石毓,英文名
Lily Shi , 原籍中国陕西。1999 年毕业于上海交通大学材料与科学系。毕业后在上海化工机械一厂任职厂长助理和翻译工作。工作一年后获得新加坡国立大学的硕士奖学金,即赴新于
2000 年 9 月开始攻读工程硕士学位。在读书和科研过程中,论文曾在国际期刊发表。 2002
年在完全没有舞蹈基础的情况下开始接触并学习肚皮舞和莎莎舞蹈,立即被这些舞蹈的热情吸引折服。 2003
年获得博士学位奖学金 , 开始攻读工程博士学位,也正是在这期间,她的兴趣彻底发生了巨大的转移,她不仅在校期间积极参加社团活动,协助国大研究生联合会推广拉丁舞莎莎舞,
并且于 2005 年在国立大学 PGP 学生宿舍区教授国际大学生肚皮舞和莎莎舞,并在国大 PGP
宿舍区新年庆祝会上多次表演。
2005 年获得她获得国大工程硕士学位,同时博士生休学,为了追求自己热爱的肚皮舞事业,她放弃了博士学位。这之后她积极发展自己的肚皮舞表演事业,多次参加新加坡各大公司的庆祝表演活动,以及各种慈善表演活动,并协助一家澳洲员工培训公司在东南亚及新加坡长期的表演和培训事业。与此同时,她也协助发展新加坡中东鼓的推广和表演事业,积极促进新加坡,台湾,大陆,香港,澳门等地的舞蹈老师们及手鼓爱好者们的艺术交流。除了参与经新加坡国家艺术部批准的学校文化推广表演节目,在新加坡几十所大中小学进行中东音乐和舞蹈表演,她表演的足迹也遍布新加坡的美国国际学校,加拿大国际学校等。
她还培训 UWC 国际学校的学生们为其校世界艺术节呈现肚皮舞,把东方文化的精萃带给国际学生们。
国际文化交流方面,早在 2005 年她就赴土耳其和以色列进修肚皮舞,与当地著名的肚皮舞表演家和手鼓家交流切磋。
2007 年她也参与了新加坡 APSARA ASIA 艺术团在澳洲布里斯本的诗歌节表演。
2008 年她也受邀在以色列为当地幼儿园表演,受到当地观众的一致好评。 2009 年开始,她积极接洽中国,促成中东鼓乐师在中国厦门进行中东鼓培训,
2010 年也成功邀请了新加坡的肚皮舞大师在中国厦门进行专业肚皮舞表演,使得中国的舞蹈者们有机会获得正宗的中东音乐和舞蹈熏陶和教学。
2009 年 9 月开始,她决心扩大业务,把肚皮舞教学事业开发出来,为已经成熟和受到广泛好评的表演事业再添佳绩。
她创立了新加坡沙漠玫瑰肚皮舞工作室,开始把肚皮舞向新加坡的广大居民包括新移民推广,倡导大众包括新移民形成健康的生活方式,并积极参与新加坡的文化活动,促进新加坡本地人和来自全世界的新移民们的交流和融入。在向新加坡居民包括新移民推广肚皮舞健身和艺术的过程中,她极大促进了新移民积极的融入新加坡社会。同时她也积极推广中国文化在海外的影响。
2010 年沙漠玫瑰舞蹈室的教练及学员受阿联酋的阿布扎比邀请, 出国在阿布扎比夏季盛会上做文化交流表演,在中东推广中国中华舞蹈文化。同年8月,舞蹈室的三位教练组建的舞团沙漠玫瑰在新传媒电视台的才艺节目里脱颖而出,
连胜 10 集, 荣获新加坡最受欢迎娱乐团体前六名,一时间沙漠玫瑰的品牌在新加坡家喻户晓。 舞蹈室的专业肚皮舞团表演和专业肚皮教学不仅为国家艺术部批准的
NAC-AEP 项目,也为新加坡各大公司的文化娱乐事业,各大国际社会团体的互相融入事业,起到积极的促进作用。虽然专业是肚皮舞事业,她没有局限眼光,继续不断创新,形成融合埃及,土耳其,美国等各国肚皮舞精华的的新加坡风格肚皮舞,也积极把其他的音乐和别种舞蹈大胆的融入到肚皮舞表演中。
早在 2005 年间,她的事迹就在新加坡各大报刊广泛报道, 2009 年开始,她也多次受邀上新加坡新传媒电视节目如
“ 焦点 ”, “ 早安您好 , 综艺 Go Live 和 " Hooked on Huayu”
等,作为活跃在新加坡艺术界,积极主动的融入新加坡社会的外国人典型接受采访,鼓励新移民以一颗欣赏,学习,宽容,进取的心积极融入新加坡社会,在新加坡安居乐业。她所倡导的,
是女性应该受益于肚皮舞,体验肚皮舞艺术对女性身心启迪的强大影响, 从而在生活中不断追求对生命的理解,和对健康美好生活乐此不疲的不断向往。
In 2002, Lily first
saw belly dancing at Clarke Quay by a friend and
enchanted by the form of art while she was doing
her Master's in Engineering in National University
of Singapore. She started to learn the dance in
her spare time since then. In 2004, Lily was already
the regular belly dancer for the band of Al-Bedouin
Middle Eastern Music Ensemble Singapore. Lily and
the Drummers of the Nile (Al-Bedouin's student group)
are regular fixtures of the Holistic Living Festival,
having performed together for the last three Festivals.
