“…Weijun’s artistic passion and his remarkable talents as dancer, choreographer, songwriter, singer and composer are certainly a Malaysian phenomenon to celebrate.” - Antares kakiseni.com
Weijun is no stranger in the Malaysian performing arts scene. Since his return to Malaysia after completing a Bachelor of Arts, Dance Degree in 2001 at Queensland University of Technology (Australia), he has been involved in many acclaimed theatre productions (including playing the monk in the multi-award winning RE:LADY WHITE SNAKE).
Weijun’s first full-length solo SINFUL LEGS SACRED BODY premiered at Sutra Dance Theatre (artistic director Ramli Ibrahim) in July 2002. It received a nomination for Best Solo Dance Performer for the Cameronian Arts Awards 2002 and Weijun was also nominated for Most Promising Artist.
Weijun also stared in AHA AHEM ALRIGHT OK SHOW! A popular children’s edutainment program that ran for 4 seasons (52 episodes) on TV2 (04/05).
In 2005, Weijun choreographed, composed and produced a full-length dance production EN-BODY-MEN at the KUALA LUMPUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE. EN-BODY-MEN recently received four nominations for the Cameronian Arts Award 2005:
- Best Group Performance
- Best Original Music And Sound Design in Dance
- Best Costume Design
- Best Choreographer In A Full Length Work
Weijun was listed in VMAG as one of the Ten Most Wanted New Male 2003 |