Curriculum Vitae

DR. MUHAMMAD NORAMIN BIN MOHAMED FARID

Senior Lecturer
  • Dean's Office
    Faculty of Creative Arts
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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Noramin Farid, or Soultari Amin Farid, is a Singaporean choreographer, arts educator, researcher, and performance curator. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A recipient of the ASEAN-India Youth Award (2018), Singapore Youth Award (2017), National Arts Council Scholarship (2017) and Goh Chok Tong Mendaki Youth Promise Award (2016), Amin holds a PhD in Theatre, Drama and Dance Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

He is the founding member of a few collectives in Singapore and Malaysia: DIAN Dancers, a youth Malay Dance group; Arki-Gen, a research collective focused on Southeast Asian performing arts and Ruai Kolektif, a collective to promote Bornean Arts in Peninsular Malaysia and beyond.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • ANTHROPOLOGY OF ARTS
    Social Sciences, Anthropological Studies, Anthropology
  • MALAY CULTURE AND HERITAGE
    Humanities, Cultural And Heritage Studies, Malaysian Culture And Heritage
  • TRADITIONAL/CLASSICAL DANCES
    Humanities, Arts, Performing Arts And Music

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD.Dra.Tea.Dance, (Drama / Theatre)
    Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingd
  • M.Dance, (Dance)
    Norwegian University of Science & Technology (ntnu)
  • BA.Com, (Communication)
    University of Queensland, Australia

MEMBERSHIPS

  • DANCE STUDIES ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
    2020 to 2025 (International)
  • INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONS OF MUSIC AND DANCE (ICTMD), MEMBER
    2017 to present (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) Award 2022 (Merit)
    2023, Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP), International
  • India-ASEAN Youth Award 2018
    2018, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, International
  • Singapore Youth Award (SYA) 2017
    2017, National Youth Council, National

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Farid, N. (2024). Documenting Dian Dancers’ two decades of Malay cultural youth activism. Tirai Panggung: Journal of Performing Arts, 20(1), 35–53. https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/tiraipanggung/article/view/53942/17308
  2. Farid, M. N. M. (2022). Inter-Asia traditional dances in dialogue: Reflections on a performance-lecture between Singaporean practitioner-scholars. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 23(4), 675–683. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2022.2131107
Chapter in Books
  1. Farid, N. (2023). Tarian Melayu à la Singapura?: Reflections on Singapore’s nationalising of Malay folk dances from maritime Southeast Asia. In S. Weiss (Ed.), Is there such a thing as Singaporean performance? (pp. 81–102). Shaker Verlag.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Farid, N. M. (2023). Ronggeng Singapura: Early stages of dance revivalism and activism. In H. Z. Hamza, F. A. M. Gingging, L. F. H. Chin, P. A. Hardwick, M. B. T. Sampurno, & C. Augustine (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Music and Performing Arts Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 208–219). Penerbit Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. https://fmsp.upsi.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMPAC-PROCEEDINGS-2023-FINAL-eISSN.pdf
Other Publications
  1. Ties That Bind - Creative/art Work
  2. Farid, N. (2024, December 17). Dance Now Asia: A potential platform for Asian camaraderie? Eksentrika. https://www.eksentrika.com/dance-now-asia-dna-festival-noramin-farid/ - Mass Media(newspaper,radio,tv,popular Magazine)

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Dance and Music of Maritime Southeast Asia (Malay World, Tari, Tarian, Alam Melayu, Music, Muzik, Southeast Asia)
  • Critical Dance Studies (Gender, Sexuality, Nationalism, Belonging, Intercultural, Race Studies, Politics)
  • Interdisciplinary Arts (Dance, Music, Theatre) (Interdisciplinary)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Millennials Teaching Traditional Malay Dance in Singapore, The 7th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on the Performing Arts of Southeast Asia, University of the Philippines (International) (20 Jun 2024 - 26 Jun 2025)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Water Bodies As Inspiration:, Water Bodies as Inspiration: Zapin Creativity in Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, National University of Theatre and Film I.L Caragiale and University of the Philippines Diliman. (International) (14 May 2025 - 16 Jun 2025)
  2. Aliens who walked on land and under sea embodying the survivance, surrealism and South-South allyship of the north west Australian pearl shell industry 1860s-1960s, Uncommon Senses V Conference: Sensing the Social, the Environmental, and Across the Arts and Sciences, Concordia University (International) (07 May 2025 - 10 Jun 2025)
  3. Water Bodies as Inspiration: Zapin Creativity in Singapore, 48th ICTMD World Conference, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington (International) (09 Jan 2025 - 15 Jan 2025)
  4. Singapura Gelek: Gender Explorations by Malay-Identifying Choreographers, 12th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music, Gender, and Sexuality, ICTMD Study Group on Music, Gender, and Sexuality (International) (27 Aug 2024 - 01 Sep 2024)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Adjudicator of Arts Presentation (ap) for Malay Dance in Singapore Youth Festival 2025, National, (External Assessor)
  2. (2024) Adjudicator of Arts Presentation (ap) for Malay Dance in Singapore Youth Festival 2024, National, (External Assessor)
  3. (2023) Adjudicator of Arts Presentation (ap) for Malay Dance in Singapore Youth Festival 2023, National, (External Assessor)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2025) Bulan Bahasa 2025 Committee, National, (Resource Person)
  2. (2025) Council Member, National, (Expert Advisor)
Contribution to event
  1. (2025) Guest Speaker, University, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2025) Moderator of Ragam & Rakyat: a Malay Dance Seminar, National, (Panelist/Moderator)