Muhammad Fazli Taib Saearani is an Associate Professor in Dance Studies and the Dean at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Sultan Idris Education University, Perak, Malaysia. He obtained a doctoral degree from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia with summa cum laude in Performing Arts and Visual Arts Studies in the field of dance education majoring in the classical court dance inheritance of Yogyakarta. His research interests includes dance education, dance heritage through non-formal education, creative movement education and sociology of dance.