Noutnapha Soydala is a Lao dancer and co-founder of the Fanglao Dance Company. She began learning Lao Traditional Dance at age of six during primary school in Vientiane. In 2006, she discovered contemporary dance during a dance workshop with Lao-French choreographer Ole Khamchanla. From 2008 she started annual tours in France with Compagnie KHAM, and participated in productions touring Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. In 2013, she establish the Fanglao Dance Company in Vientiane with the aim of developing the practice of contemporary dance and encouraging international artistic cooperation.
