Phoe Chit

Phoe Chit (Burmese: ဖိုးချစ်; born Chit Myo Htike on 15 February 1982) is a prominent traditional leading Burmese dance actor in Myanmar Drama Event.[1][2] He has found success in VCD distribution of his thabin performances, including Seven Kinds of Dance Performances in the Arts (အကခုနှစ်ဖြာအနုပညာ).[3] He has since branched into the film industry, acting in films such as Law Mingala (လော်မင်္ဂလာ).[4]

Phoe Chit
ဖိုးချစ်
Born
Chit Myo Htike

(1982-02-15) 15 February 1982
NationalityBurmese
Alma materYadanabon University
Occupation(s)Dancer, actor
Years active2005—present
OrganizationPhoe Chit Thabin
Known forBurmese dance
Parent(s)U Sein Win Thaung (father)
Daw Thein Thein Mya (mother)

He founded the Phoe Chit theatre troupe.[2] In 2012, he began constructing a housing complex for his troupe's performers in Mingaladon Township, Yangon, consisting of 200 homes and dance studios. He is founder and chairman of Sagaing United F.C., founded in 2015. [5]* On 30 November 2022, he is taken into custody for his role in opposing the military rule.[6]

Early life and education

Phoe Chit was born on 15 February in Kanbalu, Sagaing Region, Myanmar to parents U Sein Win Thaung and Daw Thein Thein Mya. He is youngest of six siblings. He attended high school at B.E.H.S (1) Kanbalu. He graduated with a degree B.Sc (Maths) from Yadanabon University.

References

  1. Nyein Ei Ei Htwe (27 August 2012). "Performance keeps audience enthralled into the wee hours". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. Zon Pann Pwint (27 February 2012). "Performers call for safety measures". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. May Sandy (27 December 2010). "Performers strive to move with the times". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. လင်းအက္ခရာ (April 2015). "သဘင် နဲ့ ပတ်သက် တဲ့ ရုပ်ရှင်ကားကြီး ရိုက်ကူး သွားမယ့် ဖိုးချစ်". Popular Myanmar (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. Phyo May (1 June 2012). "မင်္ဂလာဒုံမှာ ဇာတ်အဖွဲ့သားတွေ နားခိုဖို့အတွက် သဘင်ခြံကြီး ဆောက်လုပ်နေတဲ့ ဖိုးချစ်". Yatanarpon (in Burmese). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. Han Thit (6 December 2022). "Renowned performer of traditional Myanmar dance form arrested for anti-coup activism". Myanmar NOW.

See also

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