KL On The Move (1986)

Synopsis

Production Information

  • Production / Presenting Company:Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur and Comscapes Dancers
  • Date:8 – 9 March 1986
  • Total Showing:2; NB: A total of 6 individual pieces were performed. Below are the dance items.
  • Venue:Auditorium Dewan Bandaraya
  • State:Kuala Lumpur

Individual Dance Items

Item #1

  • Title:Dance Variations – Pas De Deux
  • Choreographer:Sunny Chan
  • Category:Ballet
  • Other Information:

    (Music): Minkus

Item #2

  • Title:Dance Variations – Persisiran Kota
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Sebuah imajinasi tentang keindahan tasik dan taman bunga di Bandaraya, dengan kumbang dan kupu-kupu yang berterbangan dicelah-celah bunga yang sedang berkembang.

    Pohon-pohon hijau yang randang menaungi jalan rayanya yang bersimpang-siur, menambah keindahan Bandaraya. Dipertemuan sungai Gombak dan Sungai Kelang Berdiri megah Mesjid Jamek yang menjadi salah satu kemegahan kota.

  • Choreographer:Kamarulzaman Laini
  • Category:contemporary dance
  • Other Information:

    (Music): “Ceracap Inai”

Item #3

  • Title:Dance Variations – One Thousand and One Nights
  • Choreographer:Sunny Chan
  • Category:Ballet
  • Other Information:

    (Music): Saints Saens

Item #4

  • Title:Sampah
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Dipenghujung malam, dikala penghuni kota sedang lena dibuai mimpi, dia masih merayau-rayau mencari sesuap nasi, atau apa saja untuk dapat meneruskan hidupnya. Mungkin juga dengan bermodalkan tubuhnya yang telah ditelan usia.

    Dalam kesusahan ini, terbayang dia akan hari-hari yang telah dilaluinya dalam pnerokaan hidup dikota, kegembiraan hanya seketika, dia tidak berdaya melawan cabaran hidup dikota, mungkin juga dia tidak mendapat bimbingan ugama yang sempurna, hingga dia terlempar disudut kota.

    Betapa pahit hari-hari yang dilaluinya, dan betapa derita hidupnya kini, kadangkala satu penyesalan datang dihatinya kenapa aku jadi begini? Menjadi sampah ditengah kota?

  • Choreographer:Kamarulzaman Laini
  • Category:contemporary dance
  • Other Information:

    (Music): Bamboo Groove Asiabeat

Item #5

  • Title:K.L On The Move
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Based upon the theme of K.L as a Success City, the dance performance uses a fusion of Jazz, Classical and Contemporary dance forms to depicit the theme of life, people and energy in Kuala Lumpur.

    Using the cross-section of a day in the life of K.L., the scenes portray: Dawn, Hustle and bustle of morning commuting; Productivity with an emphasis on leadership; a finale based upon cultural unity emphasized by the Gamelan music and a Dusk to complete the day.

  • Choreographer:Frances Teoh
  • Category:Ballet
  • Other Information:

    (Music): Himalaya Summit by Vangelis Tap Dance from “White Nights” Medley of Classical Pieces Ribut by Adnan Abu Hassan
    (Rehearsals): Assisted by Teo Ee Sim
    (Audio-Visual & Lights): Benji Ng of Spectrum

Item #6

  • Title:Celebration In Instant Asia 1) That’s Celebration 2) Soul Jazz 3) Jazz 4) Broadway 5) Hooked On the Old Days
  • Choreographer:Eliza Carlos
  • Category:Jazz, Broadway
  • Other Information:

    (Music):
    1) Soul Jazz – “Take off with me”
    2) Jazz – “The Youth of Today”
    3) Broadway – “If my friends could see me now”

Credit

  • Set Designer:Frances Teoh
  • Production Crew:[Penata Pakaian : Hajijah Yaacob; [Penolong Pentas] : Rodzwan Abd Hamid, Desa Ahmad, Abu Bakar Mahidian, Aman Nayan; [Penata Tarian (Ketua)] : Frances Teoh (Ketua), Eliza Carlos, Kamarulzaman Laini, Sunny; [Penata Teknikal] : Din Morgan; [Penolong Teknikal] : Shar Mohd Noor; [Juruteknik Suara] : Ramli Abu Bakar; [Pengarah Seni] : Pius Eugene; [Poster dan Programme] : Pius Eugene; [Fotografik] : Pius Eugene; [Rekabentuk] : Ahmad Azizi, Ahmad Termitzi
  • Executive Producer:[Pengarah] : Frances Teoh
  • Producer:Abdul Khalil Hassan (Bob Khalil)
  • Stage Manager:Ahmad Bahar
  • Additional Notes:

    City Hall Dancers : Nor Rehan Ismail, Salina Bt Kushairi, Marina Mary Charles, Norizan Bt Ahmad, Halimah Bt Mohamad, Suriani Hj Mohd Nor, Fauziah Bt Hussain, Jamaliah Rahmat, Kamisiah Bt Mohd Ali, Nik Hamid Labib, Abdul Malik Mahmud, Mohd Yusoff, Shariffpudin Taib, Ariffin Akop, Zainal Akmar b Ahmad, Abu Bakar b Alias, Muzaffar Shah, Ahmad Zawakhir, Sahar Shah.

    Comscapes Dancers : Wan Rahim, Lim Geok Chai, Foo San Kwang, Yusof Bin Mohd Noor, Saharuddin, Kamarulzaman, Ungku Abdul Majdi, Anuar Johan, Heintje, Teo Ee Sim, Adeline Leong, Tham Choy Kuen, Kam Su Ping, Tan Yen, Ng Siew Fong, Zubayda Binti Zakarah, Jessica Ho, Chan Shiao Ying, Low Wai Kuen, Jeanette Seow, Fatimah Zainal Abidin, Sharifah Faeeza Al-Hay, Dora Yong, Adeline Ng Suet Lin, Uthaya Selvan, Jailani bin Shaib.