MALAYSIANSKINI | When Kuala Lumpur boy Imran Syafiq was in Standard 1, he saw his older sister (who was in Standard 3 at that time) rehearsing for a dance she was going to perform at the school concert.

“It was a Malay dance. It was to Cindai sung by Siti Nurhaliza. I remember that I started imitating her and it got me interested in watching dance on television.

“I only started dancing when I was in high school,” Imran, 31, told Malaysiakini.

There was no culture club at his primary school but...