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Chinese Classical Dance, ‘荷风 Scapes of Lotus’. Presented by Marrow Collective, choreography by KarKah Chan, for Malaysia Tari Live 2022 organised by Persatuan Penari Kuala Lumpur & Selangor. Performed by Chinese dance class students Jessie, Valentina, Julianne, HuiWen, Sook Khuan, Yonie.

// Crè Arts Asia // 2017 //

Presented by one of Asia's largest modern circus troupes. Malaysian debut of gravity defying Flying Pole Acrobatics. Starring celebrities and champions of the entertainment and circus world!

// Darkness Poomba // by Modern Table Dance Company (Korea) // 2018 //

“Poomba” which is known for the melody as a changed subject from its origin. Filled with emotions of anger, sorrow, and grief, they scorned with contempt through the expression of sighs and dark sounds. The fear of being defeated in the darkness would be continuously portrayed by the dancers as they dance and sing to a movement similar to “Dionysus.” This relates to ‘한(han)’ which is defined as deep resentment and sorrow with expression in the Korean culture.

Darkness Poomba possesses a unique Asian characteristic with live sounds and male dancers dancing in dynamic curves. Also, featuring Pansori, a Korean traditional musical storytelling in the performance.

Presented by Modern Table Dance Company (Korea)
Choreographed by Kim Jae Duk

// Romeo and Juliet //

From the first intimate blush to the heartbreaking finale, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is a story for all ages. It’s a tale of a chance meeting, love at first sight, the passion of teenagers, and old family feuds. Romeo and Juliet contains: a vivacious sword, the fight and three poignant pas de deux, the lovers’ first encounters, the famous balcony scene. In the final tragedy, Romeo dances desperately with the lifeless Juliet.

Beautiful and intimate, Romeo and Juliet is choreographed by the Artistic Director of DPAC Dance Company, Wong Jyh Shyong (JS), who breathes new life into one of the Bard’s classic love stories. It features a talented cast, including Huang Weikai (currently a student of University of Taipei - Dance Department) as Romeo, Jessica Ng (the first prize winner of the 19th Solo Classical Ballet Competition in 2016 and the 1st runner-up of the Dance Prix Indonesia 2016 - Ballet Solo Pre-Senior) as Juliet and 40 students from Malaysia’s Dance Space Academy. Romeo and Juliet, a familiar tale of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers with heart-breaking beauty, is the sixth full-length ballet performance of Dance Space after the great success of Giselle in 2015.

Dance Space的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，由本地编舞家黄志雄改编自莎士比亚的浪漫悲剧，搭配20世纪俄国作曲家谢尔盖·普罗科菲耶夫（Sergei Prokofiev）为此舞剧所谱写的原版音乐，以扣人心悬的芭蕾呈现这出经典不朽的爱情故事。

《罗密欧与朱丽叶》带大家回到16世纪意大利维罗纳，来自两个世仇的家族的罗密欧与茱丽叶似乎冥冥中被牵引着，一对悲剧恋人的邂逅、相爱，最后却得殉情以成全爱情，为《罗朱》增添一层悲伤的宿命色彩。

剧中经典片段包括罗密欧与朱丽叶在阳台下唯美的双人舞，罗密欧多次托举朱丽叶旋转舞动，尽显浪漫柔情；编舞家黄志雄改用两组全女班的芭蕾舞者演出剧中两家对立时的打斗场面，柔中带刚的群舞除了带出芭蕾的爆发力外，蓬勃气势中亦感觉到紧张刺激的气氛；其编排兼具表演性和推进剧情的功能，每一幕都让舞迷目不暇给。

// N/2 //
疫情雖然嚴峻，即便劇場是關閉的；但是藝情依然燃燒著，藝術家們從未休息。兩人一同揮灑熱血，一直跳舞，17年頭過去了，如何在一段又一段的階段中檢視他們與舞蹈之間的命題？持之以恆地繼續跳下去，堅持的又是什麼？家具竄連生命的連結。

《N/2》是一齣結合舞蹈劇場與多媒體影像的跨界舞蹈演出作品，由「擅以生活觀察」的編舞者James Kan 和「文學角度進行編舞」的編舞者呂威錦聯合打造。

“It all started back in 2004, when we first dance together, if not NOW… when will it be?”

is the much-anticipated double bills dance performance by James Kan and Lu who are no longer unfamiliar for their respective full-length solo dance performance.

