Rimbun Dahan mempersembahkan Dancing In Place: Cross-Pollination
Synopsis
Production Information
- Production / Presenting Company:Rimbun Dahan
- Artistic Director / Curator / Programme Coordinator:Bilqis Hijjas
- Date:7 & 8 August 2010
- Total Showing:13
- Venue:Rimbun Dahan
- State:Selangor
Individual Dance Items
Item #1
- Title:Campus Thought
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
At the same time we are doing this particular performance, a batch of new graduates of the dance degree from University of Malaya is celebrating their graduation.
- Choreographer:Leng Poh Gee & Kathyn Tan Chai Chen
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Lim Siew Ling, Lim Hooi Ming, Lim Shin Hui, Tan Shiao Por & Pan May Tzy
Item #2
- Title:Dreams Interrupted
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
Inspired by the Kun Opera Peony Pavilion, choreographer Elysa Wendi investigates the idea of intangibility and the power of dreams in our life.
- Choreographer:Elysa Wendi
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Ren Wei Chen and Scarlet Yu Mei Wah
Item #3
- Title:13 Knots to Home
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
Having left her home in Hong Kong ten Years ago to live in Singapore, Scarlet Yu has moved from one room to another, one house to another, in a foreign land that has accepted her as an adopted child.
- Choreographer:Scarlet Yu Mei Wah
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Scarlet Yu Mei Wah
Item #4
- Title:In Spirit
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
An ode to women who celebrate the rhythm of life.
- Choreographer:Ramli Ibrahim
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Michelle Chang, Revathi Tamilselvam, Sivagamavalli, Tan Mei Mei, Divya Nair and Govindarajoo.
Item #5
- Title:Kapayapaan
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
The universe is for-giving, not for-getting.
- Choreographer:Wong Oi Min & Gan Chih Pei
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Wong Oi Min & Gan Chih Pei
- Composer:Razali Bin Abd. Rahim
Item #6
- Title:Similar
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
A man wears women’s clothing, but he is nor a woman.
- Choreographer:Nurulakmal Abdul Wahid
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Ahmad Zaki B. Mu Salleh @ Musleh, Muhaini Ahmad & Nurulakmal Abdul Wahid
Item #7
- Title:Chimera
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
In the quirky circle of life, we begin as simple cells awakended by meeting each other.
- Choreographer:Kim Kyungmi, Sasha Ratnam & Mathieu Castel
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Kim Kyungmi
- Composer:Mathieu Castel
Item #8
- Title:Q & A
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
Malaysians love polls. Malaysians love being together. Let’s see if this “questionaire performance” can keep people together. Or not.
- Choreographer:Fahmi Fadzil
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:audience volunteers
Item #9
- Title:Sweet
- Choreographer:January Low
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:January Low
- Composer:Rezza Salleh
Item #10
- Title:Achilot
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
The workshop is based on basic movements pieced together by the kids through game and exercises.
- Choreographer:Elaine Pedley
- Category:Contemporary
Item #11
- Title:Biji II
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
Something small springs into growth. From the seed comes life.
- Choreographer:Chai Vivan
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Fione Chia Yan Wei, Munirih Anak Jebeni, Shirley Leong, Pek Yeng, Denny Donius, Chew Sie Theng, Sufi Asyraf b. Mohd Azman, Woo Yan Ten & Anna Lee See Wan
Item #12
- Title:Anything less is less than a reckless act
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
To go to the theatre, to go shopping, to watch a dance performance or the latest Hollywood movie-any aesthetic experience is informed by a decision-making process.
- Choreographer:Donna Miranda
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Donna Miranda
Item #13
- Title:Marilyn Monroe’s last 20 minutes before commiting suicide
- Item Synopsis / Program Notes:
If we do not sweat off to go deep into the mountains and valleys of life , we will not be able to mine the diamond of happiness.
- Choreographer:Kristine Nilsen Oma
- Category:Contemporary
- Dancers:Kristine Nilsen Oma
Credit
- Executive Producer:Rimbun Dahan
- Producer:Bilqis Hijjas
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