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Everyone’s A Critic - Jalan Harapan

Lim Jack Kin, Arts Writer and Podcaster

11-Apr-22 19:30

Everyone’s A Critic - Jalan Harapan

In this video, dancer and choreographer Lee Ren Xin uses dance as the entry point into exploring, connecting to, and reflecting on the local communities of the Jalan Harapan neighbourhood in Petaling Jaya. We review the work and talk about how it reframes ideas of home and belonging.


Image source: Ren Xin Lee, YouTube

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  visual arts,  film,  performing arts

Tags:  jalan harapan,  evening edition,  everyone's a critic,  dance, 


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