Front Row

While detailing why he’s bringing in international dancers, organizing special bridge projects between Asian dancers and choreographers and premiering some new dances, the artistic director explains what contemporary dance is and how to enter that world as a member of the audience.

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Not a common sight, but when they are dancing, it is a sight to behold. A sight that compels your holding your breath. Our guests are from the all-male ballet troupe called Men in Tutus by Les Ballets Eloelle. The dance that the group will be performing this time in the country is ‘The Nutcracker’

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The artistic director explains the dance-performance which is based on the preparation to play the ‘pakyung.’ The dance itself is a “behind the scenes” look that that gives an insight into the process of acquiring the skills to become the pakyung. 

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Martial arts are about hurting, disarming, about contact. Maybe not, as the other side of this apparent violent art is the call to be disciplined, humble, to know and control oneself. Wushu Arts Theatre explores through martial-arts influenced dance to unearth the spiritual soul of a fighting art. 

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The organizers and artists tell about the festival which combines performances by local and international artists, like the Philippines Ballet Theatre, Qawwali from Pakistan, Sizzling Violin from India, Odissi experts from Odissa and Flamenco from Singapore. 

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Instant Cafe Theatre makes its followers laugh with them and sometimes at themselves. Sometimes shows that offer less laughter and more soul searching. In the coming weeks the theatre company celebrates 2.6 decades of D’Nonsense bringing to the stage the revues it was popular for: something edgy, something naughty, something provocative. But always lots of belly-shaking laughter. 

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A pantomime opens today--Universal Children’s Day--and Rashid Salleh and Llewellyn  Marsh take the opportunity to tell us about what makes a panto beyond the song-and-dance which is a characteristic of all musicals. Rashid reveals his role as the grand Dame. 

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Classically trained pianist and a lover of choral singing, and in particular, of sacred songs, Elaine Pao will be leading a choir to sing the rarely heard--in this neck of the woods--Handel’s ‘Messiah’. Hear and learn what this oratorio is about and what creates its beauty.

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In the season of musicals by adults for adults; adults for children, comes a musical written and created by adults and performed by children. Our guests share with us the premise of this musical and paint a future for musicals in the country.

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Though we have taken in Negaraku’s lyrics and weaved them to our hearts, few of us know how this song traveled from France, Seychelles, Hawaii, Indonesia and to our own shores (though not necessarily in that order). It was once a pop song, a dance song, a state anthem but today holds a special place with a Parliamentary Act to protect it. 

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