Front Row

The events are back and so is the curator.

Pauline Fan talks about the two traditional Kelantan dances which will be showcased at Publika.

These related dances are about love and longing. In the first, the longing; and in the second, the recovery from the loss.

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Jean-Pierre Dumont, the Director of Alliance Francaise de Kuala Lumpur, provides us with a run-down of the events in store at this year's French Art and Film Festival.

We are promised an eclectic mix of French films, food, drinks, dance and music at this annual event.

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Looking at musicals and paying attention to ‘Cabaret’; looking at plays by Shakespeare and at KL Shakespeare Players’ ‘Shakespeare Demystified: Othello’.  

The common element between the two: fear of the Other.

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Anticipating the cultural policy and the agenda for the visual and performing arts in the 11th Malaysia Plan, Prof. Dr. Hatta Azad Khan, the Rector of Akademi Seni Budaya Dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA), discusses how ASWARA contributes to the country’s creative and performing arts industry. 

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The music educators will be conducting masterclasses and following up with a recital. They talk about the need for music in our lives and their observations of the country’s changing music landscape over the last few years. They anticipate the future of classical music in the country.

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When art comes to the aid of flood victims. The guests tell about the collaboration that brings together local artists and a total of 30 independent themed artwork of high quality. This is an effort to raise funds to finance the construction of homes for Kelantan flood victims, especially those in Manek Urai.

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The theatre practitioner tells how his own experience as a child has in a way led to his work using theatre to work with groups which are often silent, whose desires and wishes are not articulated. He tells about how through theatre marginalized communities speak their stories and together with others rethink, reimagine and reshape society. Theatre today for a better tomorrow .

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The curators of an exhibition titled ‘The Space Between’ explore the role of artists in society – what it is and what it could be – through the works of 18 artists who, in novel and exciting ways, are also making major contributions to the current visual vocabularies of contemporary Malaysian art. The curator details some pieces in the exhibition, using them as examples to elaborate and substantiate.

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 The unusual exhibition is at the National Gallery of Australia, and the curator tells about this retrospective of James Turrell’s works which cover more than five decades but has uncovered visitors. The artist of light and space exposes visitors to light and light to naked visitors.

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 Sabahan playwright Ariff Kamil's bi-lingual debut is directed by theatrethreesixty's Artistic Director, Christopher Ling. They talk about the production, which is made possible by the Development Grant for the Performing Arts, New Malaysian Works initiated by the National Department for Culture & Arts and Kakiseni.

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