Photo by Nazir Azhari.
The tenth edition of our popular site-specific dance event, 26-27 January 2019 at Rimbun Dahan. This edition featured restages of work by local dance artists, as well as newly created work through international collaborations by alumni from the Southeast Asian Choreolab.
Program:
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- All photos by Nazir Azhari.
A1. Bumbu Goyang
| Ingredients
Sensation |
2 Marker pens Perspective 1 tsp SR 1 tsp Mental Music 20ml Replacing 3/4 tsp Touching 50ml Tearing 10 pinch Toes 1 tbsp LangserP/s: How many kg of shadows? |
Choreographed & performed by Fitri Anggraini & Lau Beh Chin.
Special guests: Students of the Dance Department of University of Malaya, and Kakak Ayu Lestari.
Thanks to the exhibition and workshop of Chuah Shu Ruei.
Fitri Anggraini graduated from the Art Institute of Jakarta (2016), and choreographed KABA for Indonesia Dance Festival the same year. She has since collaborated with choreographers Mikuni Yanaihara and Ismaera Takeo, received the prestigious Hibah Seni Inovatif Award from Yayasan Seni Kelola, and participated in the Asian Performing Arts Forum in Japan.
Lau Beh Chin, from Penang, has a degree in chemical engineering, spent a year at Fontys Hogeshcool Voor de Kunsten in the Netherlands, and finally graduated from University of Limerick with a Master’s in Contemporary Dance Performance. She produced “Where Two Seas Meet” and “Your Memories, Our Identity” focusing on intercultural dialogue.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
A2. tree.time
We went digging for roots. We found layers – layers of earth on concrete on plantation on roots on grass on skin on leaves.
This is a durational work where we grow with the space for 3 hours each on 26 and 27 January. The first day is focused on growth and the second on disintegration. The audience is invited to enter the space to look more closely at the installation and texts.
Choreographed & performed by Chan Sze-Wei & Hii Ing Fung.
Hii Ing Fung is a Sarawakian based in KL-Selangor, experienced in Chinese classical & folk dances, ballet, Hua Zu Wu, and contemporary dance technique, and active in performance, education, creation and research. She holds a Master of Performing Arts (Dance) from University of Malaya (2014).
Blending conceptual, interactive, improvisatory and cross-cultural approaches for theatres, public spaces, video installation and film, Chan Sze-Wei’s work is grounded in perception, sensation and the organic knowledge of the human body. Her work has shown in Singapore, various Southeast Asian cities, the UK, Taiwan, Croatia, the USA and Brazil.
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- Photos by Nazir Azhari.
A3. Canvas
A work originally created for the second chapter of《游云》project. Each chapter is specifically accordant with ancient Chinese philosophy, “Tian Shi”, “Di Li”, and “Ren He”.
“Di Li” is cultural transformation due to a shifting environment. The existing dissimilarities between Southeast Asian dance and traditional Chinese dance are indeed profound evidence of cultural assimilation amongst the Chinese during and after their migratory voyage to Nanyang. This chapter combines the elements of totems prevailing in the language of Southeast Asian dance and the emphasis on coherence and curve in every movement of the dancer, to accentuate the sparks arising from such cultural distinctions.
Choreographed by Chan Kar Kah
Performed by Ker Yee Teng
Chan Kar Kah is a Chinese dance-based freelance dancer, choreographer and instructor. She studied for her Bachelors for Dance at Beijing Normal University, and performed and choreographed for cultural festivals, International Students’ Night, and Collegiate ASEAN Games. She joined Han Fong Dance Ensemble in 2012, and is now lead dancer and ensemble choreographer.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Karen Palko.
A4. Within
“The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy quite as much as he wants understanding, vitamins, or exercise, or praise.” – Phylis McGinley
‘Within’ is a piece about the aesthetic element of the animal that is confined and forgotten within the human animal. The animal that has succumbed to society, race and tradition.
Choreographed by Kenny Shim
Performed by Lim Pei Ern
Originally performed by Linda Telek
Kenny Shim completed his BA in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, and his MA in Contemporary Dance Performance at London Contemporary Dance School. Kenny produced his debut production in 2018, featuring Winged Wolves and the Bamboo Mew, Pieces of Three Movements, and a restage of Rite.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
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- Photo by Chong See Ming.
B1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Hopeful but then days are young, so who knows how the tale will end?
