2010s – MY Art Memory Project

Jamu 2018

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Tradition in contemporary dance. PRODUCTION INFORMATION PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY NAME: ASWARA PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Norsafini Jafar TARIKH/DATE: 14-16 December 2018 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Experimental Theater, ASWARA NEGERI/STATE: WP HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM20 & RM10 (students) INDIVIDUAL DANCE ITEMS Item #1 TAJUK/TITLE: Bercelak Seni ITEM [...]

Pratheebhan Pratheebhan Saravanan
September 15, 2020

Mix Bill (2019)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS By Mobius Dance & Kenny Shim Collective PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Mobius Dance, Kenny Shim Collective PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Kenny Shim, Douglas Thrope, Jaamal Burkmar, Gianluca Vincentini TARIKH/DATE: 2-4 August 2019 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Damansara Performing Arts Centre NEGERI/STATE: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 4, 2019

Dancing Alone (2019)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A Choreographic Platform for Solo Choreography PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: N/A PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 23 March 2019 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 1 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Now Theatre NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: Free Admission INDIVIDUAL DANCE ITEMS Item #1 TAJUK/TITLE: Planet or [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 23, 2019

The Dead Bird (2018)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The Dead Bird is a full-length dance performance adopting the structure and the existence of the four birds from “The Universal Tree and the Four Birds” written by the Sufism practitioners and poet Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) to explore what is human. A performance combines Butoh and contemporary [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 15, 2018

The iProject: Between Self and Others (2018)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS When was the last time your conscience spoke to you? Have you changed? Everything we do is a reflection of our choices; or are we simply doing what is expected of us? Even our choices are often influenced by others. How then do we define what is [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 7, 2018

There Is Speficifisfety (2018)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Picking up from where they left off in their 2017 performance, Where’s The Speficifisfety?, Malaysian dance artist Lee Ren Xin, and Singaporean dance artist Lee Mun Wai encounter each other again. Approaching their work from the angles of affect, relationality, fielding and modulation, Ren Xin and Mun [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 30, 2018

Triple Bill (2018)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Triple Bill of contemporary dance works by Kenny Shim & Collective PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Kenny Shim & Collective PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Kenny Shim TARIKH/DATE: 4-6 May 2018 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Black Box, DPAC NEGERI/STATE: Selangor HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
May 6, 2018

Bisikan Monsoon (2018)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Where the story begins from the South; The story of the wind. Their stories. Our stories. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Bisikan Monsoon NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: The Selangor & KL Kwang Tung KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Amy Len (& Dancers) PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Amy Len KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Contemporary TARIKH/DATE: 27-29 [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 29, 2018

People without Seasons (2017)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS People without Seasons project is directed by Un Yamada, based on the Japanese novel titled "A Town without Seasons" written by Shugoro Yamamoto in 1970. There was a discussion among the project member whether we should apply the same title for this project or not. We figured [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 22, 2017

2020: Futurist Diaries (2017)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The writer writes utopia: it dazzles and moves, rippling like dreamwater, silent like recurring dreams. Again her pen traverses the unresting worlds, soon to top, topple and over, running in disquiet to a dream anew. A clone awakens in the dreamer, their heart pounding to the influx [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 24, 2017

Boy Story (2017)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Boy Story was choreographed by Yuri Ng in 1996 as a study of the male anxiety towards self-positioning, integrated with the reservation of the local community about the handover of Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997 KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Boy Story NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 3, 2017

Section by Stesen (2017)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Fragments in a life's journey between the traditional and the modern world. In the arts and Islamic sections, in the cradle of dreams and reality, amidst angst and calmness. A woman performs the traditional art of the Eastern Mak Yong [Kelantan] which ripples with the Northern Mek [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 19, 2017

Puppets (2017)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS In Puppets, Rosolen takes us to the periphery of choreography in order to reinterpret a key image of dance. In many epochs and cultures, e.g. in romantic ballet and in classical Javanese dance, the puppet's movements have been seen as a kind of ideal dance. Now, Rosolen [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 13, 2017

Langkau (2016 & 2017)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A contemporary performances created by Fasyali Fadzly • Shahrul Mizad • Iefiz Alaudin • Murni Omar • Faillul Adam (This show is performed twice in 2016 and 2017 and is recorded as a single entry) KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Langkau NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Aswara KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 24, 2017

