About UM Dance Troupe:
The University of Macau Dance Troupe (UMDT) was established in October 2014 with the aim of enriching the diverse campus arts and culture and cultivating excellent dance talent. The dance team currently has around 35 members who receive regular training and organize annual performance events during each academic year. In addition to the annual performances, the dance team actively participates in local and non-local dance festivals and art events. For example, they participated in the recording of the 2015 Zhuhai TV Spring Festival Gala, the 2016 International Youth Dance Festival, the 2019 International Youth Dance Festival, the 2018 Macau International Parade, the 14th Guangdong Dance Festival, and exchanged with performers and groups. Their performances have received positive feedback from dancers and audiences.
The troupe actively participates in national university art exhibitions and other art festival competitions. In the 5th National Inter-varsity Art Show in 2017, they won the Outstanding Composition Award and the First Prize in the Dance category. Later, in the 6th National Inter-varsity Art Show in 2021, they won the Third Prize and the Outstanding Composition Award. Furthermore, in 2018, the troupe was invited to participate in the Macau International Creative Dancing Art Festival: Dance Competition (Youth category) and won the Best Choreography Award. In 2023, they received the Third Prize in the Dance category (non-professional group) at the 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area’s University Students Art Festival. In the 7th National Inter-varsity Art Show in 2024, they won the Second Prize.
Dancing is not only about experiencing happiness through practice and performances but also about helping to build a strong and confident mindset.
The objectives of the Dance Troupe are:
- To provide a platform for dance enthusiasts to perform and exchange dance knowledge
- To improve the performance and training quality of members
- To enhance members’ dance interest, enthusiasm, and communication and build up good friendships through training and performances
- To promote art culture on campus and the development of local dance culture
We train regularly and perform on different occasions throughout the academic year. All of you are welcome to join our Dance Troupe!
Contact Person:
Student Resources Section (E31-2007)
Ms. Stella Ngai
Tel：(853) 8822 9912
Fax： (853) 8822 2368
Email： sao.services@um.edu.mo
Chief Instructor: Dr. Li Zihao Michael
Instructor of Chinese Dance – Ng Wai San
Instructor of Contemporary Dance – Lao Cho Wa
Instructor of Contemporary Dance – Ku Man Ian
Instructor of Contemporary Dance – Hoi Kai Lam
Dance Troupe Members 2023/2024
| 1 | 黎 澤 恩 | LAI CHAK IAN |
| 2 | 蔡 以 宬 | CAI YICHENG |
| 3 | 周 家 琪 | ZHOU KA KEI |
| 4 | 黃 予 晴 | HUANG YUQING |
| 5 | 區 宇 欣 | AO U IAN |
| 6 | 徐 心 悅 | XU XINYUE |
| 7 | 吳 子 敏 | NG CHI MAN |
| 8 | 羅 心 妍 | LO SAM IN |
| 9 | 李 佳 恆 | LI JIAHENG |
| 10 | 關 芷 桁 | KUAN CHI HANG |
| 11 | 紀 广 宁 | JI GUANGNING |
| 12 | 劉 啓 晉 | LAO KAI CHON |
| 13 | — | ISHII SAYAKA |
| 14 | 李 安 琪 | LI ANQI |
| 15 | 李 宛 真 | LEI UN CHAN |
| 16 | 曹 雨 婷 | CAO YUTING |
| 17 | — | CELINA LIN |
| 18 | 黃 莉 娜 | HUANG LINA |
| 19 | 涂 毓 洋 | TU YUYANG |
| 20 | 盧 皓 瑋 | LU HAOWEI |
| 21 | 方 啓 凝 | FANG QINING |
| 22 | 胡 皓 月 | HU HAOYUE |
| 23 | 劉 紫 鑫 | LIU ZIXIN |
| 24 | 丁 奕 僖 | DING IEK HEI |
| 25 | 劉 韙 圖 | LIU WEITU |
| 26 | 梁 曉 萱 | LEONG HIO HUN |
| 27 | 蘇 樂 兒 | SOU LOK I |
| 28 | 李 綺 晴 | LI QIQING |
| 29 | 鄭 佳 樂 | ZHENG JIALE |
| 30 | 傅 希 彤 | FU HEI TONG |
| 31 | 王 曉 樺 | WONG HIO WA |
| 32 | — | ERINNA TAN QIAN NI |
| 33 | 林 璟 朗 | LAM KENG LONG |
| 34 | 黃 智 翔 | WONG CHI CHEONG |
| 35 | 鄭 咏 欣 | CHEANG WENG IAN |
| 36 | 楊 陽 | YANG YANG |
| 37 | 蘇 浚 偉 | SOU CHON WAI |
Training Schedule:
Every Monday: 19:00 – 21:00, N8-3008 (Chinese Dance)
Every Tuesday: 20:00 – 22:00, N8-3008 (Team Training, Contemporary Dance)
Every Friday: 19:00 – 21:00, N8-3008 (Contemporary Dance)
(Depends on the coaches’ arrangement)
Eligibility & Application
- Interested in Dance and Performance
- Absolutely available for attending our compulsory weekly trainings
- Prior dance and performance experience
- Pass an audition (audition including dance basic exercise, improvisation and tempo training)
Application Method
If you are interested in joining UM Dance Troupe, please fill in the application form
2025/04/17
2025 UM Dance Troupe Annual Showcase – Lost and Found
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Performance date: 17 April 2025
2025/04/06
The Dance World Cup 2025
Performance Group: Grace Lai and Jessica Zhou
Award: TBC
2025/02/29
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Lantern Festival at St. Lazarus