Lily has also performed for numerous events include
Mercure Roxy Park Hotel Appreciation Night, NUS
Prince George's Park International Festival, Light
Up Bishan, Toastmasters International Anniversary
Dinner, Kampung Senang World Harmony Day Celebration,
Embedded Systems Conference, (Faculty of Engineering,
NUS), NUS Centennial Celebration, Toastmasters Christmas
Party, Little India Utsav, Dance Connection Christmas
Party, and performed for the Nanyang Technological
University Alumni Day.
In 2005 she quit her
PhD study in engineering to pursue her passion in
Belly Dance. She was involved in Kids Fest Singapore
2006, as part of Singapore’s arts college Lassalle’s
performing team. She also performed for National
Arts Counsel’s Arts Exposure Programs for Singapore's
local primary schools, secondary schools, junior
colleges in Singapore together with Amit Gilboa's
Middle Eastern music band Albedouin during 2005
to 2009. She has also performed in Canadian International
school and American International School in Singapore
and choreographed dance for United World College's
(UWC) students' performance for the school's Racial
Harmony Day .
Lily has also performed
as a Middle Eastern percussionist; she assisted
conducting teambuilding workshops for such companies
as IBM, OCBC as well as for 500 students at Nanyang
Primary School, and performed as a drummer at the
Pulses of the Northeast Festival in July 2004.
Lily has also performed
as a salsa dancer at events such as the Junior Chamber
International Operation hope Fundraiser, NUS Prince
George's Park International Festival and Citigroup
Latin Fiesta. She has also assisted teaching Salsa
in GSS-NUS and in Philips, as well as some other
private parties. She also taught Belly Dance/Salsa
in NUS Prince Georges Park-international student’s
hostel during 2005- 2006.
Lily also joined Al-Bedouin
drummers and other dancers in the Vida Condominium
TV commercial. Lily has also appeared on these Mediacorp
TV programs: "Focus", "It's a small
world", "Good morning Singapore",
" 综艺Go live" "Hooked on Hanyu"
for her endeavors as a passionate immigrate promoting
arts and international harmony and appeared on many
newspapers and magazines as well over the years.
Internationally, early
in 2005, Lily took private classes in Turkey and
was invited to perform in Israel for kids, and also
participated in the performance for Queensland Poetry
Festival in Brisbane, Australia. She has performed
with many international belly dance artists. In
2009 to 2013 she bridged master workshops between
Turkey, Singapore and China to promote international
arts communication and culture exchange. She also
assisted culture exchange between Abu Dhabi and
Singapore for Abu Dhabi Summer Festival in 2009.
In 2009, she also founded
Desert Roses Belly Dance: Desert Roses Dance Studio
together with Desert Roses Performance Group to
promote belly dance as a lifestyle to benefit more
women in body, mind and soul.
To date, Desert Roses
Dance Studio has taught thousands of students and
fostered international belly dance champion for
Singapore, also many highly qualified instructors
working all over in Singapore. She has inspired
belly dance art industry in Singapore in many ways
towards a more prosperous direction to enrich Singapore's
local life.
Desert Roses performance
group has also grown into Desert Roses Show Productions
and absorbed more performing artists highly professional
in their music and dance performance.
Educational
Background:
Dance Training
(2002- 2006):
Lily began
her belly dance training in Singapore under established
dancers Claribel Ng, Fiona Hoo (Desert Rhythm) and
Belinda Tan (Sahara Sundance) and also received
private training in Istanbul from internationally
acclaimed dancer Hale Cakir (Hale Sultan).
Academic
Background:
Master in
Engineering: National University of Singapore, Singapore
2005
Bachelor in Engineering: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, China 1999
Favorite
Quotes:
"In
our life there are many possibilities to follow
our dreams..."
"Run towards
your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your
greatest fears lives your greatest life." ~ Robin
Sharma
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