Jane Chan

Artist Advisory Group

Jane is a London-based dance artist, trained in Kathak, ballet, contemporary dance, Chinese classical and Chinese folk dance. She graduated from University of Surrey with an MA in Dance Cultures in 2013. She has been performing regularly with Amina Khayyam Dance Co since 2014 and tours across the UK, Europe and internationally.

Jane also performs across art forms with musicians, visual artists, photographers and filmmakers. Some of them include: Gigi Giannella, Jihye Kim, Joonhong Min, Roxi Rahmanzadeh, Simon Richardson, Moi Tran, Katja Verheul and Zadie Xa. 

In 2015, Jane founded Passion Project, her teaching initiative with the belief that the sheer joy of dancing is universal. Having witnessed the power of dance on her late grandmother, Jane also conducts older adult community classes through Akademi’s Dance Well project, focusing on those with or without dementia. She is the London Correspondent for dancejournal/hk and a mentor for Arts Emergency, supporting young people who wish to pursue dance as a career. To further her understanding and development of the body as well as broaden her movement vocabulary, she has been training in Wing Chun since 2014.

She champions South Asian and inclusive dance practice.