Take Off! (2013)

Sinopsis

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 the arts.

Contemporary dance has evolved since 1950s after the advent of post-modernism in New York and in Germany while in Japan, post-WW II brought the advent of butoh, Japan’s greatest contribution to this genre.

This development/revolution can be attributed several factors including the need to find a voice through dance, breaking boundaries between performers and audience, the importance for dance to be relevant to present society, as well as the desire to create new vocabulary and challenge the physicality of dance.

Info Produksi:

  • Syarikat Produksi / Persembahan:ASWARA Dance Company
  • Pengarah Seni / Kurator / Koordinator Program:Joseph Gonzales
  • Tarikh:15-16 March 2013 (Penang) 29-31 March 2013 (Kuala Lumpur)
  • Jumlah Pementasan:6
  • Tempat Pementasan:15-16 March 2013: Penang Performing Arts Centre (PPAC); 29-31 March 2013: Experimental Theatre, Aswara (KL)
  • Negeri:Kuala Lumpur, Penang

Item Tarian Individu

Item #1

  • Tajuk:The Lady
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    Oppression… will the cycle ever break?

  • Koreografer:Hanafi Rosdi
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Erina Taib, Akmal Saiman

Item #2

  • Tajuk:Satu
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    This dance inspired by each individual’s search – for someone, something – for love, for community, for God… and that search continues…

  • Koreografer:Naim Syahrazad
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Space Gambus Experiment

Item #3

  • Tajuk:Jin Zhu Long
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    This is inspired by a ritual or an old custom that originated in China regarding the punishment for anyone who commits adultery or if there is infidelity between husband and wife. The guilty persons will be placed in basket meant for transportation of pigs, and thrown into the river.

  • Koreografer:Fione Chia Yan Wei
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Miroku

Item #4

  • Tajuk:Untold
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    Some things cannot be told…

  • Koreografer:Marrul Mawardi
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Pete Rock, Michael Sub

Item #5

  • Tajuk:Two
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    One journey of love… that becomes one or two…

  • Koreografer:Fairul Zahid
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Max Ritcher, Dinah Washington

Item #6

  • Tajuk:Pailang
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    Man among men…

  • Koreografer:Fauzi Amirudin
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Plasma Avenue, Furukawa Hiroshi

Item #7

  • Tajuk:Cicaks
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    A Lizard, motionless and alone, a glowing, living emerald shone… He views us as we pass him by, with calm and questioning eyes.

  • Koreografer:Chai Vivan
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Sound, Brain Waves, and Dimension from Youtube

Item #8

  • Tajuk:A Day as…
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    A day as…

  • Koreografer:Sufi Asyraf
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Maklumat Lain:

    Music: Percussion Work

Item #9

  • Tajuk:Ratna
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    Reaching for the clouds…

  • Koreografer:Azmie Zannal Abdden
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Tatto

Item #10

  • Tajuk:This is us….
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    This simple and honest dance is inspired by the 6 years that the 3 of us have been together – studying, working, laughing, playing, crying, quarelling, being in and out of love… Forever entwined.

     

  • Koreografer:Azizi Mansor, Kairi Mokthar, Ng Xinying
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:hi-fi fever

Item #11

  • Tajuk:Utopia
  • Sinopsis Item / Nota Program:

    If true beauty is in the eyes, then no one will ever have a dream… Utopia

     

  • Koreografer:James Kan
  • Kategori:Contemporary
  • Penari:Yunus Ismail, Melinda Kwong, Faillul Adam, Naim Syahrazad, Fairul Zahid, Hanafi Rosdi, Azizi Mansor, Fauzi Amirudin, Raziman Sarbini, Kishore Kumar, Azmie Zannal Abdden, Imran Syafiq, Sufi Asyraf, Khairi Mokthar, Norsafini Jafar, Hazra Ghazali, Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Murni Omar, Rizianah John, Marrul Mawardi, Faliza Saad, Ng Xingying, Chai Vivan, Hana Qalisya, Christine Chew, Kimberly Yap
  • Komposer:Troissoeur

Kredit

  • Pereka Tatacahaya:Oasis Production
  • Krew Produksi:Techical: Oasis Production/ASWARA; Audio: Marrulhuda Mawardi, James Kan
  • Pengurus Produksi:Joseph Gonzales
  • Pengurus Pentas:Hazra Ghazaly; Assistant: Murni Omar, Hasmizan Abdul Hamid
  • Publisiti:Norbaizura Abd Ghani, Mohd Nur Faillul Adam, Faculty of Dance Production Unit, Corporate Department (ASWARA)
  • Nota Tambahan:

    Production Coordinators: Shaiful Izham Abdul Baseht, Yatini Kamit, Norasfini Jafa, Mohd Nur Faillul Adam, Mohd Yunus Ismail, Norbaizura Abd Ghani

    Production Committee: Datin Marion D’Cruz, Wong Kit Yaw, Hajijah Yaacob, Mohd Seth Hamzah, Umesh Shetty, Zamzuriah Zahari

    Front of House: Ismadian Ismail, Mohd Arif Nazri Samsudin

    Costume: Hajijah Yaacob, Nuur Faliza Saad

    Program Book: Joseph Gonzales, Norsafini Jafar, Mohd Nur Faillul Adam, Yunus Ismail

    Photographer: Normalrizuan Kamaruddin

    Runner: Hadi Ruslan, Amirul Fahmi