Malaysian aerial art performer takes her passion to new heights

‘Aerial is not for everyone, but I’ll try my best to make it for everybody,’ says Lim, pictured in her home studio in Petaling Jaya. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong

Last November, Charmaine Lim became the first Malaysian aerial artiste to win best Instructor/Overall Performance at the 2021 South West Aerial Championship in Britain.

Aerial art (a range of physical disciplines involving the use of apparatuses hung from a rig) has long been regarded as another form of yoga to Malaysians, but it commands recognition on the international stage.