Front Row

Celebrating Asian stories from a global perspective, The International Storytelling Festival Singapore is a showcase of global storytellers who have worked their magic to give life to our own timeless Asian epics and legends.

Poet, writer and translator Eddin Khoo, who is also the co-founder of PUSAKA, is one of the storytellers for the festival and provides us some insights on storytelling.

Coincidentally, it is also the 10th anniversary of PUSAKA, and we look back at some of the organization's achievements and plans for the future.

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A pioneer and active member of the renowned Wednesday Art Group founded by the late Peter Harris, visual artist and art educator Sivam Selvaratnam joins us to discuss her long career in the field of visual arts and art education.

She also sheds more light on her second solo art exhibition, "Rapt in Maya," which is a showcase of her breadth of artworks that span some 50 years, which is also being held in conjunction with her 50th wedding anniversary.

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John Nicholson, founder of Popular Picture History Resources, continues to amaze us with his collections of bits and bobs that paint a greater picture of Malaya's ever growing history.

He returns for a third time on the show to discuss his newest acquisitions and to give us a heads up on what's available at this year's Warisan Kertas sale and exhibition.

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Dungun born artist Chen Wei Ming spent his formative years living in around the small towns of Terengganu, and weaves these childhood experiences of the monsoon season into his paintings in his latest series, Silent Monsoon. 

He joins us to discuss the series as well as the emotions he tries to evoke in his paintings.

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In conjunction with their 15th anniversary, HANDS Percussion, one of Malaysia's best known percussion groups, is putting together a musical performance entitled Souls In Love. 

Bernard Goh, co-creator and artistic director of HANDS Percussion, and Susan Sarah John, musical director of Souls In Love, sit down with us to explain what they have planned for the performance.

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Reshad Strik is an Australian actor of Bosnian descent, and has starred in films such as The Hills Have Eyes 2 and music videos such as Jessica Simpson's Public Affair.

Also a practicing Muslim, he joins us to share his unique experiences in Hollywood, while also discussing filmmaking, acting and the industry in general.

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Kembara Jiwa - The Traveling Soul is an independent project which aims to take Malaysian art and artists to the international front.

Mohammad Nazli Abdul Aziz, Managing Director of Galeri Chandan, joins us to discuss his plans and aspirations for this project, which is also co-led by visual artist, Bayu Utomo.

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US-based Malaysian animator/ artist/ author Cheeming Boey drops in to discuss his first book, "When I Was a Kid: Childhood Stories" which is a compilation of stories growing up in Malaysia and Singapore, which he has uniquely told through stick figure drawings accompanied by endearing text.

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10 world renowned dancers will be in Malaysia to perform a showcase of classical, neo-classical and contemporary style-ballet, including excerpts from The Nutcracker, Spartacus, The Sleeping Beauty and many more.

We catch up with Japanese dancers Ena Hirose and Hironao Takahashi about what's in store.

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Dr. Takahisa Ota, the Conductor & Music Director of the klpac String Ensemble & klpac Orchestra, together with Mio Yachita, the Head of the Cultural Affairs Department at the Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur (JFKL) and Malik Taufiq, the Brand Strategist and Marketing Manager of both klpac and The Actors Studio, discuss the concert "klpac Orchestra Look East! Celebrating 30 Years" and the multidisciplinary performance "Taikuh Jikang", which are both being held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 'Look East Policy'.

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