DAVID
LIM
has been practicing and teaching contact improvisation since 2005. He
has studied the dance form with luminaries such as Nancy Stark
Smith, KJ Holmes, Martin Keogh, Ray Chung, Joerg Hassman, and Alejandro Rolandi, and his
investigation into contact improvisation is informed by movement
approaches such as Alexander Technique,
Body-Mind Centering, and
Ideokinesis.
As performer/choreographer, his works have been shown at Cloth &
Clef, Short &
Sweet Dance Malaysia, Dancebox FUSED, Malaysia-Japan Video Art
Exchange, Sama-sama Guesthouse Mini Alternative Art Festival, MAP Arts
Festival, Multimedia University's
Research Creation
Exhibition, and SiCKL's Improv Lab @ FINDARS. His
works have included collaboration with other artists such as musician
Melvin Ho, new media artist Lim Kok Yoong, and dancer-choreographers
Low
Shee Hoe and Kristine Nilsen Oma.