Jessie Jing

Jessie Jing is a Malaysian contemporary dance artist, choreographer and writer based in London, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Hong Kong. Much of Jing’s endeavours surround contemporary dance theatre and storytelling, anchored at the thresholds of immersive and site specific theatre and performances, including gallery installations and live art performances. Her performance and choreographic work also extends into commercial and corporate platforms and live events involving brand activations campaigns, music videos and experiential events.

As of 2022, Jing was a solo presenting dance artist for Stateless Minds: Bodies of Knowledge, part of a satellite event, Pera+Flora+Fauna for the 59th La Biennale di Venezia, debuting her piece, Body Clippings. She also debuted her dance theatre piece, Nian Gao年糕 during the Lunar New Year Festival produced by Have you eaten yet? Collective which Jessie is a part of as founding artist, going on to receive the Malaysian BOH Cameronian x Kakiseni Grant for New Productions 2022 to further develop Nian Gao年糕 into a full-length act, NIAN GAO年糕: A Retelling set for March 2023.

Jing has also directed, produced and performed performance-installation works in London such as, This Is The Way It Is (2019) and Letters to Ma (2021), surrounding the social themes of female and cultural identity within society, and the personal narratives of the East and South-East Asian matriarchs within diasporic communities. Her dance theatre piece, The dog who ran down the road, was held as part of the Trinity Laban Graduate Showcase 2021, performed in Laban Theatre, which transformed the traditional theatre space into an installative, site-specific experience and was an reimagination of her grandmother’s story of a dog drawn from World War II.