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Dear Dance Enthusiasts,
Last night MyDance Alliance held its 8th Annual General Meeting, and elected a new committee as follows:
President: Bilqis Hijjas
Vice President: January Low
Secretary: Leng Poh Gee
Treasurer: Sim Jui Ching
Media & Communications Officer: Choy Su-Ling
Committee Members: Suhaili Micheline Ahmad Kamil, Dr Dhanya Thoorairaj, Kiea Kuan Nam, Mohamad Yunus Ismail, Hii Ing Fung.
New network leaders were also appointed!
Education & Training -- Leng Poh Gee, assisted by Muhaini Ahmad & Nurulakmal Abdul Wahid
Research & Documentation -- Prof Mohd Anis Mohd Nor, assisted by Hii Ing Fung
Creation & Presentation -- Bilqis Hijjas, assisted by Suhaili Micheline
Management & Promotion -- Choy Su-Ling
Welfare & Status -- Mew Chang Tsing, assisted by Gan Chih Pei & Kiea Kuan Nam.
Outgoing president Mew Chang Tsing gave a heartfelt speech recalling the highlights of MyDance Alliance activity during the nine years in which she was president, including the MyDance Festival 2005, collaborative performances, and the launch of the small grants program, as well as the careful husbanding of resources and the promotion of the MyDance Community Studio. Mew will remain active in MyDance Alliance as head of the Welfare & Status network, and the new committee welcomes her continuing advice and support.
Stay tuned for more news about upcoming MyDance Alliance events including Dancebox, MyDance Festival 2011, Dance Picnic and the launch of a book about dance in Malaysia published by Routledge India.
STUDIOS
Cheapest studio rental in town!
MyDance Alliance is still offering its exciting low rates for renting the MyDance Community Studio, for MyDance members*.
SPECIAL RATE (before 7pm on weekdays): RM 12 per hour with fan, RM 25 per hour with aircon, before 7pm on weekdays.
NORMAL RATE (after 7pm, and weekends): RM 15 per hour with fan, RM 30 per hour with aircon.
MyDance Community Studio (previously the RiverGrass Studio )
12, 1st Floor, Jalan 20 / 16A, 46300 Petaling Jaya
*MyDance membership is RM 50 for ordinary members for one year. For more information about renting the MyDance Community Studio, and becoming a member, email contact@mydancealliance.org.
Yoga/Dance Studio in Bangsar Available for Takeover
A fully-furnished yoga/dance studio in Bangsar invites a business takeover. Ideally located, the large space features two studios, beautifully renovated with full-length mirrors. Great for studio owners who want to expand their business or to potential studio owners looking for a fresh start. Please call 016 6610262 for further enquiries.
Shobie Malani
Creative Director/ Certified Yoga Instructor
Mobile: +6 016 6610262
Office & Fax: 603 20952520
Add: 2A, Lorong Ara Kiri 3, Lucky Garden
Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PERFORMANCES
"On Anxiety"
The keyboard and phone line are extensions of our lusts. Pens 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 game of metaphors. Perhaps no one can escape this path except through the magic of imagination.
Organizer & Presenter: Kwang Tung Dance Company
Director: James Lee
Director James Lee is one of the pioneers in Malaysia’s digital film production. “The Beautiful Washing Machine”, one of his DV-features, had won the Best Asean Feature Award and FIPRESCI Prize in the 2005 Bangkok International Film Festival. James Lee is well-known for his unique artistic sentiment; his art-house gangster movie "Call if You Need Me", had won a silver award in Asian Digital Competition at the Hong Kong International Film Festival 2009.
Choreographer: Amy Len
Choreographer Amy Len is the artistic director. A versatile dancer and performer, Amy won the Best Performer in Dance in the 4th Annual BOH Cameronian Arts Awards 2006 and received a nomination for Best Artistic Direction. She was also invited to perform in ASIA Dance Festival in Fukuoka, Japan 2006. She was awarded with the World Dance Alliance Scholarship for Dance Workshop at Taipei National University of Arts, 2008.
Date & Time
2nd-4th July 2010 (Friday– Sunday) 8:30pm
3rd July 2010 (Saturday) 3:00pm (Students only)
4th July 2010 (Sunday) 3:00pm (Dance Tea Time;by invitation only)
Venue
Pentas 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Art Centre (KL Pac) Sentul Park,
Jalan Strachan, 51100 Kuala Lumpur.
Ticket Outlet
KL Pac Box Office 03 40479000
Tickets by donation
RM43 Adult
RM33 Students/Senior Citizens/Disabled
Enquiry
Foong Ming 012 - 676 8272
Bee Hung 012 - 674 8411
Choy Wan 012 - 359 1443
Hope2 - a work in progress showcase
Choreographer Joyce S. Lim thinks the distance between performers and audience has always been a something to her. “Many times when we watch dance, we look at the production or at the technical skills of the performers until we forgot to look at the dancers as people”. That’s why she eliminated the gap by having the performers sitting in with the audience so that they can look into their eyes. Intimacy is not specifically in terms physical only, rather is the closeness one can get towards another’s soul.
Hope is something everyone needs. Seeing the world troubled by disasters and chaos, it is important that in all these darkness and despair something within exist to keep us go on. This performance is about the different hopes and dreams that people of different ages have, from a child to that of a senior person. Through the eye of Joyce and movements of performers, HOPE, whether full of it or none at all, becomes the message that will go through the audience’s veins.
