From Kedah to Johor, dance students young and old are swaying along with online classes and even virtual examinations. It’s exercise. It’s fun. It’s a love and passion. That’s what dance means to some 20… Read More
Dancing through the pandemic
Category: Dance
Aswara gets traditional with Malay dance
MALAY classic dances take centrestage for the first time for Aswara’s Dance Faculty with Persembahan Malam Tarian Klasik Melayu. “It is an effort to portray the array of Malay classical dances that can be found… Read More
Odissi on High with Sutra and India’s Rudrakshya Foundation
Odissi on High When: April 10, 7pm (Gala); April 11-14, 8.30pm Venue: Pentas 1, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan, Kuala Lumpur Tickets: Gala at RM103 /RM203; others at RM73 / RM53… Read More
Swing Kids from Korea make my day!
“F*** ideology, I want (to) just dance,” says the rebellious North Korean prisoner Roh Ki-soo (Do Kyung-soo, best known as D.O., one of the main vocalists of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo), to Sergeant… Read More
The Dead Bird speaks volumes
CREATIVITY leapt from the imagination to the stage in The Dead Bird, with its mix of butoh and contemporary dance. The performers — Foo Chiwei, Lee Choy Wan, Lee Ren Xin and Boyz Chew — brought supple… Read More
Mad hot ballroom for me
TAKE the Lead or Scent of a Woman, whichever movie thrills with its leading men of Antonio Banderas and Al Pacino respectively, the tango is a sizzler. Take the Lead is a fictionalised account of… Read More
Insights into butoh in Malaysia
Ancient poetry and birds come to roost in a butoh creation with Yeow Lai Chee. The Dead Bird When: Dec 14-15, 2018, 8.30pm Where: Pentas 2, KLpac Tickets: RM58 (normal)/RM30 (students, disabled, seniros) Call 03… Read More
Celebrating the supreme goddess in dance
UNDERSTANDING the dichotomy between the exalted goddess hailed in religious spheres, and her space as a woman in today’s sociological environment is the concept behind the dance, Aadya. Says bharathanatyam dancer-teacher Ajith Bhaskaran Dass:… Read More
Suzeau’s soiree of dance delights
** This review appeared in the now-defunct malaysiansider in January 2015. J.S.WONG danced in silence, his grunts and gasps of air punctuating the air, but it left a big impression on the audience. The dancer-choreographer,… Read More
Poetic form shine in Patrick Suzeau’s dances
** This article appeared in the now-defunct malaysianinsider in december 2014 HE ran away from his home in Canada, all the way to Mexico, in pursuit of his dream to become a dancer. Today, Patrick… Read More