About ACTS
The First Note
The first building centre of ACTS of Performing Arts was founded in the year 2001 in Damansara Heights, Malaysia. The building currently acts as headquarters for it's sister branch in Cheras, Malaysia. ACTS upholds a vision of allowing their students to blossom and express him or herself in many creative genres. As expression includes a host of delightful art forms, the directors and teachers wish to introduce the best in the areas of Dance, Music, Drama, Language and Art. Rest assured that ACTS always has every student's best interest at heart; the directors and teachers are multi-skilled and are ever dedicated in honing your talents.
The centre offers piano, drums, guitar, vocal, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, line dance, arts & crafts, drama and literature classes. Currently, the centre has an approximate enrolment of 550 students and the numbers continue to grow throughout the years.
Founder / Principal
Ms. Yew holds an honours degree in English Literature (University Malaya) and has more than twenty years of teaching and lecturing experience. She has held teaching and lecturing posts at Sri Cempaka 1990-1991 and Kolej Damansara Utama (KDU) 1989. Her current involvement in teaching literature is in preparing students for the International General Certifican of Secondary Education (IGCSE) “O” Level English Literature and Language examinations 1991-2008. Ms Yew has an Associate in the teaching of Music from the Trinity College of Music and Associates in the teaching of Cechetti Ballet and Classical Ballet from the Imperial Society of Teachers’ of Dancing. She has earned a post-graduate Diploma from the London College of Dance, Bedford and has been pre-occupied during her stay in England with teaching dance classes at a dance school in Luton and with giving performances at the Bowen-West Community Theatre. Her Sundays have been spent service as a church pianist in the Bedford neighbourhood Methodist Church and her teaching skills are honed while working for renowned composer Ms Valerie Ross. Her involvement in the local church in Kuala Lumpur takes the form of being a Dance Choreographer for annual musicals and of having led a dance team for eight years 1997-2005. She hopes that her students will flourish in the many genres of the performing arts and will continue to receive accolades under her tutelage.
Angeline Yew
Awards
Asia Pacific Annual Dance Competitions
2010 Tap Champion
2010 Jazz Solo 3rd
2011 Honorary Mention Jazz and Ballet Solos
2013 Honorary Award Lyrical Solo
2013 Honorary Award Open Modern Dance Championship
2013 Honorary Award Lyrical Duo and Modern Jazz Duo
2013 Classical Ballet Solo 2nd
2013 Betty Tilley Ballet Championship Cup 3rd
2013 Modern Jazz Solo 3rd