Wong Jyh Shyong (JS), born in Seremban, Malaysia, is currently an independent dance artist who is thinking, creating, performing, and teaching dance.
About JS
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He received his Master of Fine Arts from Graduate Institute of Choreography, Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) in 2013 and Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with First Class Honors in 2005. He was previously a dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan from 2005 to 2009.
In the 9th and 11th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards in Malaysia, he received the Best Featured Performer award for his homecoming performance with JS Dance Theatre’s “Fragile” (2011) and Niche Design & Pentas Project’s “Double Punctum” (2013).
From 2013 to 2016, he was the artistic director of DPAC Dance Company as well as Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC). Under his artistic direction, DPAC Dance Company was a choreographic workplace that aimed to present dance productions with local artists and collaborative projects between Malaysian and international dance artists.
His choreography for DPAC Dance Company including “In a Space of Time”, “WExplode“, “Faces“, “Once“, “I See Skies of Blue” and e.t.c. JS has also staged his own works and commissioned pieces in various festivals and venues in Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and India such as MyDance Festival, TARI Festival, d’MOTION International Dance Festival, M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival, Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival, Sibu International Dance Festival, DPAC Arts Festival and Interface 2016, just to name a few.