CMS Lion Dance Team (Chinese Masonic Society)
Melbourne's oldest and most trusted lion and dragon dance team, run out of the Chinese Masonic Society's historic Chinatown hall; performs the city's flagship Lunar New Year street ceremonies.
Heritage lion troupe attached to one of Australia's oldest Chinese fraternal societies.
External page. Check current meetings, membership, and joining details directly with the group.
Other chinese lion & dragon dance troupes
World's most decorated lion dance troupe, holder of roughly 12 of 13 World Lion Dance Championships at Genting; pioneer of acrobatic high-pole (jong) style and considered 'king of lions' globally.
Seven-time World Lion Dance Champion based in Petaling Jaya; major rival to Kun Seng Keng on the Genting high-pole circuit and one of Malaysia's most exported brands of southern lion dance.
Singapore's flagship competitive troupe and reigning Genting World Lion Dance champions (2023, defended 2025); over 100 active members and 100+ international titles.
Second-tier-but-major Singapore competitive troupe regularly podiuming at the National Lion Dance Championship and exporting performers across Southeast Asia.
Oldest continuously running lion dance troupe in Singapore, an offshoot of the historic Chin Woo (Jingwu) martial arts movement; performs both Northern and Southern styles.
Indonesia's preeminent Barongsai troupe, founded just after the lifting of the Suharto-era ban on Chinese cultural expression; five-time world champion and the face of post-Reformasi Chinese-Indonesian identity.