Joavien Ng began her choreographing career in 1997, after graduating from La Salle School of Performing Arts in Singapore. Her works have since been presented by various Singapore and international arts organisations such as, Esplanade Theatre (Singapore), Singapore Arts Festival, Contemporary Dance of Fort Worth (USA), Little Asia Dance Exchange Network (Asia), Singapore National Arts Council, Singapore Art Museum, Utterly Art Gallery (Singapore), Ecnad (Singapore).
Her most recent works, LAB and Body Inquire, were commissioned by Esplanade - theatre on the Bay and the Singapore Arts Festival 2008 respectively. LAB was presented under the Super-natural, The Studios 2008 while Body Inquire was featured in Forward Moves, the festival's platform featuring young and emerging choreographers in Singapore.
In 2005, Joavien Ng was invited by Singapore Esplanade Theatre to participate in Little Asia Dance Exchange Network, premiering Victoria, and performed in 5 Asian cities (Taipei, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore). In 2006, her work, Dream, was commissioned by the Contemporary Dance of Fort Worth, Tx, USA. She was also invited by the Japanese Centre of International Theatre Institute (Tokyo) to participate in the Asia Contemporary Dance Conference 2007.
In 2004-2005, Toilet, her solo work was selected for Sparks final presentation (Sparks is a creative development programme, aims to identify and support the creation of new works organised by Esplanade Theatre.)
In 2003, Joavien Ng founded Crow Jane, a platform to explore and present solo and collaborative contemporary works.
