around the repetitive image of flicking wrists is a motif of typing hammered in via near-hypnotic metronomic beats. But here, also, is dullness and boredom as a beautiful source of energy.

We’ve admired Tiong’s propensity to use everyday gestures as a central dance vocabulary. But this full-length piece also reveals a masterful understanding of pacing and of flow, of structure and of variety. Within the tight patterns of movement that Tiong constructs, there is subtle play. A dancer on one end eggs her fellow performers, sitting stoically in a row on the other end, to stand up. They do so, but sit down again. Elsewhere, the group link arms and do a country dance jig out of nowhere.

These unexpected twists and surprises flit in and out of what is predominantly variations of repetitions — the tapping of feet, the wrist flicking, the jumping — perfectly in sync with music composer Koh Sing Yew’s creations, which is half of what makes the piece work.

Elements of chaos are present, but in Tiong’s meticulous jigsaw-like construction, they stand out precisely because of the rigid order of things — you become aware of the presence of a dancer doing her own thing surrounded by others moving in unison because of a split-second moment of almost-syncing.

If all this sound rather cold, well, it is. Emotion is hardly what one would expect of a piece that is predominantly (and unapologetically) concerned with constant repetition. The latter also has its downside: The question of how to end it. Tiong tries to solve it by book-ending it with two solo/duet dance segments similar in tone. There’s a softness and slowness in contrast to the rigidity and purposefulness of what is arguably the strongest portion of the piece. While it does give the whole thing a sense of symmetry, it was not to my particular liking.

Still, Re: Dance Theatre is a group to watch out for. Its dancers, though not quite “there” yet, show promise, and with Tiong at the helm, we expect it to make its mark in the local dance scene. (3.5 of 5)

Revisit The Sunflower runs until Jan 17, 8pm, National Museum Gallery Theatre. Tickets at S$30 from Sistic. For more details, visit www.singaporefringe.com.