Dance & Culture
Shan dance is a lifelong practice, kept up away from home. I perform at Burmese community festivals across the Washington DC area, and I teach.
I am Shan, or Tai Yai, from Shan State in eastern Myanmar. Shan dance is danced to drums, gongs and small hand cymbals, and it belongs to occasions rather than to stages — a new year, an ordination, a wedding.
I dance at Burmese community festivals and cultural events in and around Washington DC, including Tai New Year and Shan New Year. It is the part of home that travels most easily: the costume folds flat, and the music is in everyone's phone.
I teach traditional Burmese and Shan dance to new students — breaking down the choreography, how the costume is handled, and how to hold timing to drum and gong. Get in touch on the contact page.
On video
- Shan New Year — Danced at Tai New Year and Shan New Year celebrations — at Burmese community festivals around Washington DC, and at home in Muse.