Front Row

The choreographer and dance-researcher takes us back in time to share about the threats of the British Empire to India. How during that era of changes to politics, socio-economics and religious structures in India threatened and posed significant challenges to several art forms. She points to efforts by activists which ascertained a revival of these traditional forms.

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The performance company celebrates its 20th anniversary with a grand concert which will involve both local and international percussionists and troupes. Bernard Goh shares on his collaborators and points to Hands Percussion’s future paths.

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This new ensemble called eight-dot-twelve marries eastern and western instruments to play both Oriental and Occidental music. Two members tell about the birth of the group and its official coming out performances.

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Having started a project called 2020 back in 2015, the team returns to share on its evolution which now culminates in ‘The Futurists’ Diaries’, a performance in the DiverseCity KL International Arts Festival 2017. This third show builds on and develops discoveries found in between productions when Toccata involved artists, scientists and the public in its roundtable discussions.

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Another year and a new series of Short & Sweet, comedies, plays, musicals and dances, each performance within 10 minutes from start to end. The producer tells of the impact of Short & Sweet on the performing arts scene and the opportunities it offers to young wannabe performers.

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In the last of the series, the practitioners share not only why they themselves practice theatre but also its relevance and historical significance in creating this safe and sacred space. Theatre and play are the counterpoints to ‘adult’ sobriety and seriousness. Play connotes not only the opposite of work, but also innocence, pleasure and creativity.

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Starting with a tongue-in-cheek title for his exhibition, the photographer-artist details his journey into the visual arts and his fascination with image-making. He moves forward professionally by returning to traditional ways of creating images with the camera. In this exhibition he attempts to slow down time and to produce tactile prints created in cool dark room, not often inhabited by those with phone-cameras and digital ones.

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Starting with a tongue-in-cheek title for his exhibition, the photographer-artist details his journey into the visual arts and his fascination with image-making. He moves forward professionally by returning to traditional ways of creating images with the camera. In this exhibition he attempts to slow down time and to produce tactile prints created in cool dark room, not often inhabited by those with phone-cameras and digital ones.

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A conversation, on religious and cultural practices, in a cavernous mall basement that has been converted into a performance space. Our guests--activists and theatre practitioners point out the need to initiate open dialogue instead of sweeping uncomfortable questions and issues under the proverbial carpet. They detail why the performance is yoked together with two common rituals which are being exploded to underscore the part they play in everyday life.

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A conversation on performing shows for children with hilarious tales of working with an audience that is honest and not necessarily bound by decorum and theatre etiquette. The artistic director also points out the importance of performing with and for marginalised communities and making them visible to the young audience.

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