NUS Chinese Dance

Neo Jenny started her dance journey at the age of ten under the tutelage of her mother, Madam Lim Moi Kim at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuay Arts and Cultural Troupe. Having fully devoted her youth to dancing, Jenny has gained herself a wealth of experience and opportunities as a dancer. Jenny’s grace and strong performing abilities has deemed her an undeniably popular performer on stage.

In 2004, Neo Jenny was awarded a training grant and scholarship from the National Arts Council and the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan to further her professional training at the Beijing Dance Academy. In 2009 she graduated with a BA (Hons) in dance at LASALLE College of the Arts.

A driven individual dedicated to her craft and currently managing and leading the Singapore Chinese dance theatre as the Artistic Director with the mission to promote Chinese dance through artistic and creative excellence. SCDT envisions itself as a Centre of excellence for Chinese dance both locally and internationally and plays a vital role in the development and exploring the identity of Chinese dance in Singapore.

Some of Jenny’s most outstanding recent works include “The Wilderness”, a 35-minute dance drama which was premiered at the Third China Cao Yu Culture Week held in China (2015), and clinched the Gold award in Vietnam International Dance festival. (2017), the original dance drama “Life’s A Stage (2016)”, “The Voyage down South (2017) ”, “Palace -The Void Within (2017)” for her company’s core production. Jenny was also involved in the choreography of “Homecoming” for the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2015.

Jenny is currently teaching modular classes and choreographing works in Lasalle –College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Her recent works with the Art Institutions “Phases- Within our control” (2021) and “Harmony” (2021) are showcased at the Esplanade and schools’ digital platforms.

In 2020, she is appointed as the Principal Tutor of NUS Chinese dance, where she was given the opportunity to showcase her work “BE “Wildered” in NUS Arts Festival 2021.

She is also currently the dance examiner of Chinese Folk Dance Graded Examination Centre （Beijing, China）.

Xiao Jing graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy where she specialised in Classical Chinese dance, and was also formerly a dancer of the China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. She came to Singapore in 2001 and became a full-time contemporary dancer. In 2004, she began to focus more on teaching and promoting Chinese dance.

Over her 17 years of experience with teaching and choreography, she has established her very own style and belief, where she continues to produce and perform works in collaboration with her students, including dancers who had graduated from Hwa Chong Chinese Dance etc.

She is dedicated to promote traditional Chinese culture and holds the vision that Chinese dance has to progress with the times to remain relevant and maintain its vitality. She strongly believes that every individual has vast potential and that every individual can become an outstanding dancer.