Axiomatic (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS An evening of contemporary dance by Fairul Zahid and Yachao Zhu. PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Asia Duo Dance Company PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 16-18 December 2016 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Damansara Performing Arts Centre NEGERI/STATE: Selangor HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 18, 2016

She Moves Me (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The KLMovement 1st all woman dance program PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: The KLMovement PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Michelle Jueney TARIKH/DATE: 15 October 2016 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: The KuAsh Theatre NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM80, RM40 (side seats) INDIVIDUAL DANCE [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 15, 2016

I’m From 2020 (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A passcode rings: voices cut into the air; they speak the time machine into action. So begins the beginning. So arrives a time machine in 2016. And yet another is here, and then more arrive, one after another - pouring - into a search for the one [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 2, 2016

SK!N (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS SK!N is the boundary of our bodies. It is the membrane that helps us distinguish what is us from what is not us. I t is the un-crossable border between our bodies and the other's alien body. Perhaps ironically then, in the moment of contact between two [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 13, 2016

Ladies of the Red Chamber (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The Actors Studio presents The Mythical Oriental Dance Company in "Ladies of the Red Chamber", a full length Chinese dance performance which inspired by the famous Chinese classical novel - Dream of the Red Chamber. Choregraphed by Malaysian choreographer Jack Kek and Hong Kong Choreographer Chris Lam, [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 7, 2016

Laments of The Dead (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A reimagining of William Shakespeare's Richard III - through the marriage of Butoh and classical theatre. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Laments of The Dead NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Nyoba Kan KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Lee Swee Keong PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Foo Chi Wei KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Butoh TARIKH/DATE: 1-2 July 2016 [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 2, 2016

From Soho to Shinjuku · Half Man Half Myth – A Double Bill (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A double bill contemporary dance presented by choreographers Pit Fong Loh & Ming Low PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: N/A PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 10-12 June 2016 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 4 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: DPAC NEGERI/STATE: Selangor HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM 38 - [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
June 12, 2016

Where 2 Seas Meet (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS But when at last they came to, the place where two seas meet, they forgot their fish, which made its way into the water, swimming away at will... Moses said: "This is what we have been seeking." And they went back the way they came... Going on [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 17, 2016

Tentang Cinta (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Tentang Cinta merupakan rangkaian karya tari komtemporari yang diilhamkan sendiri oleh koreografer yang mana ianya menceritakan tentatng perasaan cinta. Kata cinta dijadikan sebagai subjek yang dominan dalam penyampaian jalan cerita persembahan. Perasaan cinta adalah bentuk perasaan dalaman yang tidak mampu untuk diukur dan disukat tetapi boleh diluahkan [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
February 21, 2016

One ◆ Piece X The Rite of Spring (2016)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Back for the fourth time, top Japanese choreographer Un Yamada presents a double bill that will showcase her professional troupe and the rising stars of Malaysian dance. PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Co. Un Yamada PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Un Yamada TARIKH/DATE: 30-31 January [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 31, 2016

W-Soul (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The Soul, everyone has a different interpretation for it; be it a spiritual dimension, a sign of purity, or even something invisible and everlasting. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: W-Soul NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Lee Wushu Arts Theatre KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Lee Swee Seng, Liu Wen Chun PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
November 29, 2015

Aduh, Seroja (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS ASWARA takes on the creative challenge of conceiving a production which contemporises traditional joget gamelan, silat and other forms in a full length production. Aduh, Seroja! (seroja - lotus) examines the plight of four maligned and disparaged Malay heroines Tun Teja, Mahsuri, Tun Fatimah, and Putri Sa'adong. [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 4, 2015

The Tree (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Distant drums roaring in the deep Sun beams without shadow, water flows without trace Earth mingles with the wing, embracing the seed of hope It sleeps in the lapse of time Bathing in the blessings of the moon and the sun When it awakes It dances for [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 4, 2015

Ganjam (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Nothing exists that is not Siva Verily, everything emanates from Siva There is nothing apart from Siva, There is nothing other than Siva KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Ganjam NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Sutra Dance Theatre KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Guru Gajendra Kumar Panda PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Ramli Ibrahim KATEGORI/CATEGORY: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 27, 2015

