Dancebox (April 2012)

Synopsis

The Actors Studio & MyDance Alliance mempersembahkan Dancebox April 2012

Production Information

  • Production / Presenting Company:The Actors Studio & My Dance Alliance
  • Artistic Director / Curator / Programme Coordinator:Bilqis Hijjas
  • Date:6 April 2012
  • Total Showing:5
  • Venue:The Actors Studio @ Lot 10
  • State:Kuala Lumpur

Individual Dance Items

Item #1

  • Title:Pirates & Mermaids
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Adventure beyond the seven seas! Alice and her pirates travel to a mystical land where mermaids live.

  • Choreographer:Rusnadia Kassim
  • Category:Contemporary
  • Dancers:Lee Shu Wen, Khairani Supyan, Jane Yap, Batrisyia Nazri, Anis Fatiha Balqis, Sandrine Tan Li Wen, Shernice Chui, Althea, Lizzyiana Falyn, Ng See Wei, Dhanya and Anatasia for Kickstart Gymnastics

Item #2

  • Title:Mask Dance
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    A character from Nyoba Kan’s upcoming full length production Catan Kulit, coming soon to The Actors Studio on 25 and 26 May 2012.

  • Choreographer:Lee Swee Keong
  • Category:Contemporary
  • Dancers:Jess Liew Chui Ting
  • Other Information:

    Live music by Gideon Alubakhan

Item #3

  • Title:When the Earth Dances
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Does the earth dance? We have seen it, experienced it, and sometimes we are even the cause of it.

  • Choreographer:Rithaudin bin Abdul Kadir
  • Category:Contemporary
  • Dancers:Rithaudin bin Abdul Kadir
  • Composer:Goh Lee Kwang from his album Live @ Five Arts Centre.

Item #4

  • Title:Dream’n Butterfly
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    The flow of the water sleeves in Chinese dance is poetry. Every movement transforms the dancer’s state of mind, emotion, and body-readiness.

  • Choreographer:Jack Kek
  • Category:Contemporary
  • Dancers:Jack Kek

Item #5

  • Title:Time Machine
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    I stood still as if a benighted forest. Everything is so obscure here and every effort to grasp myself fails.

  • Choreographer:Katsura Kan
  • Category:Contemporary
  • Dancers:Katsura Kan

Credit

  • Lighting Designer:Mohd Fairul & Mohd Yazri