Artistic Director Leonson NG
Leonson NG
Ng Chong Leong is one of Sun Son Theatre’s founding members, and at present is serving as Sun Son Theatre’s artistic director. When studying drama at the Malaysian Institute of Art, he began to expand upon the freedom and diversity of his performance vocabulary. Because of his deep, continuing interest in the language and vocabulary of ancient rituals and art— a language transcending culture and rooted in the common human experience—Ng Chong Leong founded Sun Son Theatre with other friends in theatre in 1998. In founding Sun Son Theatre, their emphasis was on the search for sound and body’s natural power and aesthetics. In training themselves to fuse elements of sound (instrumental or voice), body, drama, ritual, and environment, they hoped to search for and bring to life a pure and organic performance energy—one free from racial and cultural boundaries, thereby conveying an even greater degree of freedom in body and voice performance techniques. In 2007, Ng Chong Leong received the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship Award allowing him to travel to New York for further study.
Ng Chong Leong is one of Sun Son Theatre’s founding members, and at present is serving as Sun Son Theatre’s artistic director. When studying drama at the Malaysian Institute of Art, he began to expand upon the freedom and diversity of his performance vocabulary. Because of his deep, continuing interest in the language and vocabulary of ancient rituals and art— a language transcending culture and rooted in the common human experience—Ng Chong Leong founded Sun Son Theatre with other friends in theatre in 1998. In founding Sun Son Theatre, their emphasis was on the search for sound and body’s natural power and aesthetics. In training themselves to fuse elements of sound (instrumental or voice), body, drama, ritual, and environment, they hoped to search for and bring to life a pure and organic performance energy—one free from racial and cultural boundaries, thereby conveying an even greater degree of freedom in body and voice performance techniques. In 2007, Ng Chong Leong received the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship Award allowing him to travel to New York for further study.
◎Education
Malaysia Institute of Arts-Drama department 1993-1995
◎ Working Experience
U Theatre Actor
Legend Lin Dance Theatre Rehearsal assistant/Lead dancer/musician
Head-Spring Ensemble Actor
Assignment Theatre Physical Training assistant/Drumming instructor/Actor/Director
Chi Body Theatre Actor/Musician
Zheng Zhi University Drama club Instructor
Lu Di Community University Drumming Instructor
Zhu Wei Junior High School Physical Training Instructor
Malaysia The First Theatre Artistic Director
Malaysia Theatre Education Foundation Board of Committee and syllabus design
◎ Curator：
2008-2010：Tamsui Arts Parade Artistic Director
2011：Tamsui International Environmental Arts Festival Festival Director
2015：Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival Parade Director
2016：Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival Festival Director
◎ Other Acting Experience
1996～1998 U Theatre actor
1998：Legend Lin Dance Theatre Avignon Tour performance "Miroirs de Vie" musician and dancer
1998：Chi Body Theatre "The Scent of Star Fruit" music composer and actor
1998：Directed by Fu Hong Zheng "After All The World Keep Spinning" actor
1998：Assignment Theatre collaborated with Phillipines KALIWAT community Theatre "The Song of Earth" actor, and participated in the performance in Taiwan.
1998：Assignment Theatre "The Legend of Water Village" actor
1999：Golden Bough Theatre "Butterfly" actor
1999：Head Spring Theatre "The Florescent Being" actor
1999：Chi Body Theatre "Lotus" sound composer and actor
1999：Hong Kong Wrinkle Theatre "The Mother Under A Decay Tree " music composer
2000：Head Spring Theatre "The Memoir of Life" actor
2000：Legend Lin Dance Theatre Taiwan and Avignon Tour performance "Hymne aux Fleurs qui Passent" lead dancer and musician.
2001：Collaborate with Off PW Theatre 「The Legend of King Lear」— "Drumming with King Lear" music composer and actor
2001：Legend Lin Dance Theatre Lyon and Madrid Tour performance "Hymne aux Fleurs qui Passent" lead dancer and musician.
