THE ARTISTS


Yan  LAM      
  
~  Founder and Artistic Director of the Toronto Chinese Dance Company
~  Founder and Principal of the Toronto Chinese Dance Academy

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Montreal, Ms. Lam received her training in Chinese dance from some of China's top teachers from the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy. Ms. Lam also studied ballet under Svea Eklof, former prima ballerina of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and modern dance under Robert Derosiers, internationally known dance wizard. Ms. Lam is a Certified senior teacher of the Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance Examination Syllabus, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Kiwanis Dance Festival of Toronto. She also holds Honors Co-op Bachelor degree of Mathematics in Computer Science, specialized in Combinatorics & Optimization, from the University of Waterloo.

Over the years, Ms. Lam has devoted much of her time in promoting the Chinese dance art form in Canada. She has directed over 20 full-length dance productions and adjudicated at festivals. As a performer, Ms. Lam performed in many cities in Canada and US. She also actively teaches Chinese dance for the Toronto School Board, and works with other Canadian artists on multi-disciplinary, multi-media collaboration projects.




Chi  CHENG      
  
~  Co-Founder and Choreographer of the Toronto Chinese Dance Company
~  Co-Founder of the Toronto Chinese Dance Academy

Chi is a professional engineer, who is also a dance artist. Chi has guest-performed many leading roles in performances of various Chinese dance companies in Toronto. His own dance creations include Heros, Drum and Cymbals, Dragon Warriors.




Dancers

Catherine Yiu June Li Bonnie Ip
Bill Cheng Jennifer Lau Susan Liu
Mihail Salariu Michelle Young Cissy Cheng
Emily Cheung Jessica Yu Barbara Wong
Rebecca Li
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