Sydney Lion Dance

Sydney Lion Dance The Sydney Choy Lee Fut Lion Dance Academy has been around for over 25 years, offering traditional p

19/03/2026

2026 Chinese New Year Lion Dance Season Recap 🦁🧧A look back at an incredible 2026 Chinese New Year season filled with lion dance, kung fu, community and tr...

20/02/2026

Such a pleasure performing for your staff and patrons!
Thank you for having us !

Happy New Lunar Year!
Gong Hei Fat Choi!

🦁🧧🎊🔥🐎🙏

19/02/2026

For more than four decades, our annual Choy Lee Fut Parade Day has filled the streets of Chinatown with the beat of the drum and our vibrant lions, a tradition proudly upheld by Chan Family Choy Lee Fut!

This reel is a glimpse of last year’s energy!
The movement, the rhythm, the community spirit. Non-stop lion dance.
Drums echoing through the streets.
And now… it’s almost time again.

📍 Sunday 22 February
📍 Starting at the corner of Goulburn & Sussex Street
⏰ 11:00am – 4:00pm (non-stop through Chinatown)

From the first drumbeat to the final salute, we’ll be moving through the streets bringing blessings, strength and celebration to the community.

This isn’t a stage performance. It’s a living tradition shared block by block, lion by lion.

If you’ve never experienced Parade Day before, this is the one to see.

If you’ve come before, you already know the feeling.

Mark the date.
Bring your friends.
Follow the drums. 🥁🧧

18/02/2026

🔥 Kung Fu in the heart of Chatswood 🔥

Yesterday we brought the energy to Chatswood Interchange with a series of traditional kung fu demonstrations showcasing the strength, discipline and spirit behind everything we do.

From powerful hand forms to explosive weapon sequences, every movement reflects years of training, structure and respect for lineage.

For us, demonstrations aren’t about flash. They’re about preserving and sharing authentic martial arts, the foundation that also shapes our lion dance. The same horse stance. The same power generation. The same discipline.

Thank you to everyone who stopped to watch, cheer us on and support traditional kung fu in action.

This is more than performance.

This is culture. This is training. This is legacy.

Just a few captured moments from today's performance at 🥬🧧🐎🔥🦁
17/02/2026

Just a few captured moments from today's performance at

🥬🧧🐎🔥🦁

17/02/2026

Lunar New Year Celebrations continue! 🥬🧧🎊🔥🐎

Thank you for having us !

Always an absolute pleasure performing for your vendors and customers!

Best wishes for the New Year!

🙏

One of the most powerful moments in a traditional Southern lion dance is the Choi Cheng (採青) ceremony. 🥬🦁🧧In Cantonese, ...
16/02/2026

One of the most powerful moments in a traditional Southern lion dance is the Choi Cheng (採青) ceremony. 🥬🦁🧧

In Cantonese, “Choi” (菜) means greens, and sounds like “Choi” (財) meaning wealth. The lettuce offered to the lion symbolises prosperity and abundance.

When the lion “eats” the lettuce and then scatters the leaves, it is not random or playful, it is a blessing. The lion is spreading good fortune, success and positive energy to the business, family or community.

You’ll notice the lion does not rush.
It observes.
It tests.
It approaches with intention.
Every step follows traditional protocol.

The ritual represents effort before reward, respect before receiving, and prosperity that is earned and shared.

Choi Chang is not just entertainment.
It is tradition.
It is symbolism.
It is blessing in motion.

Next time you see the lion reach for the greens, know you’re witnessing a centuries-old Southern Chinese ritual performed with meaning and purpose. Getting your hands a piece of lettuce, is like getting a share of the good luck! 🧧

#採青 GoodFortune

🦁 What Makes Our Lion Dance Team Different 🦁Lion dance is not just what we do. It’s who we are.As part of Chan Family Ch...
16/02/2026

🦁 What Makes Our Lion Dance Team Different 🦁

Lion dance is not just what we do. It’s who we are.
As part of Chan Family Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu & Qigong HQ, our lion dance is deeply rooted in traditional Chinese martial arts.

Every movement you see reflects that foundation, strong horse stances, controlled footwork, explosive power, precision timing.

Ours is a martial lion.

You’ll notice the difference in the way the lion steps, bows, advances and retreats.

The structure, the stance work, the intent behind the eyes and head movements, all of it comes from kung fu training.

It is not choreography for entertainment. It is discipline, conditioning and tradition brought to life.

We also follow traditional protocols and feng shui principles. There is a reason behind every sequence in a performance:
• The way the lion enters a space
• The way it approaches the offering
• The way it “eats the lettuce”
• The way it blesses a space or business

Each step carries meaning, for prosperity, protection, good fortune and respect.

For us, lion dance is not just noise and colour. It is culture.
It is blessing.
It is responsibility.

When we perform, we are honouring generations before us and representing our school, our teachers and our lineage.

That’s the Choy Lee Fut lion dance difference.

🔥🦁🧧🎊🐎

16/02/2026

Mondays are better with Lion Dance Team!

Thank you for having us and that you for everyone who came to join us in welcoming the Lunar New Year at 2 Park St, Sydney today!

Keep an eye on the list of our Public performances!

See you there!

🐎🎊🧧🦁🔥

15/02/2026

Who had a chance to catch us perform today?

We hope you had a great time welcoming the Lunar New Year with us!

Thank you for having us,

🙏🦁🧧🔥🐎🎊

🔥🦁 First Public Performance of the Season 🦁🔥And just like that… CNY 2026 is officially underway.Our first public perform...
14/02/2026

🔥🦁 First Public Performance of the Season 🦁🔥

And just like that… CNY 2026 is officially underway.
Our first public performance for the Year of the Fire Horse!

Drums echoing,
lions dancing,
crowds gathering,
and that unmistakable energy that only lion dance season brings.

There’s something special about the first one.

The nerves.
The focus.
The moment the drum starts and everything clicks into place.

Thank you to everyone who came out to watch, cheer, and welcome the new year with us.

This is just the beginning.

More public performances coming soon.

Keep an eye on our page for updates and come pat the lions for good fortune 🧧🦁🔥🐎🎊

14/02/2026

Kicking the season off with our first public performance! Thank you for having us 🧧🎊🦁🐎🔥

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