Dance
Vivian Chan
Vivian began her dance training at the age of six and has been dancing ever since. She has been exposed to many dance styles but her forte lies in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Street Jazz, Hip Hop, Salsa and Rhythmic Gymnastics, in which she competed at national level. She has also conducted dance workshops here in Kuala Lumpur and in Melbourne, Australia.
In 2007, Vivian was selected to represent the country at the World Championship of Performing Arts in Hollywood, USA in 5 dance categories – Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Folk dance and Hip Hop. She was also one of the top 10 female contestants on the popular dance reality show, So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia Season 2.
An extremely hardworking and passionate dance educator, she regularly attends workshops both locally and internationally to continually improve her skills and expand her dance repertoire. Besides being an experienced dance teacher, she also performs and choreographs to nurture her creativity.
Vivian is currently conducting Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Street Jazz, Hip Hop and Rhythmic Gymnastics classes in Klang Valley. A very patient and seriously dedicated instructor, her classes are fun while striving to bring out the best in her students. Her classes are not to be missed!
Smita Shah
Energetic and vibrant. Loud, bubbly and lots of fun. More into modern Bollywood and hip hop, often one who will fuse a little bit of everything into one. In a nutshell, an experiment gone - wild! Smita has been dancing since she was 4, with 10 years of training in classical dancing and 4 years of teaching and choreographing.
Fahmy Khai
Fahmy Khai is producer and lead choreographer for Danza Cubana Dance Group; and is an authority in Cuban Music and Dance in Malaysia. Fahmy Khai received his dance tutelage from Greco Antonio Morales (Havana), and private training from Eric Turro, of the fame production the Bar at Buena Vista. Fahmy Khai performs regularly as well as produced and organized corporate and international performances with original artists from Cuba.
Fahmy Khai teaches Cuban Salsa, Rueda de Casino, Son, and original Afro-cuban Rhumba. He has choreographed for reality shows, dance groups, and performance team. He has also instructed at Casa Cuba, in a joint program with the Government of Cuba and Malacca State Government. Currently he is the resident instructor of the Premium Latin club in Malaysia, Qba at Westin Hotel and serve as visiting instructor to many dance schools in the region.
A firm teacher with a sense of fun, she is prized for her passion to instill the importance of technique in all dance forms as the most important foundation for dancers. Best known for her coaching skills of teams, she also coaches & trains individuals and couples for competitions, special events and demonstrations.
Professor Pimbal
Rubens Carlos de Oliveira or better known as Pimbal, started capoeira in 1995 under the instruction of mestre Oscar. He received his first teaching belt in 2004 and has continued the spread of knowledge under EBC since then. Rewarded with the professor level in February 2010. Pimbal has reached the lengths of Asia and will be leading EBC Malaysia.
Shobana
Shobana started her journey in dance since the tender age of four. Her beacon to dance was indeed indian classical art which is bharathanatyam. As she grew up she begin to realize her love and passion for dance kept growing. Hence she enrolled in oddisi, took up khatak and mujra. Shobana is also a trained belly dancer. She has been dancing all her life till date at many reputable events. She not only shimmies her way on the stage, she has choreographed various events be it a wedding, sanggeet ceremonies, launches, concerts and parties.She has conducted many dance workshops on both belly and bollywood also on performances.