Performance available only ONE DAY, on July 3th (Saturday) 2010 at 2.00pm and 7.30pm, at the Bodhi Heart Sanctuary, Penang. Entry is by donation (minimum RM10).
Another project proudly present to you by Ombak-Ombak ARTStudio.
For more information, please contact:
CLASSES
Tribal Style Belly Dance
‘Display of feminine power: A formal course’
Level 1
Tuesday 7:30-9pm
Aug 3,10,17,24
Sep 7,14,21,28
Oct 5,12
This comprehensive course will jump start the student into the mysteries of Tribal Belly Dance of North Africa.
The student will learn the most important dance moves in order to lead in a circle. The beauty of this form of dance is it empowers the student to awaken their feminine energy in a community format. Hand, eye and body signals are used without words to improvise together as one. Nanci will take the student on a journey of rhythms based on Jamila Salimpour’s research of zill patterns. The use of zills (Turkish term for finger cymbals) as a musical accompaniment to dance is documented to be 1500 years old. Each dance step of North Africa has it’s own zill pattern that goes along with it.
Through Nanci’s own personal pre-historical research she has theorized that the tribal dances hold the knowledge of our ancestors. She feels this knowledge has been hidden from the public eye for a few thousand years. She also feels that this knowledge holds the key for building stronger communities that make the human environment a better place to live.
Course fee 425RM (Includes zills)
About the teacher:
Nanci is American-born Irish hailing from San Francisco. She is a fierce woman who expresses her feminine power through a dance form called Tribal Style Belly Dance. This dance form is born from the non-ruling class of Nomadic Tribes of North Africa, India and Central Asia. She mostly taught herself how to dance, but her dance lineage can be traced to Jamila Salimpour’s student Rossah.
Nanci Traynor, a semi-nomad herself, encourages people to be self-sufficient, empowered and non-judgmental of others. She has proven that the human mind can manifest anything as long as the intention is clear, positive and benefits the surrounding life force. She spent a year in isolation on a cliff in Southern India. During her self study under the stars the universe was mapped out and translated through movement. Her greatest performance achievement to date was an invitation to perform in Lahore, Pakistan. She was awarded best performance and costume.
LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES
Entries for Short+Sweet Malaysia 2010 Deadline Extended
After two years, most people will instantly recognise SHORT+SWEET because of its quirky 10-minute concept. First we had 10-minute plays…then 10-minute dance. Now in its third year, SHORT+SWEETMalaysia will see the addition of SHORT+SWEET Musical to its ever-growing family!
Have you been hoarding your scripts at home? Got a dance idea you would like to try out? Or a musical piece you’re just dying for people to hear? Sign up now and grab the chance to be part of an international festival and competition – you’ll stand a chance to win fantastic prizes & goodies!
For first timers, a quick rundown on SHORT+SWEET…
· A 10-minute festival AND competition
· Open to Malaysians AND non-Malaysians (international entries welcomed)
· Open to any genre e.g. your dance piece can be hip hop, zapin, ballet etc
· Open to any languages, not just English!
· Entry for all on voluntary basis
· You can take part in more than one festival
Whether you are newbie or a veteran, the SHORT+SWEET experience is truly unique… it’s fun, you meet a whole host of people and you get drawn into this crazy (but good crazy) SHORT+SWEET madness. Must try!
MARK these festival dates down!
S+S Musical 22 Sept - 3 Oct 2010
S+S Dance 6 Oct - 17 Oct 2010
S+S Theatre 20 Oct - 31 Oct 2010
SIGN UP NOW! We’re looking for…
- Musical Composer & Musical Lyricist
- Musical Director
- Musical Actor
- Dance Choreographer
- Dance Dancer
- Theatre Playwright
- Theatre Director
- Theatre Actor
Contact michelle@klpac.org to obtain S+S Malaysia 2010 Registration Form. REGISTER & SUBMIT send your registration forms, scripts and scores to michelle@klpac.org or drop it off at klpac in a sealed envelope (Please address it to "Michelle Yip, Senior Stage Manager, S+S Malaysia 2010)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE has been extended to 16 JULY 2010.
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Dancers Audition for Guangdong Modern Dance Company
The Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GMDC) is inviting professional dancers to an audition, open at 7.00pm on July 21, 2010 in the Grand Studio Hall of GMDC.
The candidates are required to have at least three years of professional training or professional performing experience and are prepared to take performing dance as a long term career. Interested parties should send in resume and video clips for screening on or before
July 16, 2010. Successful candidates will be informed and required to participate in the audition. (Late applications will only be evaluated case by case.) Candidates should prepare to take a 1-hour technique class before presenting a one-minute solo. Selected candidates will enter the final round on July 23, 2010.
For more information see:
Candidates please send a resume (as an attachment) with 3 passport photos, and 1 minute of video clips of our work, to Guangdong Modern Dance Company, No 13 Shui Yin Heng Lu, Sha He Ding, Guangzhou 510075.
The 2010 Freedom to Create Prize allocates US $125,000 to celebrate the power of art to promote social justice, build the foundations of an open society and inspire the human spirit. There are three categories: Main, Youth, and Imprisoned Artist.
All art forms are eligible, so share your work with the world.
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