Empty Frame

【Empty Frame】is a space with no script, no choreography—only possibilities shaped by connection and the shared language of the body. It is a space that captivates with its unpredictability, strength of presence, and radical honesty of togetherness in listening. The improvised beauty of this creation relies on the exchange of attention, and sincere dedication to exploration between dance, sounds, and space. 

【Empty Frame】invites the audience to witness dance as a raw, evolving conversation—where meaning is not imposed, but discovered.

Creative team

Ng Chor Guan
Music
Ng Chor Guan is a Malaysian composer, theatre maker, sound artist, and thereminist whose multidisciplinary work merges contemporary performing arts with innovative sound design and interactive technology. His Mobile Phone Orchestra, an interactive performance utilizing mobile devices, has engaged audiences at the British Council's Playable City Sprint in Bristol, George Town Festival, and BeSeTo Theatre Festival in South Korea.
In 2025, he co-created and composed 'Dance with Me,' a dance theatre production premiering at Esplanade Singapore, expanding his repertoire in contemporary dance. His choreographic approach, blending movement with immersive soundscapes, also informed his 2024 workshops on sound and body movement at Drill Hall, Sydney, and Singapore Art Museum. He has been invited to deliver similar workshops at OneBeat Borneo in Pontianak, Kalimantan.
Guan's theatre direction and sound design are exemplified in '25’s Cijin White Roses Chronicle,' staged from 2022 to 2025 at Taiwan’s Taipei National Theater, Taichung National Theatre, and Kaohsiung WeiWuYing Theater. His award-winning immersive performance 'Space Age – The Phantom Power' has toured Tokyo, Jakarta, Seoul, and Taiwan, redefining spatial and sensory experiences through sound and theatrical elements.
His theatre work extends to site-specific creations such as 'Finding Malta,' a solo music performance for AltoFest, and 'Transmissions from Beyond,' an environmental theatre piece for OneBeat X in New Mexico. These projects illustrate his commitment to integrating contemporary dance, site-responsive theatre, and experimental sound to engage global audiences.

Choo Tee Kuang
Performer
Famous local dancer. Co-founded ‘P’nang Dance Station’ with Loke Soh Kim  in 1992. Received a Choreography and Dancer Award in the Hong Kong 20th Open Dance Contest in 1992. In 1995, Tee Kuang attended a short course at the Merce CuninghamDance School in New York and toured with the NA Ni Chen Dance Company (New York) and the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre.He has also lectured at ASWARA from 1997 to 2006. In 2005,he won the Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for Best Choreographer and the Best Performed Dance ‘Butterfly Lovers’.

Xueli Wong
Performer
is a dance artist and body movement researcher based in Malaysia.She has collaborated with directors and choreographers from diverse fields, creating experimental dance theatre, physical theatre, and movement-based works. Xueli has also performed in various interdisciplinary productions, seeking to explore the potential of the body in performance, especially within the context of dance and theatre. Her recent works in 2024 include ‘Vital Insights’ and ‘Bonding’.

Guru Suraj 
Performer
is an independent artist with a background in visual and movement arts, dedicated to researching, organising communities and events, and performing on the cross-section of different art forms. He co-founded Contact Improv India and InContact, both organisations focusing on teaching and performing CI throughout India. Guru’s main focus is discovering different ways of interacting with each other that are not constrained by conventions. In his teachings he bridges the radical and the traditional. He invites to strengthen creativity, discipline curiosity, and learn through sharing different modes of communication that are beyond verbal language.

Loke Soh Kim
Lighting Designer/ Performer
started dancing in 1982 with the renowned Tan Wei Ping. She is a former dancer of the Singapore People’s Association Dance Company (1987) and the Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company (1990-1992). In 1992, Kim returned to Malaysia and co-founded Penang Dance Station. She also lectured in dance at ASWARA (1999-2007). In 2018, Soh Kim founded Kongsi Petak to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, nurture talents and promote knowledge exchange. She is also the producer of the “Seni Tiga” project, a multidisciplinary collaborative performance series (2019-2021). She has received several BOH Cameronian Arts Awards in the dance category as a choreographer (2002,2018 and 2024) and lighting designer (2002, 2004 and 2019).

Liew Chee Heai
Set Designer
Chee Heai is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes photography, performance art, installation art, and short video. In 2019, he made his directorial debut and performed in ‘Seni Tiga #03: Void in Void’. In 2022, he exhibited ‘My Island’, a site-specific installation, as well as directed and performed in ‘khakkhakkhak’ performance art. In 2023, he performed in ‘Sisyphus No. 9’ directed by Tung Jit Yang, and ‘Symbiocene’ directed by Lim Sheng Hui. He is awarded Best Set And/Or Visual Design in Theatre category for ‘Symbioscene’. In 2024, he directed ‘I Thought We Had a Deal‘ and ‘You Really Messed Up Everything‘.