Tepak Tari (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Sirih bertepuk, inang menari. Two enchanting programs of short works by Malaysian dancers. Like the traditional welcoming betelnut box, or tepak sirih, Tepak Tari is a box of dancing variety, brought together into a single intoxicating experience. From charming Chinese classical dance performed by school students, to [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 3, 2015

The Coffin is Too Big for The Hole (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS My grandfather's coffin cannot get into the hole specially dug for him on the day of his funeral... KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: The Coffin is Too Big for The Hole NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: N/A KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Lee Swee Keong, Mimi Jeong PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 22, 2015

2020: An Arrival (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS If scientists have succeeded in cloning humans, it will be via test-tube babies. And several un-legal procedures. In a lab, then, there will be not one clone, but two (two hundred!). They will be similar; they’ll be perfect. If a scientist was reckless: she will have acquired [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
June 28, 2015

MW (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Love can be a happy potion in one's life, Yet a painful thorn that makes one cry. Some people have found their love; Some people are still on their quest, searching; Some people found it but lost it, repeatedly; Some people even tried to look for more [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
May 31, 2015

Hang Li Po (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The dance drama of Hang Li Po begins in Malaya, where the Chinese princess is living wedded bliss. However, she suddenly gets distraught when she remembers the joyous Spring Festival celebrations in Beijing that she shared with her family. Sultan Mansur Shah who deeply loves his wife, [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
May 10, 2015

Gelombang Baru (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A new wave of student choreographers. PRODUCTION INFORMATION PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY NAME: Fakulti Tari ASWARA PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Dr Joseph Gonzales TARIKH/DATE: 17-19 April 2015 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Black Box ASWARA NEGERI/STATE: Kuala Lumpur HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM10 & RM5 (students) INDIVIDUAL DANCE ITEMS [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 17, 2015

Pit Stop (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS An Evening of Dance Choreography by Fauzi Amirudin PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: ASWARA PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Joseph Gonzales TARIKH/DATE: 11-12 April 2015 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Blackbox, ASWARA NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM 20 & RM 10 (students) INDIVIDUAL [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 12, 2015

Reborn (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The production Reborn is inspired by the idea of looking back and analyzing dance works that have been presented before. The intention is to bring new understanding, breathe new life and to rework existing choreography, informed by new knowledge and experiences. PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 29, 2015

MESS · HIGH (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A performance of drum and dance A performance of false belief and true reality A performance of struggle in finding oneself KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: MESS · HIGH NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Passionmove Workshop KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Sherlynn Chang PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 21-22 March [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 22, 2015

A Wanderer in Berlin (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The wall of Menschen Howling völk völk! In the night A twisting fall of thousand words In the rhythm of nacht nacht! KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: A Wanderer in Berlin NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Magic Bean Dance & Body Skills Studio KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Jack Kek PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 22, 2015

Giselle (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS An ultimate ballet of the Romantic era - in 2 scenes KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Giselle NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Dance Space KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Wong Jyh Shyong (After Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa) PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Ballet TARIKH/DATE: 9-11 January 2015 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
February 11, 2015

The Mahabharata Chapter Two (2015)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A theatrical story with essence of Asian body culture and mask theatre KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: The Mahabharata Chapter Two NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Kikh Bridge Project KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Hiroshi Koike PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 17-18 January 2015 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 18, 2015

Becoming King – The Pakyung Revisited (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Becoming King - the pakyung revisited is a full-length contemporary dance performance where the point of embarkation began with the simple question: what does it take to become the pakyung? KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Becoming King - the pakyung revisited NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: N/A KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 13, 2014

A Decade’s Sword (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A Decade's Sword is portraiture of how Lee Wushu Arts Theatre has always been focused on achieving its dream with perfection. This dream started 16 years ago as an interest and hobby before making it a profession, further changing into a faith- an infrangible belief which is [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
November 30, 2014

The Unicorn’s Travelogue (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A unicorn gallops and searches in a vast desert of people, targeting something higher in value and more precious than what the casual traveler would aim for. The something that the "unicorn" seeks for is "the present", and it is to be kept safely with the unicorn's [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
November 23, 2014

