Sinman Dance Company was formed in June 2002. The Company aims to promote and develop Chinese dance and culture in the UK through public performances and activity workshops. Sinman Dance is an artist led company in which the work is planned, produced and delivered by our artists. The Company's core members are professionally trained performing artists from China, Hong Kong & Taiwan who are all currently based in the UK. Together, we have built a healthy portfolio of work through past projects and events.

Artistically, we made our debut performance at The Place Theatre. The unique style of this debut project brought us more opportunities in the following years. Our choreographic commissions include The Third Sex, Talking Feather, Fire of Hope and many more; these pieces have been presented by some major events and venues such as French company Les Passagers at O2 arena, ROH2 New Currents at the Royal Opera House, East London Dance at Stratford Circus, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Dance City in Newcastle and Barking Broadway Theatre etc...

Education and community work are significant for us to fulfil our aim. We constantly provide high quality work for schools, libraries, universities and museums in order to reach a wider audience. Some of the projects were carried out through collaborations with other organisations like Museum of London, British Museum, Chinese Cultural Centre, Yellow Earth Theatre and Cultural Co-operation. We also initiate our own ideas and educational projects in the past by receiving project funding from Arts Council England as well as Awards For All from the Lottery Fund.

The most recent high profile projects are: 

-         2012 Lord Mayor Show

-         China Late educational programme at British Museum from 2007-2008

-         Community project for Beijing Olympic Torch Relay at British Museum and O2 in London

-         BBC Silk Screen 2008 in Birmingham, an outdoor event working with the local community.

-         The annual school tours, to celebrate the Chinese New Year in schools with Chinese dance and other traditional

           performances and workshops.

The Founder

Sin-Man Yue was born in China and raised in Hong Kong. Her professional training took place from 1986-1990 at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where she had her professional dance training. In 1990, she joined the Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company, performed nationally and internationally including USA.

In 1991, a scholarship from the HSBC provided her with the opportunity to study at London Contemporary Dance School.  Since graduating, she has worked with many professional companies like Bi Ma Dance Co., Janet Smith and Dancers, Claire Russ Ensemble and Victoria Marks etc.  Sin Man also works intensively in cultural performances and workshops throughout the UK and collaborates with different arts organisations on their education programme, e.g. Pan Centre for Multicultural, Museums, and Chinese Cultural Centre. Her long track records on educational projects include annual national school tours; The Mayor's Chinese New Year and Big Dance on Trafalgar Square; DanceXchange in Milton Keynes Theatre; British Museum 2008 Olympic Torch Rely etc...