Zee Zunnur
Zee Zunnur is an Australian-based Javanese-Malay movement artist. She is a long-time dancer with Hofesh Shechter Company (UK) and has toured internationally as a performer and teacher. She started dance training at a young age in Malay folk dance. With her roots in Malay culture and folk art, she sheds light on the existence, richness in wisdom and strength of Southeast Asia, re-writing the stories of her ancestors to honour them as she threads through her contemporary artistic realms. Being part of the pioneer batch at School of the Arts Singapore and danced with T.H.E. (Second) Dance Company, her love for contemporary dance brought her to London to train at London Contemporary Dance School.
As her practice weaves through the contemporary realms, she stays connected to the essence of her Malay heritage and Malay Dance training. She has been invited as a guest artist and choreographer with T.H.E. Dance Company, M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ignition Dance Festival, Esplanade da:ns Festival Singapore, Singapore Biennale, National Gallery Singapore and more. In Australia, she has performed and choreographed for Marrugeku, the Pre-Professional Year in Sydney Dance Company, STRUT Dance, Co3 Australia, Mitch Harvey Company, James Vu Anh Pham, Juliet Burnett, Brooke Leeder, Rachel Ogle, WAAPA and the Fremantle Biennale.