Ancient Inscriptions (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS We hope that 'Ancient Inscriptions' can provide an opportunity for local Chinese to understand and appreciate their origin of culture, and at the same time, to promote inter-racial cultural understanding and exchange. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Ancient Inscriptions NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Dua Space Dance Theatre [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
November 2, 2014

Here It Goes Again (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A theatre experience passing through DEATH AND LIFE and shocking your mind! PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: DPAC Dance Company & Guests - Asian Young Choreographer Exchange Project PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Wong Jyh Shyong TARIKH/DATE: 10-12 October 2014 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 12, 2014

A Streetcar Named Desire (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS An original dance drama KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: A Streetcar Named Desire NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: The Actors Studio KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Lex Lakshman Balakrishnan PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Joe Hasham OAM KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Contemporary TARIKH/DATE: 7-10 august 2014 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 4 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Pentas 1, KLPac NEGERI/STATE: KL [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 10, 2014

Reminiscence. The World of the Strange Tales (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Where the mysterious journey begins and awakens the spirits. Reminiscence. The World of the Strange Tales dance performance was choreographed, and directed by the acclaimed Butoh master Yukio Waguri from Japan, which based on the world-famous Chinese short story The Strange Tales. Master Waguri will also be [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
June 13, 2014

Gelombang Baru (2014)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS New works by emerging choreographers. PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: ASWARA PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Joseph Gonzales TARIKH/DATE: 25-27 April 2014 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: ASWARA NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM 20, RM 5 (students) INDIVIDUAL DANCE ITEMS Item #1 TAJUK/TITLE: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 27, 2014

Tracks & Traces (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Knowingly or unknowingly, we leave a little of ourselves behind with the people we meet. By igniting our sense with familiar scent, sound or touch, We are transported back to a specific moment in time that is reminiscent of someone, something or even some place. This dance [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 29, 2013

Flatland (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A romance of many dimensions KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Flatland NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: TerryandTheCuz, The Rubix Cube and Suhaili Micheline KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Suhaili Micheline PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Contemporary TARIKH/DATE: 6-15 December 2013 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 10 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: The Actors Studio @ KuAsh Theatre, [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 15, 2013

Intertwined (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Mind, Heart and Soul united by the twist of fate in harmony and mayhem. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Intertwined NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Toccata Studios KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Steve Goh PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Contemporary TARIKH/DATE: 6-8 Dec 2013 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: MAP @ [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 8, 2013

Melaka Art & Performance Festival (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Melaka Arts and Performance Festival (MAPFest) is an innovative contemporary festival, featuring dance, performance art, visual art, film and music. PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: N/A PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Tony Yap TARIKH/DATE: 22-24 Nov 2013 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: N/A NB: A total of [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
November 24, 2013

Ancient Inscriptions (2013)

Bilqis Hijjas
November 3, 2013

The Spirits Play (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The original play revolves with the storytelling of five wandering spirits, who had all perished during the war. They all came from different social background and played very different roles in their own family. War is an act of brutality and violence derived from psychopathic human greed. [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 29, 2013

Winter 33°C (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Winter 33°C is essentially about life – our experiences and memories that leave a lasting impression, and the different interpretations of the world around us. With two choreographers from vastly diverse backgrounds and influences, Winter 33°C will be a juxtaposition of East and West. It will highlight [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 25, 2013

Space Bar (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Space bar is unique as it is the longest key on a typewriter or computer keyboard, used to make space between words, and thus to make words meaningful. The space between words that works as the space between humans is now open for manipulation. Two new creations [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 4, 2013

Fragment (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The faces of me broken and fixed torn apart me... myself... and I... KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Fragment NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: N/A KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: James Kan PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Wong Kit Yaw KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Contemporary TARIKH/DATE: 19-21 July 2013 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 4 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Annexe Gallery, [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 21, 2013

For Our Parents (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Choreographed by Jack Kek, <For Our Parents> is based on the genre of dance theatre, describing our parents in 70's when they met and fell in love to each other. At that time, encountering each other and declaring a commitment was a natural process. After married, life [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 7, 2013

Double Punctum (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Punctum arises from each photo. Punctum exists in each moment of time. In each body, punctum appears in movements. When creativities encounter each other, when punctums overlap. There is a possibility of double exposure of illusion in every view of life. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Double Punctum [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
June 23, 2013

