VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTORS


MALAYSIA
Choy Su-Ling is a dance blogger, freelance dance critic for THE STAR newspaper, a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellow of the Institute of Dance Criticism, Duke University, American Dance Festival 2005, and looks after Management and Promotion for MyDance Alliance, a member of the World Dance Alliance.  
http://break-a-leg.blogspot.com

Bilqis Hijjas is a dance blogger, runs Rimbun Dahan, a residency programme for artists and dancers, and looks after Creation and Presentation for MyDance Alliance, a member of the World Dance Alliance.  She regularly burns petrol between Kuang and KL.
http://kldancewatch.wordpress.com

THAILAND
Pawit Mahasarinand is a 'not-so-young-any-more' freelance theatre and dance critic for THE NATION newspaper.  http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/danceandtheatre

INDIA
Shyamhari Chakra is a dance correspondent for THE HINDU newspaper.
www.thehindu.com

SINGAPORE
Fred Lim How Ngean is a freelance dance critic for THE STAR newspaper (Malaysia).  He is now based in Singapore pursuing a PhD in Dance.

INDONESIA
Matthew Issac Cohen is a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is currently on sabbatical completing a book titled Performing Otherness: Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952, his research over the last two decades has been on Indonesian performing arts. He also performs as a shadow puppeteer (dalang) on occasion.

PHILIPPINES
Rodel M. Fronda is Artistic director and choreographer of Lahing Batangan Dance Troupe of Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas City and Sining Bulakenyo - BarCIE of Malolos City.  He is the Executive Council of the National Dance Committee - National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Board and Secretary of Philippine Folk Dance Society, President of the Association of Dance Artists of Bulacan, 2005 APPEX Grantee - UCLA, USA and 2007 Ugnayan sa Sining of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He was also recipient of the 2004 Asia Pacific Young Professional Awardee and 2005 Gintong Kabataan Awardee.