2001：Taiwan Drumming Challenge music director
2002：International Theatre Festival-Collaborate with OFF PW Theatre "Drumming with King Lear" music composer and actor
2003：Collaborate with OFF PW Theatre "Eye Ball Loves the World--The Cruel Flowers" actor and drummer
2003："Shakespeare in Taipei" Collaborate with OFF PW Theatre《The Ultimate Version of Drumming with King Lear" music composer and actor
2004：Collaborate with Johnny Tu & Patrick Su "High Rise Urban" actor
2004：Kuritaro Butoh workshop in Taipei presentation music composer
2005：Taipei Caligraphy Festival－Head Spring Theatre "The Blank " actor
2005：Taipei Festival－Head Spring Theatre "Chasing The Dark" actor
2005：「U2 Perspective」－Alex Chang "Follow You? Follow Me?" actor
2005：Directed by Tien Kai Liang short film "Ambush" actor
2006：MOVE Theatre－Directed by Fu Hon Zheng "The Secret Code of Hero" actor
2012：Directed by Lau Kek Huat film "When The Flower Blossom" guest performer
2014：Taipei Arts Festival production directed by Kevin Rittberger "Mulian Rescues Mother Earth" actor
2016：Director by Martin Scorsese "Silence" action actor
Malaysia Institute of Arts-Drama department 1993-1995
◎ Working Experience
U Theatre Actor
Legend Lin Dance Theatre Rehearsal assistant/Lead dancer/musician
Head-Spring Ensemble Actor
Assignment Theatre Physical Training assistant/Drumming instructor/Actor/Director
Chi Body Theatre Actor/Musician
Zheng Zhi University Drama club Instructor
Lu Di Community University Drumming Instructor
Zhu Wei Junior High School Physical Training Instructor
Malaysia The First Theatre Artistic Director
Malaysia Theatre Education Foundation Board of Committee and syllabus design
◎ Curator：
2008-2010：Tamsui Arts Parade Artistic Director
2011：Tamsui International Environmental Arts Festival Festival Director
2015：Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival Parade Director
2016：Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival Festival Director
◎ Other Acting Experience
1996～1998 U Theatre actor
1998：Legend Lin Dance Theatre Avignon Tour performance "Miroirs de Vie" musician and dancer
1998：Chi Body Theatre "The Scent of Star Fruit" music composer and actor
1998：Directed by Fu Hong Zheng "After All The World Keep Spinning" actor
1998：Assignment Theatre collaborated with Phillipines KALIWAT community Theatre "The Song of Earth" actor, and participated in the performance in Taiwan.
1998：Assignment Theatre "The Legend of Water Village" actor
1999：Golden Bough Theatre "Butterfly" actor
1999：Head Spring Theatre "The Florescent Being" actor
1999：Chi Body Theatre "Lotus" sound composer and actor
1999：Hong Kong Wrinkle Theatre "The Mother Under A Decay Tree " music composer
2000：Head Spring Theatre "The Memoir of Life" actor
2000：Legend Lin Dance Theatre Taiwan and Avignon Tour performance "Hymne aux Fleurs qui Passent" lead dancer and musician.
2001：Collaborate with Off PW Theatre 「The Legend of King Lear」— "Drumming with King Lear" music composer and actor
2001：Legend Lin Dance Theatre Lyon and Madrid Tour performance "Hymne aux Fleurs qui Passent" lead dancer and musician.
2001：Taiwan Drumming Challenge music director
2002：International Theatre Festival-Collaborate with OFF PW Theatre "Drumming with King Lear" music composer and actor
2003：Collaborate with OFF PW Theatre "Eye Ball Loves the World--The Cruel Flowers" actor and drummer
2003："Shakespeare in Taipei" Collaborate with OFF PW Theatre《The Ultimate Version of Drumming with King Lear" music composer and actor
2004：Collaborate with Johnny Tu & Patrick Su "High Rise Urban" actor
2004：Kuritaro Butoh workshop in Taipei presentation music composer
2005：Taipei Caligraphy Festival－Head Spring Theatre "The Blank " actor
2005：Taipei Festival－Head Spring Theatre "Chasing The Dark" actor
2005：「U2 Perspective」－Alex Chang "Follow You? Follow Me?" actor
2005：Directed by Tien Kai Liang short film "Ambush" actor
2006：MOVE Theatre－Directed by Fu Hon Zheng "The Secret Code of Hero" actor
2012：Directed by Lau Kek Huat film "When The Flower Blossom" guest performer
2014：Taipei Arts Festival production directed by Kevin Rittberger "Mulian Rescues Mother Earth" actor
2016：Director by Martin Scorsese "Silence" action actor
