Coming June 10 to 12, Malaysia’s Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC) will present choreographer Loh Pit Fong’s acclaim work From Shinjuku to Soho, and Half Man Half Myth. Loh Pit Fong is considered as one of the first contemporary dance practitioners in the eighties in Malaysia. This work was created during her sojourn in London (from 1987 to 2008) under the auspices of the dance company named Bi Ma Dance Company, founded by her and co-dancer Ming Low. Bi Ma Dance Company is supported by the Arts Council of England, The British Council and The Place Theatre, Dance City in Newcastle. Originally choreographed with a cast of five dancers of Bi Ma Dance Company, Pit Fong Loh’s From Soho to Shinjuku provides the inspiration for a vibrant concoction of dance and design in a piece where the similarities and differences, and the highs and lows of the two cities are explored.