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Organizer: the Macau Music and Arts Space (MMAS), the St. Lazarus Church District Creative Industries Promotion Association (CIPA), and the 10 Fantasia – Associação Promotora de Indústrias Criativas
2024/12
The 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area’s University Students Art Festival
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Award: Outstanding prize in the Dance category (non-professional group)
Organizer: Department of Education of Guangdong Province
2024/11/29
Healthy University Carnival 2024
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
2024/08/31
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th Anniversary of the Macao SAR: Dual Celebration Students Variety Show – Dancing to the Rhythm of Youth
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
2024/07/20-25 (Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude)
Student Youth Show in Celebration of Macao’s Return to the Motherland cum International Youth Dance Festival
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Achievement: The only local university dance team selected to perform in the event.
2024/05
The 7th National University Arts Festival
Performance Group： UM Dance Troupe
Award: The dance team received Second Prize for the dance “Vines”
2024/04/26
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th Anniversary of the Macao SAR: Cultural and Arts U-teams Campus Performances Series “The 10th anniversary of the UM Dance Troupe and 2024 Annual Showcase – BLOOM”
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Performance date: 26 April 2024
2024/02/24
Participated in the filming of “2024 Lantern Festival Special Program”
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Performance date: 06 January 2024
Organizer: Macau Cable TV and Guangzhou Broadcasting Network
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrW6AQe8H6E
Link: https://e-bulletin.um.edu.mo/notice/184591/
2023/10/26-29
The 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area’s University Students Art Festival
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Performance date: 26 to 27 Oct 2023
Award: Third prize in the Dance category (non-professional group)
Organizer: Department of Education of Guangdong Province
Held by: Southern University of Science and Technology
2023/04/21
UM String Orchestra X UM Dance Troupe Joint Performance: Bluebird
Performance Group: UM String Orchestra and UM Dance Troupe
Performance date: 21 April 2023
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAn9Y79NhU&t=3645s
2022/12/17
澳門教育界慶祝中國共產黨第二十次全國代表大會圓滿成功中華人民共和國成立73周年、澳門特別行政區成立23周年：奮進新時代文藝匯演
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe and UM Dragon and Lion Dance Team
Organizer: 澳門愛國教育研究推廣工作委員會 and Macao Teachers’ Art Troupe Association
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYqglVyyok
2022/04/21
UM Dance Troupe Annual Showcase 2022: Eastern Utopia (Online)
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Performance date: 21 April 2022
Premiere date: 20 May 2022
Link: https://youtu.be/jy9UYzzG5Es
2022/03/05
Local Original Ballet: The Star and the Sea
Performance Group: Ding Iek Hei, year 1 student of FSS and CYTC, and He Son Kak, year 2 student of FBA and SEAC
Achievement: The participation of UM Dance Troupe represented that UM was the only local university that participated in the ballet project. This performance played in the Macao Cultural Centre was the adaptation of the ballet “The Star and the Sea” which the original piece was elected to be one of the main projects of the 2021 mainland and Hong Kong, Macao exchange projects by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China.
2021/05
The 6th National University Arts Festival
Performance Group： UM Dance Troupe
Award: The dance team received an Outstanding Composition Award and a Third Prize for the dance “Hidden Courage”. Ms. Chloe Lao, the instructor of the UM Dance Troupe, received the third prize for coaching the team.
2020/11/26-11/27
UM Dance Troupe: Annual Showcase 2020
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
2020/05
Keep Learning and Training: The 5th anniversary of UM Dance Troupe Photo Exhibition: Expectation (Online)
Organizer: University of Macau
2019/12/19
Performance: The Night of Embracing the Motherland
Organizer: University of Macau & Tsinghua University Programme Alumni Association of Macau
2019/11/19
UM Dance Troupe Showcase: Twins
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
2019/07/19-25 (Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude)
International Youth Dance Festival 2019
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe
Achievement: The only local university dance team selected to perform in the event.
