Malaysian dance instructor Lim Sae Min's journey from desk to dance


Dancer Lim Sae Min says the satisfaction from teaching dance is immeasurable. Photo: The Star/Sia Hong Kiau

In 1992, 15-year-old Lim Sae Min watched the Baz Luhrmann movie Strictly Ballroom and was blown away by the dancing and the music in the film.

Confident that he too could move like the protagonist in the movie – a dancer who struggles to win dancing championships because of his dance style which was not “strictly ballroom” – Lim told his mother that he wanted to learn ballroom dancing.

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