Michelle Lim Headshot

Michelle Lim

Get Michelle Lim Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Michelle Lim BIO

Michelle Lim is a freelance dancer, specializing in contemporary dance for stage and film. She graduated in 2012 from Singapore’s first pre-tertiary arts institution, the School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA), as part of their pioneering class. In 2013, she moved to New York City as the first Singaporean dancer at The Juilliard School. She also trained at Springboard Danse Montréal, AXIS Connect, the Movement Invention Project, and BODYTRAFFIC.

She has performed works by Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Takehiro Ueyama, Matthew Neenan, Loni Landon, Zvi Gotheiner, Roy Assaf, Peter Chu, Andrea Pena, Young Soon Kim, Robin Aren, Brandon Coleman and Christian Denice, across venues across the United States, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia and multiple digital platforms.

She has had the joy of performing with companies such as The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Second Company and WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company.

Michelle has also taken on roles beyond the stage, Assistant Director and Dance Captain for the Off-Broadway production of COMFORT WOMEN: A New Musical.

As a choreographer, Michelle is passionate about exploring the complexities of human experiences: psychology, intimacy, and culture. Michelle is currently creating and presenting her work under MVL + Artists.

Michelle Lim News


REVIEW: Nevil Shute's Apocalyptic Novel ON THE BEACH, Adapted For Stage By Tommy Murphy, Retains A Relevance In The 21st Century.


Director Kip Williams delivers a captivating production of Tommy Murphy’s adaptation Nevil Shute’s 1957 novel ON THE BEACH.

Winners Announced For The 2022 Sydney Theatre Awards; MOULIN ROUGE Wins Best Musical


The winners of the 2022 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced on 23 January 2023 at a star-studded ceremony, with 30 Awards presented, shared between 18 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2022. Over 500 members of the Sydney theatre community gathered at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre to celebrate.

STC's Patrick White Fellow, Award Winner And Emerging Writers Group Announced


Angus Cerini has been appointed Sydney Theatre Company's new Patrick White Playwrights Fellow, just six months after his gothic two-hander Wonnangatta starring Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair marked the Company's return to the stage following last year's industry shutdown. 

Season Extended For MTC's TORCH THE PLACE


Due to popular demand, Torch the Place by Benjamin Law has been extended until Monday 23 March, with an additional performance added to the season.

TORCH THE PLACE To Have World Premiere At Arts Centre Melbourne


Benjamin Law's debut play, Torch the Place, will have its world premiere on Friday 14 February at Arts Centre Melbourne, directed by Dean Bryant (The Lady in the Van).

STC Announces 2020 Season, Including FUN HOME, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, and More!


Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams unveiled the STC 2020 season tonight a?' a year brimming with fantastic writing, electric performances and beautiful designs. The season will consist of 12 plays performed over four venues a?' the Roslyn Packer Theatre in Walsh Bay, the Drama Theatre and Playhouse Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, and Riverside Theatre in Parramatta.

MTC's 2020 Season Revealed - FUN HOME, AS YOU LIKE IT, and More!


Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director & CEO Brett Sheehy today unveiled MTC's 2020 Season, a suite of plays that will ignite imaginations, challenge preconceptions and enrich lives throughout the country.

BWW REVIEW: The Minefield Of Modern Dating Is Exposed as Toxic Misogyny And Feisty Feminism Go Head to Head in BANGING DENMARK.


Van Badham's new Australian play BANGING DENMARK is a fabulously funny schooling of the misogynistic men who think that having 'game' and getting girls is more important that being decent human beings.

Sydney Theatre Company Presents BANGING DENMARK By Van Badham


From the pen of Australian playwright and social commentator Van Badham comes Banging Denmark a?" a swinging satire on the men who claim to understand the 'female mind' and the online culture that inspires them, opening at The Studio, Sydney Opera House this July.

