Raymond Liew Jin Pin

Malaysia

Raymond Liew Jin Pin is a Malaysian German-based queer artist, choreographer and performer. One of the residency artists at the K3|Tanzplan Hamburg 2019/2020, he created ‘Kampung Baru’ (New Village), and dealt with his diverse dance training from traditional dance to contemporary dance. It led him to his next research on how the queer Southeast Asian diaspora moves and premiered ‘Maria Cencaru: A Southeast Asian Cis-Sis Reunion' in February 2023. It allows Southeast Asian queer artists to address the urgent concerns of personal identity in relation to our respective Southeast Asian histories and communities. He is interested in questioning the encounter of dancing bodies from diverse backgrounds, weaving personal and fiction story-telling, as well as negotiating the complex politics of identity. During the Asian Performing Arts Lab (APAL) in Berlin, Raymond premiered his latest work ‘Solotus’ as the solo edition of his upcoming production ‘Lotus Fight Club’.