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in 1995, it explores local arts and culture through dance. It has created over 100 short pieces of dance, set performance records in the National Chinese Dance Festival in Kuala Lumpur, and also organises the annual Sibu International Dance Festival.
Contact: Chen Ing Kuan, Artistic Director
46, 3rd Floor, Lane 1 Lanang Road
96000 Sibu Sarawak
T (084) 349 932 W sidfestival.com
Kwang Tung Dance Company
This multiple award-winning company, founded in 1980, nurtures young dancers
and choreographers and provides a platform for dance in the community.
Its productions range from performances for school and pre-school audiences, to a highly acclaimed annual members’ dance series, the Kua Bu Dance Showcase.
Contact: Amy Len, Artistic Director
501, 6th Floor, 44, Jalan Pudu 55100 Kuala Lumpur
T (03) 2031 1203
W kwangtungdance company.blogspot.com
Lee Wushu Arts Theatre
Founded in 1998 to develop wushu (a Chinese martial art) as an art form, with
a fusion of dance and martial arts that is poetry on stage. Lee Wushu have
performed for spellbound audiences in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, India and the UK. They are also heavily involved in wushu training for young people. Their critically-acclaimed wushu dance dramas include The King’s Sword, Farewell My Concubine, Wushu Madness –1Table2ChairsandW Soul.
Contact: Lee Swee Seng, Artistic Director
101-02, Jalan Bestari 1/5 Taman Nusa Bestari 79150 Nusajaya, Johor
Hp (016) 715 9193
W leewushuarts.com
MyDance Alliance
MyDance Alliance, a member of World Dance Alliance, is a non-profit, member-run, volunteer organisation that supports and promotes all forms of dance in Malaysia (cultural, traditional, contemporary, ballet and commercial).
It runs festivals, capacity- building projects, performance platforms like the very popular Dance Box Series, workshops,
Lee Swee Keong of Nyoba Kan, Malaysia’s only Butoh dance company, performs the title role in Old Lear, a “Shakespeare Meets Butoh” adaptation of King Lear in collaboration with the KL Shakespeare Players and Japanese dancer and co-choreographer Dai Matsuoka.