Cynthia Ling Lee
Cynthia Ling Lee creates playful, friction-filled choreographic dialogues between American postmodern dance and North Indian classical kathak. Her choreography has been shown throughout the US and Asia at venues such as REDCAT (Los Angeles), the Painted Bride Arts Center (Philadelphia), Taman Ismail Marzuki (Jakarta), India International Centre (New Delhi), and Chandra Mandapa: SPACES (Chennai). Influential teachers include Simone Forti, Eiko & Koma, Kumudini Lakhia, Bandana Sen, Anjani Ambegaokar, and the contact improvisation community. She is a member of the Post Natyam Collective and holds an MFA from UCLA.