An Asian dancer, with two braids in their hair and a small beard. THey wear a net top, a silver chain and have their right hand raised to their forehead.

Sze-Yang Ade-Lam
dancer

Sze-Yang Ade-Lam is a queer asian nonbinary dancer, choreographer, martial artist, actor, advocate, and community developer. Sze-Yang shares stories for love, liberation, representation & empowerment, as an independent artist, and as part of ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company. Since 2011 Sze-Yang has created more accessible affirming dance education and performance opportunities for QT2SBIPOC’s and their adjacent communities, as well as advocated for change in the arts. They were the force behind the Dora Mavor Moore Awards shift to gender neutral categories in 2019. Sze-Yang appears in Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan on Netflix and in New Monuments produced by Canadian Stage for the Luminato Festival.

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Sze-Yang was one of nine soloists featured in the film cycle her body as words.

For more information, find Sze-Yang on youtube by their name and instagram @seeyinandyang