The Slave Princess in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
The Slave Princess in Kota Kinabalu The production of The Slave Princess was staged on 28-29 August 2009 at the Tun Raffae Auditorium Yayasan Sabah and was organized by The Dance Society of Malaysia, the Rotary Club of Tanjung Aru, The Society of Performing Arts Kota Kinabalu (SPArKS) and SRJK Chung Hwa KK and Living Hope Malaysia. The performance was staged as a fund-raising performance for SRJK Chung Hwa Building Fund, Jireh Home, and PACOS Trust. The production of The Slave Princess choreographed by Lee Yupin, was last staged at the Istana Budaya in November 2007 with Bryan Chan and Ellyn Chew and Suhaili Ahmad Kamil as the leads but this East Malaysia production featured a new and younger cast. Prior to this, there was a 1999 staging which was danced by Too Cyndee and Umesh Shetty which indicates that it is a production that has the ability to showcase the talents and provide a platform for the best ballet dancers in Malaysia of a particular era, much like what Lee Lee L