The Sun on Sunday in Malaysia — that’s a change from newspapers closing, cutting back pages, etec. Here we have a Rm1 newspaper that just started its Sunday edition. And my story on a Taiwanese… Read More
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Tag: dance
A smorgasbord of talent at Temple of Fine Arts fest
OFFERED on the interesting pay-as-you-wish concept, the Temple of Fine Arts in Brickfields is back with its festival of performance shows come next month. The Shantanand Festival of the Arts (SFA), which started in 2014,… Read More
Dancing through the pandemic
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
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
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
Dancing the new dawn in Malaysia
Ilham: Inspiration When: July 21-22, 4pm/ Where: L0806, Menara Sentral Vista, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tickets at RM50 available./ Whatsapp or call +6017-6266725. IT’s a diverse range of dance vocabulary on stage for Geethashankarandance’s presentation called Ilham:… Read More
7 dancers, 7 Dances, with Geetha Shankaran Lam
“When ART required ways to heal humanity, She manifested as myriad forms, and thus many disciplines were born.” Says odissi maestro Geetha Shankaran Lam: For the first time, my own dream has convinced me of… Read More