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
Tag: Japan
Takumi’s take on film festivals
Japanese director Takumi Saitoh came to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to premiere his debut feature film, Blank 13, even before its release in his homeland. The 36-year-old former model also appeared at the first screening on… Read More
Creative artistes and the environs
The HANDs! Project is an outstanding opportunity for young professionals interested in learning how the creative arts can be used in disaster and environmental education. Two Malaysians will join counterparts from nine other countries in… Read More
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections contest
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections will make its Malaysian premiere at GSC Mid Valley on April 21, 2017. The multi-part anthology is the first in a series of omnibus movies jointly produced by The Japan… Read More
Green solutions with Pakistan’s Yasmeen Lari
HOUSES made from clay soil, lime and bamboo stand the test of floods and earthquakes in some parts of Pakistan, easing the burdens disaster-struck people. “Architects are the ones who can also come up with… Read More
Top butoh artiste Taketeru Kudo Oct 21-22, 2016
BUTOH can either fascinate the audience or confuse them. The genre is hard to pin down because the dance movement is always fluid. For Taketeru Kudo, he took up butoh because of its simplicity. Born… Read More
Five Arts Centre gets Japan 2016 award
MALAYSIA’s Five Arts Centre is possibly the only arts collective to receive the prestigious 2016 Praemium Imperiale Grant for Young Artists from the Japan Art Association in Tokyo in the 27 years the recognition has… Read More
ar rahman in fukuoka, japan for asian art prize, 2016
In Fukuoka with ar rahman