2019/04/24
UM Dance Troupe Showcase: Trace of Time
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe, Special thanks to: Violet Dance Association, SA Dancing
2019/04/14
UM Open Day
Performance Group: UM Choir, Chinese Orchestra, Dance Troupe, Magic Team, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
2019/04/13
2019深港澳青年文化交流藝術季
Performance Group：深圳市蛇口育才教育集團學生管弦樂團, UM Chinese Orchestra, UM Dance Troupe and other groups
2018/12/16
Macao International Parade 2018 (Instituto Cultural)
Performance Group: UM Dance Troupe performed ‘Glitter‧Memory’
Achievement: The only local university selected to perform in the event.
2018/11/11
Crossing Time and Dancing towards 2019
Performance Group：Taiwanese dance society Fang Shiang Dance Theatre, World of Dancing (Hong Kong), Guangdong Dance and Drama College, Escola dos Moradores de Macau, Macau Youth Dance Association, Choi Nong Chi Tai School, KAPO Dance Studio (Macau) and UM Dance Troupe.
2018/10/26
CKYC Art and Culture Series: “From the Mural: A lecture and demonstration of Jiyuetian” by Prof. SHI Min
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe, UM CKYC Chinese Dance Team
2018/10/12
Lightscape – A Multimedia Dance Performance (Centre for Arts and Design, Institute of Collaborative Innovation & Student Affairs Office)
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe performed “Near Night”, “Rising Above the Tides” and “Dancing Spirit”
2018/10/03
Macau International Creative Dancing Art Festival: Dance Competition (Youth category)
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
Award: The two dances, “Let’s Not be Friends Anymore” presented by Lee Hau Yin, a third-year student from the FBA and CYTC and “Shining Stars” presented by Li Site, a second-year student from the FAH and FPJC and Chu Heng-Hsuan, a fourth-year student from the FSS and CKPC, are both awarded Bronze. “Nearly Night”, choreographed by Chief instructor of UMDT Dr. Michael Li and presented by UMDT, is awarded Best Choreography and Dr. Michael Li is awarded the Best Instructor as well.
2018/04/20
UM Dance Troupe Showcase: “Inception”
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe, Special thanks to: Stella & Artists
2018/04/16-19
The 5th National University Arts Festival
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
Award: The team received an Outstanding Composition Award and a first prize for the dance project. Dr. Michael Li, the chief instructor of the UM Dance Troupe, who is also an assistant professor from the university’s Faculty of Education, received a first prize for coaching the team.
2017/11/25-27
Guangdong Dance Festival 2017
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2017/09/03
Ieng Chi Dance Association x University of Macau Dance Troupe: A Dance Exchange Performance Project
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe & Ieng Chi Dance Association
2017/04/09
UM Open Day
Performance Group：UM Choir, Chinese Orchestra, Dance Troupe, Magic Team, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
2017/04/06
UM Dance Troupe performance: “Infinite”
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe, Macao Youth Dance Association, Dancers from Macao Polytechnic Institute
2016/11/18
UM Dance Troupe: Dance X Magic Performance
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe, Matt (the president of UMSU Magic Society)
2016/10/30
UM Dance Troupe X Ieng Chi Dance Association – Chinese Dance Demonstration Performance
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe & Ieng Chi Dance Association
2016/07/22-28
Macau International Dance Festival 2016
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2016/05/25-28
UM Dance Troupe Beijing Exchange (Peking University and Tsinghua University)
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2016/03/23
UM 35th Anniversary Talent Show
Performance Group：UM Choir, Chinese Orchestra, Dance Troupe, Magic Team, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
2016/03/19
UM Open Day
Performance Group：UM Choir, Chinese Orchestra, Dance Troupe, Magic Team, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
2015/10/28
UM Cultural Night
Performance Group：UM Choir, Chinese Music Orchestra, Dance Troupe, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
2015/08/19
Art Fever
Performance Group：UM Choir, Chinese Music Orchestra, Dance Troupe, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
2015/04/25
Art Feast
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2015/03/11
UM Dance Troupe Showcase 2015 – “Dance Drawing”
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2015/02/10
Moon Chun Memorial College Talent Show – Star of MCMC
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2015/02/09
Zhuhai Chinese New Year Celebration
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2014/10/31
Mandarin Month Closing Ceremony
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe
2014/10/08
UM Culture & Arts Festival 2014
Performance Group：UM Dance Troupe, Choir, Chinese Music Orchestra, String Orchestra & Symphonic Band