Created & performed by Tan Bee Hung & Chung Ping Wei
Chung Ping Wei is a Malaysian saxophonist performing classical and pop jazz. After a distinction in the ABRSM London Board Exam major, his diverse interests have led him to play in Birdian Saxophone Quartet, Klpac Symphonic Band and Klpac Orchestra. He runs The Saxophone Store in Kuala Lumpur.
Currently a dancer, choreographer, dance and Pilates instructor, Tan Bee Hung holds an LLB, and has performed locally and internationally for Kwang Tung Dance Company, as well as in her own solo work. A firm believer that humans are natural movers, she hopes to bring dance closer to people’s lives.
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- Photo by Chong See Ming.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
B2. Darah
I would be more comfortable if I were accompanying you.
Choreographed by Norsafini Jafar
Performed by Dalila Abd Samad & Nadhirah Rahmat
Norsafini Jafar holds a Diploma and Degree in Dance from ASWARA, majoring in joget gamelan, and works as a lecturer in the Faculty of Dance. An award-winning choreographer, with an MA from University of Malaya. She is a member of the Asian Dance Committee in Korea in 2019.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Chong See Ming.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Karen Palko.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
B3. A Strange Meeting
What can be seen if the hidden parts of our memories are uncovered?
Choreographed & performed by Nurulakmal Abdul Wahid, Fauzi Amirudin & Vidura Amranand
Nurulakmal Binti Abdul Wahid holds a Bachelors and Masters from University of Malaya. She has performed and choreographed for many site-specific works at Dancing in Place, George Town Festival, and Butterworth Fringe Festival, which informs her current PhD research. She currently works as a dance lecturer at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, UPSI.
Vidura Amranand is a contemporary dance artist and teacher based in Bangkok, Thailand. She has performed extensively with B-floor Theatre and director Thanapol Virulhakul. Her most recent directorial works are One Night Stand and The Floating Project. Vidura studied dance at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and continues to teach and develop her movement practice in trance, visualization, and awareness.
Fauzi Amirudin is a graduate from ASWARA and a principal dancer at ASK Dance Company, awarded Best Choreographer at the BOH Cameronian Arts Awards. In 2018, he and Naim Syahrazad presented their first full length production The iProject: Between Self and Others. His current interest is research into tari piring and the body archive.
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- Photo by Nazir Azhari.
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- Photo by Foo Chiwei.
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- Photo by Karen Palko.
INTERMISSION PERFORMANCE. While in RD
This is the visualisation of our collaboration process, related to this specific site during our stay at Rimbun Dahan as it is like an open ‘home’ for us to create a dialogue between the negotiation and curiosity from one to another. The presence of time and space, the unity of modern life and natural environments, the reflection of materials and rituals.
Choreographed & performed by Sherli Novalinda & Nguyen Chung
Sherli Novalinda is a choreographer, performer and lecturer at Indonesian Institute of Arts Padangpanjang. Her works have been featured in several international events, including Europalia Arts Festival in Belgium (2017). She is currently working on a dance trilogy which began with Meniti Jejak (2016). She has been interested in the negotiation of body, culture and gender.
Independent Vietnamese dance artist Nguyen Chung is interested in the connection between people and familiar objects used in everyday life and the transformation of their functions into his work through arrangement and movement of the body, in combination with performance art and conceptual art to expand the creative process and discover new movements.
FINALE. Henjut
A work that explores how people enjoy themselves with the act of bouncing. Every individual has their own style of “henjut” that represents themselves.
Choreographed by Khairi Mokthar
Performed by Noel Thomas, Shuvaseni a/p Ramasamy, Nurhaziyah Bt Salikin, Muhammad Azzarulhafiz Naiem bin Muhammad Shafari, Mohamad Shahfik bin Abd Aziz, Visalini a/p Kumaran, Yashini a/p Sivaraman, Karthini K Chandran, Moch Jack Zhong, Hafidzah Abdul Hamid, Vieazley Michael, Saiful Adwa bin Ahmad Rudin, Amiira Natasya binti Othman, and Tee Kai Ling.
With thanks to the Dance Department, Cultural Centre, University of Malaya.
Khairi Mokthar holds a Bachelor of Dance from ASWARA, where he presented his bharatanatyam arangetram, and an MFA in Dance Performance from Korea National University of the Arts. Khairi has worked for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company (UK) and ASK Dance Company. He currently performs with TFA Inner Space Dance Company and works in the dance faculty at University of Malaya.
Dancing in Place is a production of MyDance Alliance and Rimbun Dahan.
The collaborative component of Dancing in Place is supported by an Emerging Artist Incubation Funding grant from CENDANA, the Cultural Economy Development Agency.
Producer: Bilqis Hijjas
