Front Row

A listening body is a dance/-theatre experience based on dancer January Low’s thoughts and questions in and around Odissi. Informed by a practice that spans 30 years, and more recently empowered by a virtual mentorship with Odissi exponent Bijayini Satpathy, January has deepened her relationship with Odissi by actively listening and responding to her body, mind and environment. This work peels away the commodified and exoticised layers of Odissi to reveal a relationship that is personal, vulnerable and respectful, enabling agency for both audience and performer to be equal partners in the experience. January joins us to share more.

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The upcoming performance Sakti is a marriage of Malay folk tales, aerial artistry and drumming theatre, set to be performed by air artists VIVA Circus and musicians HANDS Percussion. Bernard Goh, the Founder & Artistic Director, Hands Percussion joins us to discuss this experimental new performance which also promises dance, narration, contemporary music with drums, percussion, gamelan and other musical instruments.

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Switchblade Operation: The Longing is described as a unique visual and dance performance that reimagines two groundbreaking choreographies from '94 and ‘95, by acclaimed contemporary dance choreographer, Loke Soh Kim. The two dance performances, “Gui Qu Lai Xi” and “A World in the City” will be revived in KongsiKL with a whole new team of diverse dancers, and creative team. Presented by Kongsi Petak, we speak to Soh Kim and also the show's producer Low Pey Sien, about how they are restaging these two noted performances almost 30 years since they were first performed.

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"Baggage" is described as a new theatrical experience which considers the weight of the world we carry. Presented by emerging creative company The Fever Kinetic, Baggage is the company's debut feature length play, written, directed and performed by Tristen ZiJuin, who is also the Artistic Director & Executive Producer of The Kinetic Group. Tristen joins us to share more about the one-person monologue, which is an inquiry towards the baggage that second and third generation Malaysians carry.

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Switchblade Operation: The Longing is described as a unique visual and dance performance that reimagines two groundbreaking choreographies from '94 and ‘95, by acclaimed contemporary dance choreographer, Loke Soh Kim. The two dance performances, “Gui Qu Lai Xi” and “A World in the City” will be revived in KongsiKL with a whole new team of diverse dancers, and creative team. Presented by Kongsi Petak, we speak to Soh Kim and also the show's producer Low Pey Sien, about how they are restaging these two noted performances almost 30 years since they were first performed.

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"Baggage" is described as a new theatrical experience which considers the weight of the world we carry. Presented by emerging creative company The Fever Kinetic, Baggage is the company's debut feature length play, written, directed and performed by Tristen ZiJuin, who is also the Artistic Director & Executive Producer of The Kinetic Group. Tristen joins us to share more about the one-person monologue, which is an inquiry towards the baggage that second and third generation Malaysians carry.

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Teater Jajahan Chow Kit Road is a play written by Azril Suhaili, which is set against the backdrop of the unforgettable 1986 Chow Kit Road mega concert held by the late singer Datuk Sudirman Arshad. In the play, three friends who consider Jalan Chow Kit as their sacred space plot to ruin the concert, but their plans are thwarted when they meet an old man searching for his ex-wife, leading them on another unexpected adventure. Presented by Revolution Stage, we find out what the play is all about from lead actors Akmal Sulaiman and Izhar Azree.

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On the 29th of May 1973, the world unexpectedly lost P Ramlee, a gifted artist and screen legend of unmatched talent and style. 50 years on, the performance Konsert P. Ramlee - Signature A Minor 7 wants to celebrate the late icon's work, featuring songs rearranged by Aubrey Suwito, and performed by Sean Ghazi and Liza Hanim, with stories of P Ramlee's life narrated by Sobri Anuar.  We find out what's in store from singer, actor and artistic director of Bobo KL, Sean Ghazi.

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Teater Jajahan Chow Kit Road is a play written by Azril Suhaili, which is set against the backdrop of the unforgettable 1986 Chow Kit Road mega concert held by the late singer Datuk Sudirman Arshad. In the play, three friends who consider Jalan Chow Kit as their sacred space plot to ruin the concert, but their plans are thwarted when they meet an old man searching for his ex-wife, leading them on another unexpected adventure. Presented by Revolution Stage, we find out what the play is all about from lead actors Akmal Sulaiman and Izhar Azree.

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On the 29th of May 1973, the world unexpectedly lost P Ramlee, a gifted artist and screen legend of unmatched talent and style. 50 years on, the performance Konsert P. Ramlee - Signature A Minor 7 wants to celebrate the late icon's work, featuring songs rearranged by Aubrey Suwito, and performed by Sean Ghazi and Liza Hanim, with stories of P Ramlee's life narrated by Sobri Anuar.  We find out what's in store from singer, actor and artistic director of Bobo KL, Sean Ghazi.

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