Interested in Dancebox in March 2011?
Get your Dancebox on! If you are a choreographer interested in presenting a short work, get in touch! The Dancebox program in 2010 was a big hit with dancers and audience. Don't miss the opportunity to take part in the next Dancebox event.
The next Dancebox at The Actors Studio Theatre at Lot 10 shopping centre will between 23 and 27 March 2011 (exact date to be confirmed).
We are looking for short dance works in any genre between 7 and 15 minutes long to include in the show. In the past we have had contemporary dance, belly dancing, classical Indian dance, ballet, and dance on film.
Works should be by emerging choreographers, or experimental works by established choreographers. Previews, works in progress and lecture demonstrations are also possible. All works should be of a pre-professional or professional standard.
Choreographers need to be MyDance Alliance members to participate. If you are not a MyDance Alliance, you can join on the day of performance. Membership is RM50 per year.
For more information, or to express your interest in participating, email contact@mydancealliance.org
Dancebox is a joint production from The Actors Studio and MyDance Alliance, and is part of the FUSED program at The Actors Studio.
CLASS
James Kan Teaching Professional Class Tomorrow
10-11.30am
Wednesday 9th February 2011
Rehearsal Studio
MAP@Publika, Solaris Dutamas
James Kan, former dance student at ASWARA and current student at Taiwan National University of the Arts, will be teaching his second (and last!) contemporary class for the MyDance Professional Class series.
RM30 for drop-in, RM20 for class card. For more information, see http://www.mydancealliance.org/dance-class
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Secret Garden Dance Ball by Just Dance Magazine
This dance event is organised in conjunction with LiFest, MAP@Publika, in aid of Yayasan Orang Kurang Upaya Kelantan (YOKUK). The Secret Garden Dance Ball is a classy ballroom dance event that will include performances, prize giveaways and an auction where all proceeds will be donated to charity.
26 February 2011, Saturday
8.30pm till late
MAP@Publika, White Box
Level G2-01, Block A5, Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, Off Jalan Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur. T:06 62079732
Dress Code : Semi-Formal (Jeans, T-shirts, Shorts are not allowed). Don't forget to bring your dance shoes!
Showtime | Charity Auction | Lucky Draw | General Dancing | Hor D’oeuvres
Tickets : RM100 per person (Pre-Purchase), RM140 (Walk-in)
For bookings and enquiries, please call 03-78036913, 012-3582272 or 012-3085035 or email info@justdance.com.my. Check out www.facebook.com/JDMAG and www.lifestkl.weebly.com for updates.
Women on Top - 'Embodied Experience'
Part of Women:100 for International Women's Day 2011
Organized by kakiseni
Artistic Director: Joseph Gonzalez
Supported by Ministry of Women, Family & Community Development
Performances by dancers from ASWARA, supporting the empowerment of women.
8.30pm
17-20 March 2011
Experimental Theatre @ ASWARA
Entrance fee: RM 30
AUDITION
Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance Audition in Singapore
Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (www.sead.at) is having an audition for their school in Singapore on 19 March. They are looking for creative, outspoken, bright movers.
The audition will consist of a ballet & contemporary class. Applicants must prepare a 3-min contemp solo. The ballet class will be around the standard of RAD Intermediate; applicants should be able to do entrechat quatre & pirouettes.
Applicants should be at least 18 years old and independent. See the SEAD website www.sead.at for application details.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
First Call for Papers for Asia Pacific International Dance Conference 2011
Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 March 2011
Conference Theme: Hybridity in Dance: Researching, Performing, and Writing Old and New Genres
21st – 25th September 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Convener and Organiser: Cultural Centre University of Malaya
Co-Organiser: National Department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture; MyDance Alliance and World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific
Conference Site: Royale Bintang Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Symposium Topics
Hybridity in dance is transmitted in diverse ways both locally and globally: in formal and informal sessions specifically intended to teach participants how to perform dance, as a way of reconstructing the past, and in tourist settings to showcase a cultural manifestation to tourists from nearby or far away places. This theme invites presentations that address such issues as:
A. Researching Hybridity in Dance
- How is hybridity performed and transmitted, and has transmission processes changed over time?
- Hybridity as a commodity: How can “traditional” or contemporary hybrid dance forms be appropriately presented as an economic commodity?
- How is “hybridization” constructed, by whom, and for what purpose?
- How is authenticity constructed through hybridization?
B. Performing Hybridity
- What is transmitted when dance is presented as hybridized forms?
- How do administrative and entrepreneurial enterprises and assumed expectations have an impact on the presentation of hybrid dance forms?
- What happens to indigenous concepts of dance when dance is presented as hybrids?
- When presenting hybridity, what kinds of negotiation, appropriation, and representation occur?
C. Writing Old and New Hybrid Genres
- How are old and new hybrid genres written for local and transnational sharing of knowledge?
- Are there similarities or differences between presenting hybridity to local as opposed to foreign readers?
- What is the role of intellectual property rights and copyright in the presentation of hybrid dance genres in dance writing and in the teaching of dance?
We welcome proposals that address one or more of these questions and other relatedissues that arise directly from the theme. All proposals should be based on substantial fieldwork experience and/or textual consideration.
For more information, download the call for papers and submission form from:
http://www.mydancealliance.org/images/documents/apidc2011_call_for_papers.doc