Gelombang Baru (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Gelombang Baru or New Wave is another annual choreography performance event that aims to identify and develop, educate as well as provide exposure to budding choreographers of Malaysia. ASWARA is committed to improving the standards of choreography and the professionalism in performing arts in the country. The [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 27, 2013

River Sutra (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS River Sutra offers a stream of many genres of dances, moving away from Sutra’s overtly classical and seriously modern to something more accessible and engaging for the general audience but with enough bite of content for the high-brow. Artistic director of Sutra Dance Theatre, Ramli Ibrahim, strives [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 14, 2013

Green Snake & The Monk (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Based on the classical legend of [The Madam White Snake], this performance is a fusion of dance, music, visual and theatrical elements. You will be mesmerized by the live interaction of musicians and dancers in this extraordinary theatrical production. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Green Snake & The [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 11, 2013

Take Off! (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Take Off! is a performance of the best new work by young choreographers in the last 2 years that have been performed to critical acclaim, and have won international awards. This show aims to provide further exposure to young choreographers and help make them house-hold names in [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 31, 2013

Two (2013)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A Full-length Contemporary Dance Performance. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Two NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Aswara KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Fairul Zahid, Naim Syah Razad PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Contemporary TARIKH/DATE: 22-23 February 2013 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: The Actors Studio Rooftop, Lot 10 NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
February 23, 2013

International Gala Butoh & Dance (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Mixed-bill of Butoh dance by Ima Tenko, Qudus Onikeku, Ming Low and Aluba Khan PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Nyoba Kan PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 7-8 December 2012 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: The Actors Studio (TAS) @ Lot 10 NEGERI/STATE: [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 8, 2012

Memento Mori (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Memento Mori is the debut full-length solo dance performance choreographed and performed by Lu Wit Chin, after ventured abroad for years. This contemporary dance theatre production is a collaborative creation with Lighting Designer, Zoe Cheung and Set & Costume Designer, Jan Wong from Hong Kong. The team [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
December 2, 2012

Adam & Eve (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The fetus in a mother's womb was like dancing in the garden of Eden. Once it birth, the pursuit of desire begins... KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Adam & Even NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Magic Bean Production KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Jack Kek PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: N/A KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Dance Theatre [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 29, 2012

3 Layers Tea (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS 3 choreographers with different cultural backgrounds, different styles and thoughts; bringing us an entirely different understanding and synergy PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Kwang Tung Dance Company PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Amy Len TARIKH/DATE: 29 June - 1 July 2012 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 1, 2012

Catan Kulit (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A dramatic work of Nyoba Kan (Malaysia) with cooperation with Agung Gunawan (Indonesia) KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Catan Kulit NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Nyoba Kan KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Lee Swee-Keong PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Lee Swee-Keong KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Butoh TARIKH/DATE: 25-26 May 2012 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Pentas [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
May 26, 2012

Hunchback (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The beauty of life is experience. My grandmother is the perfect subject. My grandmother lived through the war, arranged marriage, the raising of ten children. She did menial work for most of her life. Her back is hunched, as if her body wished to be an embryo [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 18, 2012

3 Faces (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A triple-bill by ASWARA Dance Company PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Aswara Dance Company PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Joseph Gonzales TARIKH/DATE: 1-4 March 2012 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 4 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Experimental Theatre, ASWARA NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM 20, RM 5 (students) INDIVIDUAL [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 4, 2012

Transfiguration (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Transfigurations features the world premiere of two contemporary modern works choreographed by Dutch-born Kalpana Raghuraman (Korzo Theatre, The Hague) and Sutra's choreographer Rathimalar Govindarajoo. The two works examine myths - the archetypes of mythology and how their avatars perpetuate these in our contemporary psyches in various transfigurations. [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
February 16, 2012

The White Bat (2012)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Bella is a repressed housewife; Jonathan is an ambitious architect; and the Bat is the hidden nature of us: moving amongst the shadows and manifesting in the night. Jonathan is obsessed with his work, that he neglects his wife who is desperate for attention. The Bat envies [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 8, 2012

