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LEX LAKSHMAN
BALAKRISHNAN
A graduate from the
National Arts Academy (ASWARA), Lex is currently the Choreographer-In-Residence
at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac).
As the resident choreographer, Lex has produced many dance
works as well as choreographed for a wide variety of production ranging from
choral productions to plays to large scale musicals. He is passionate about
combining both traditional and contemporary elements in his creations which was
evident in Kaki Blue the Musical (2009) and Nitya Sumangali (2011). Some of his
choreography credits include ADAM the Musical, The Last Five Years, Malaysian
Girls, Paper Crane, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Broken Bridges, Marrying Me and
most recently Sinbad the Musical.
Besides that, Lex established a popular contemporary dance
platform with The Actors Studio called KIV which has been running for the past
four years and has showcased exciting new works by emerging Malaysian
choreographers. In 2011, he accompanied the Malaysian contingent to the World
Choir Games in Shaoxing, China where they won a Gold Medal in the Folklore
category. In 2012, he presented a paper on Malaysian traditional dance and
music with Susanna Saw from the Young Choral Academy at the KODALY Symposium in
Brisbane, Australia.
Lex can also be seen on stage as an actor, dancer, and
singer and was awarded the Bintang Irama 1Malaysia by RTM & JKKN in 2010.
His appearance include the The Actors Studio's adaptation of Rashomon directed
by Joe Hasham OAM as well as Shingo Tokihiro's showcase Dreams of Time. Recently,
Lex worked on Tennessee Williams A Street Car Named Desire a dance
interpretation directed by Joe Hasham OAM.