James and Lu are now seeking for the new perspective under the new-norms as handling the both choreography and performer. The duos are driven to make the double bills as they first started dancing together 17 years ago.

This contemporary dance
theatre production is a collaborative creation with lighting designer, Amelia Tan and multimedia designer, Teng. The team meant to pursue more possibilities in their own unique artistic circumstances and revoke the best out of the pandemic memories.

Choreographer & Dancer: Lu Wit Chin & James Kan Che Wai
Lighting Design: Amelia Tan
Multimedia Design: Teng Lim
Graphic Design: Okui Lala
Stage Manager: Bobo Sing
Producer : Hoh May Yee

Boy Story 男生
by Unlock Dancing Plaza (HK)

Choreographed by Yuri Ng (HK)
Produced by DPAC Festival Producer DiverseCity - Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival 2017 (KLIAF 2017)

“Boy Story is witty and continues to offer subversion and irony about gender.” – Lo Man Fei, Founding Artistic Director of Cloud Gate 2

｢这支舞非常幽默，不断颠覆、反讽性别。」 台湾舞蹈家 罗曼菲

Hong Kong choreographer, Yuri Ng, known for his quirky ingenuity, was awarded the Prix d’Auteur at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bagnolet) in France in 1998 for his work "Boy Story". This prestigious work, premièred in Hong Kong back in 1996, is a classic which marks a glorious chapter in the history of Hong Kong dance. Ingeniously choreographed for six male dancers, it explores the anxiety towards self-positioning and identity. It portrays the boys’ romantic yet persistent pursuit of dreams in the city through body language.

Nineteen years later, in 2015, Ong Yong Lock (王荣禄), a dancer in the première of "Boy Story" and currently, the Artistic Director of Unlock Dancing Plaza, reunited with the Malaysia cast comprising of performers such as Yap Choong Boon (葉忠文), Jay Jen Loo (劉傑仁), Goh Boon Ann (吳文安); Wong Thien Pau (黃天寶) from the 1998 version, and newcomer, Chou Shu-yi (周書毅) from Taiwan to revive the classic. Boy Story was restaged at the Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre (Hong Kong) in 2015 and the Main Theater, Cloud Gate Theater (Taiwan) in 2016.

2017, they are back in their homeland, Malaysia to present the 21st anniversary celebration of this legendary prestigious dance piece.

由伍宇烈编舞，首演于1996年香港演艺学院戏剧院，由六位男舞者融合芭蕾、现代、体操及特技等高难度的肢体动作。＜男生＞的编创过程中，适逢九七香港回归前夕，伍宇烈在北京见到例数计时的数字钟，并将其引用在舞台上，透过六位男舞者舞出中国男性面对廿一世纪的彷徨。此作品过去十八年来曾十四次在多个地方巡演，在国际上更赢取编舞奖，经由不同年代的现代舞者演绎。

2017年，迈入21周年，在马来西亚白沙罗表演艺术中心再次上演。

"Beyond Moving With Artisans: From Imagination To Creation" in NERO Event Space, PJPAC after 2-week open-studio residency from 16-28 May 2022 at Level 1, 1 Utama E, in association with PJ Performing Arts Centre.

After archiving bodily movement (Remembering) interpreting it (Imagining), We now entering a choreography phase (Creating): it is not only about craftsmen and artists, it is about the message/metaphor that can be extracted from this inter-space.

This solo is based on Coconut Shell Carver, Mr. Leong interpreted by Ballet Dancer, Winnie Tay.

Choreography by Lau Beh Chin in collaboration with dancer, and artisans, Leong Yu Hin .

Sound edited by
Invited Guest Dramaturg, , & .