Odissi Stirred (2011)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS From Tradition to Transformation PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Sutra Foundation PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Ramli Ibrahim Co-Artistic Directors: Guna, Rathimalar Govindarajoo TARIKH/DATE: 6-10 April 2011 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 5 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: KLPac NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM 53, RM 33 INDIVIDUAL DANCE [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 10, 2011

Dasavatar (2011)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A dance drama production KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Dasavatar NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Kalpana Dance Theatre KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Gayatri Balagurunathan PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Shangita Namasivyam KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Indian classical dance TARIKH/DATE: 4-6 March 2011 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 3 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
March 6, 2011

Don Quixote (2011)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Based on the story of Mikhail Baryshnikov version and Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky. KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Don Quixote NAMA KUMPULAN TARIAN/DANCE COMPANY NAME: Danceworks Production & Ena Ballet Studio Company KOREOGRAFER/CHOREOGRAPHER: Jie Choong Wan-Chin PENGARAH ARTISTIK/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Jie Choong Wan-Chin KATEGORI/CATEGORY: Classical ballet TARIKH/DATE: 14 [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 16, 2011

International Ballet Gala (2011)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A compilation of ballet performances PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Danceworks Production & Ena Ballet Studio Company PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Jie Choong Wan-Ching TARIKH/DATE: 15th January 2011 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 1 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Istana Budaya NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM220, RM180, RM140, [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 15, 2011

Jamu 2010 (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Aswara PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: N/A TARIKH/DATE: 2-3 October 2010 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: Aswara NEGERI/STATE: KL HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM 25, RM 15 (Students) INDIVIDUAL DANCE ITEMS Item #1 TAJUK/TITLE: BMINU SINOPSIS ITEM/NOTA PROGRAM/ ITEM SYNOPSIS/PROGRAM [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
October 3, 2010

It Ain’t Flower (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The desire to travel arises upon looking from afar. The stories of the journey as the blossom and withering of flowers. The lonely heart of the traveler is searching for someone who dares to care and love. The blossoms of flowers devote to love and new encounters. [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
September 26, 2010

Triple Bill (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS A triple bill showcase of three different interpretations of Butoh. PRODUCTION INFORMATION SYARIKAT PENGANJUR/PRODUKSI/ PRODUCTION/PRESENTING COMPANY: Nyoba Kan PENGARAH ARTISTIK/PENGURUS PROGRAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Lee Swee Keong TARIKH/DATE: 13-14 August 2010 JUMLAH PEMENTASAN/TOTAL SHOWING: 2 TEMPAT PEMENTASAN/VENUE: PJLA Theatre, Jaya One NEGERI/STATE: Selangor HARGA TIKET/TICKET PRICES: RM [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 14, 2010

The Lost Testimony of Rashomon (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS One of the anguish of the contemporary intellectual is "How shall we live" and "How shall we die". The anguish likes the swing of the pendulum in their heart, and the death comes when the pendulum suddenly stop to swing. The author of "Rashomon" is Ryunosuke Akutagawa, [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
August 7, 2010

On Anxiety (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS The keyboard and phone line are extensions of our lusts. Pen and papers give birth to secrets. In this office, everything becomes so extraordinarily empty even words fail. And without words and symbols, our imagination dies. In the mean time, a new game is being played, a [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
July 4, 2010

Black & White @ VARIATION (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS Such complexities do our human nature weave that cloud the natural purity of our hearts Let such brightness of heart and mind shine forth Transformed anew by repentance and forgiveness The gentle fruit of sincere prayer and mindfulness KREDIT / CREDITS TAJUK/TITLE: Black & White @ VARIATION [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
April 11, 2010

Paquita Grand Pas Classic (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS "There have been many classical versions on the performance of Paquita Grand pas classic. In 1896 in Peterhof, Russia, Marius Petipa revised it for a celebratory performance in honor of Empress Catherine II. For that occasion Mathilde Kschessinska, prima ballerina of the Imperial Ballet, created an interpretation [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 10, 2010

Carmen (2010)

BUKU PROGRAM / PROGRAMME BOOK SINOPSIS / SYNOPSIS This interpretation of 'Carmen' not only retells the story we are familiar with but is overlaid with another, more symbolic level. It can be seen as a struggle of opposites where each attempts to impose its will on the other with love as the tool. Carmen is [...]

Bilqis Hijjas
January 10, 2010

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