A two-week arts festival has been organised by Mines Shopping Fair, Mines Resort City and Dua Space Dance Theatre to mark the opening of the MINES Interactive Square Malaysia. During that time a wide variety of dance and music performances will be presented.

Dates: 14-29 September 2002
Time: 8.00-9.00pm
Admission: Free of charge
Venue: MINES Interactive Square Malaysia
(outside the main entrance of MINES Shopping Fair on the 2nd floor)

Enquiries: Ms. Wang 03-8942 1396 / Maggie Ng 03-8942 2163

For those interested in dance there will be the following:

Mon (16/9): Chinese Martial Arts by the Chin Woo Athletic Association
Thu (19/9): Malay Dance by Tandak Dance Theatre
Fri (20/9): Modern Chinese Dance by the Kwang Tung Association Dance Troupe
Sun (22/9): Modern Dance by Dua Space Dance Theatre
Mon (23/9): The Graceful Visages Kindergarten Dance Competition
Tue (24/9): The Graceful Visages Kindergarten Dance Competition
Fri (28/9): Indian Cultural Dance and Music by the Temple of Fine Arts

Kre Art Dance Theater, a Kajang-based teaching and performing dance organisation directed by Loo Poh Choo, is holding a dance concert involving 100 of its students ranging in age from 3 to 25 years old.

The concert is an opportunity for the students to learn and perform different styles of dance, appreciate variety in music and work together as a team.

Date: 14 September 2002
Time: 8.00pm (1 hour duration)
Venue: New Era College Auditorium, Kajang
Admission: by donation (RM10 for children below 12 years old; RM15 for adults)

For further information, contact Loo Poh Choo at 03-8737 4873

An evening of plate dances from Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and other states has been organised by Junainah M. Lojong and other tutors of the Dance Program at the Akademi Seni Kebangsaan.

Originally from Indonesia, these dances have now become a part of Malaysian traditional dance, practiced by people of Minang descent and numerous others resulting in many versions.

Date: 7 September 2002
Venue: Mini Auditorium MTC, Jalan Ampang
Time: 8.30 pm
Admission: FREE!

For further information call 03-2164 9180

Dama Orchestra’s musical production of In the Imperial Garden will feature the inimitable Lee Swee Keong of Nyoba & Dancers in the role of Evil.

Combining music and songs with drama, dance and theatrics, the production dramatises the triumph of Good over Evil in the Kingdom Earth.

Dates: 5-8 & 12-15 September 2002
Time: 8.30 pm
Venue: The Actors Studio, Bangsar
Tickets: range from RM30 to RM125

For details: call 03-2094 0400, 03-2694 5400 or 03-2693 1008

Shirena Hamzah is organising a seven-day dance workshop to be held 7-13 September 2002 at Desa Sri Hartamas.

Jay T Jenkins and Vicki Fischer, instructors from STEPS on Broadway, New York, will conduct the workshop. Both have worked with various dance companies across the United States, and also on Music Videos for artists such as Prince, Salt n Pepa and Chaka Khan.

At the end of the workshop, there will be a performance at the Securities Commission Auditorium. This will be a charity event and the proceeds will go to the Malaysian AIDS Foundation.

Aside from recruiting students for the workshop, we are also inviting schools to send in one or two numbers to be staged on the charity night.

For further information contact Shirena at 012-2316369.