Front Row

Dancing to celebrate herself, femininity and being pregnant. In the interview January and Sean reveal how this performance which was first discussed last year before January became pregnant was rehearsed and will be executed on Bobo KL’s stage. January talks about being a pregnant dancer.

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The solo butoh dancer tells about performing alone on the stage, and his approach to this art form which seems to come from a very dark, strange and grotesque world which is at the same time sensual, primitive, emotional and muscular.

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Ushera recently launched ‘Semalam Di Malaya’ and is following that up with a live performance with friend and singer, Irma Seleman who recently returned to KL having lived in NYC and gigging after graduating from Berklee College of Music.

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Our guests tell us why this tragic Roman play by the Bard is set as a 1990s video game.  Will the gamification enhance the viewing experience or reduce the impact of the conflicts inherent to the play? Our guests detail how this setting changes their portrayals of the conflicted characters.

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Mavin Khoo presents Intoxicating the Blue Lord, a work that delves into the transcendental spirit of Krishna. Together with renowned vocalist OS Arun, both artists revel in the complexities of improvisational phrases further challenging the relationship between dancer and vocalist.

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Who would believe that we have Celts living among us playing this traditional music and tap dancing like the folks in Riverdance. The chief Celt introduces us to Meet The Plumber, the Celtic Asian 2.0 and F.A.T.  Band. With or without kilts, these Celtic asians are going to celebrate their International Uilleann Piping Day in the latter part of the week.  

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Back in town for a second show but with a different configuration--four new faces--in Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.  The performers tell about their stepping into the shoes of the founders and filling them.

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Our guest tells us what makes her a rising star in the Asian Jazz scene. Known for her sultry voice, this Singapore-based singer has performed with the likes of The Count Basie Orchestra, David Foster, The Platters' Bobby Soul, William Close & The Earth Harp Collective and opened for Laura Fygi & Incognito, and has sung for A-listers like Kevin Spacey, Ethan Hawke, Joss Stone, Kurt Elling, Lea Salonga, Paloma Picasso, Serena Williams as well as Presidents & Prime Ministers.
She performs and talks about her maiden album, “Hard to Imagine”.

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For the exhibition titled ‘Era Mahathir’, Ilham Gallery has collected works completed during the 22-year administration of the country’s fourth Prime Minister. It was during this period that the country went from an agrarian nation to a largely industrial one. The landscape of the country changed with new infrastructure and development projects. Malaysians were imbued with a burgeoning sense of self-confidence which epitomised the “can do” spirit (‘Malaysia Boleh’) of those times. The exhibition features both contemporaneous and recent works by artists to help us understand the complex realities of that period and provide us with divergent views, outside our official narratives.

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Kenny Shim has just returned from more dance training in Greece, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and feels that he is in the position and with “the talent and vision to raise the contemporary dance scene in our country.” From the bold declaration we find out what bold steps he has choreographed to take contempt out of contemporary dance for some.

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