Sydney Theatre Company Presents HOW TO RULE THE WORLD By Nakkiah Lui


Award winning playwright Nakkiah Lui returns to STC with How to Rule the World - a brand new political satire, opening at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House in February. Following the smash hit success of Lui's Black is the New White and Blackie Blackie Brown, How to Rule the World is a fast-paced comedy that tackles the Australian myths of multiculturalism and a 'fair go'. STC Associate Director Paige Rattray has assembled a stellar cast which includes Nakkiah Lui, Michelle Lim Davidson, Anthony Taufa, Rhys Muldoon, Vanessa Downing, Gareth Davies and Hamish Michael for this hilarious tale of sex, lies and the balance of power.

2018 Sydney Theatre Award Nominations Announced


Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2018, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday 21 January 2019 at 6pm at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre.

COMFORT WOMEN: A New Musical Releases Original Off-Broadway Cast Album


The original Off-Broadway cast recording of 'Comfort Women: A New Musical' will be available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and other streaming sites beginning on December 7th 2018.

Griffin Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of THE FEATHER IN THE WEB By Nick Coyle


A Lysicrates Prize finalist, The Feather in the Web is Nick Coyle's wild and unpredictable take on infatuation and self-discovery. Griffin's former Artistic Associate Ben Winspear returns to direct Tina Bursill, Gareth Davies, Michelle Lim Davidson and Claire Lovering in what can only be described as one of the most inventive plays to land on the SBW stage and a startling coming of age story. Part picaresque, part fable, moving from engagement parties to improv comedy, the play skewers our obsession with couples and careers and asks just how much we're willing to give, and lose, for love?

Griffin Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of THE FEATHER IN THE WEB By Nick Coyle


A Lysicrates Prize finalist, The Feather in the Web is Nick Coyle's wild and unpredictable take on infatuation and self-discovery. Griffin's former Artistic Associate Ben Winspear returns to direct Tina Bursill, Gareth Davies, Michelle Lim Davidson and Claire Lovering in what can only be described as one of the most inventive plays to land on the SBW stage and a startling coming of age story. Part picaresque, part fable, moving from engagement parties to improv comedy, the play skewers our obsession with couples and careers and asks just how much we're willing to give, and lose, for love?

Griffin Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of THE FEATHER IN THE WEB By Nick Coyle


A Lysicrates Prize finalist, The Feather in the Web is Nick Coyle's wild and unpredictable take on infatuation and self-discovery. Griffin's former Artistic Associate Ben Winspear returns to direct Tina Bursill, Gareth Davies, Michelle Lim Davidson and Claire Lovering in what can only be described as one of the most inventive plays to land on the SBW stage and a startling coming of age story. Part picaresque, part fable, moving from engagement parties to improv comedy, the play skewers our obsession with couples and careers and asks just how much we're willing to give, and lose, for love?

Rebel Wilson and More Will Lead Shows in Sydney Theatre Company's 2019 Season


Sydney Theatre Company tonight unveils its 2019 Season - Kip Williams' second as Artistic Director. It is a bold program of thirteen shows across four venues which will inspire, challenge and entertain audiences.

COMFORT WOMEN Approaches Final Performance Off-Broadway


Dimo Kim Musical Theatre Factory, a new theatre company providing more roles for Asian American actors will close its run of COMFORT WOMEN: A NEW MUSICAL on Sunday, September 2

Ensemble Theatre Announces 2019 Season


Mark Kilmurry, Artistic Director, Ensemble Theatre today announced the 2019 Season which, says Kilmurry, promises to be an exceptional year with six brilliant comedies, three intense dramas and a musical. Three of the plays will be World Premieres, three Australian Premieres and there will be a return season of the sell-out play, DIPLOMACY.

AN IDEAL HUSBAND Season Extended at Melbourne Theatre Company


Due to popular demand, Melbourne Theatre Company's season of An Ideal Husband has been extended until Wednesday 22 August, with three new performances added.

Dimo Kim Musical Theatre Factory Announces the Cast of COMFORT WOMEN


Dimo Kim Musical Theatre Factory, a new theatre company providing more roles for Asian American actors has announced the cast of COMFORT WOMEN: A NEW MUSICAL written by Dimo Hyun Jun Kim, Osker David Aguirre, and Joann Malory Miese with music by Bryan Michaels and TaeHo Park

Get Michelle Lim Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos