(A Theatrical Multimedia Buto Production)

The Actors Studio proudly presents a Nyo-Ba and Dancers and 3nity production.

This unique interpretation of the famous Qing literary work “Liao Zai Zhi Yi”, tells the classic tale of the struggle between humans, spirits and monsters, through the use of an avant garde combination of buto dance movements, live electronic music, installation art and digital visual effects.

Date & Time: Mar 14 & 15 (8.30pm), Mar 16 (3pm)
Venue: The Actors Studio Box,
Lot 19, Plaza Putra, Dataran Merdeka, KL
Tickets: RM32 (adults), RM17 (students)
Ticket Contact: 03-2694 5400

The Actors Studio with the support of the Australian High Commission presents an original, innovative and powerful buto dance piece by Tony Yap and Yumi Umiumare.

Winner of the 2001 Victorian Green Room Award, this performance is an on-going “devotional work” that explores profound personal and cultural relationships.

Date & Time: Mar 06-08 (8.30pm), Mar 09 (3pm)
Venue: The Actors Studio Box,
Lot 19, Plaza Putra, Dataran Merdeka, KL
Tickets: RM32 (adults), RM17 (students)
Ticket Contact: 03-2694 5400

A new rehearsal and dance studio is now opened in Taman Cempaka, Ampang. The Studio Chombrang is offering courses in Traditional Malay dance starting in March.

Junainah M. Lojong, a graduate in Dance from the National Arts Academy will be teaching the dance classes such as the Malay folk dance-inang, joget and zapin. She has performed and worked with various choreographers such as Suhaimi Magi, Joseph Gonzales, Judimar Monflis and Aida Redza. Currently she is a dance tutor at the NAA.

There are also other dances offered at Studio Chombrang such as Malay Court Dances and Contemporary dance. It’s a fun way to exercise!!!!

The Malay Traditional Dance course:
Duration: 16 weeks/4months
Fees: Adults (18 and above) – RM200
Teenagers (Age 13-17) – RM160
Children (Age 7 – 12) – RM120
Classes will be held after 5pm or during the weekends. It’s your choice.

Kindly forward this message to anyone u know who would be interested to learn Malay dance. The studio is also available for rehearsal purposes. The size is 15 X 33 ft,complete with wall mirrors. The rate is RM25 an hour.

For further enquiries:
Studio Chombrang, 5A, Jalan Cempaka 16, AMPANG 68000, Selangor.
Tel: 03 92005246 / 016 295 4812 (Junainah – June)

Organised by The Actors Studio

Join Nyo-Ba & Dancers as they present a workshop on attaining good Karma for yourself through buto techniques. Discover and listen to your body, develop peaceful rhythms and listen to the universe around you.

Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Date: 15 March 2003
Venue: The Actors Studio Theatre
Fee: RM 25 (Adults) & RM 15 (Students)
Contact: 03-2094 0400 / 2094 1400

The Actors Studio presents a buto workshop by Tony Yap and Yumi Umiumare.

The aim of the workshop is to discover an individual language and colour in relation to the environment – blending the outer elements into oneself to produce theatrical ingredients for the body.

Ultimately the dance becomes the expression of the body, as it finds itself and its own movement.

This is a process to return to the body, to the creative energy that inspires movement. Rather than aspiring to an aesthetic ideal, the dance attempts to expose joys and sorrows of life through the Buto Spirit, exploring the most fundamental elements of physical and psychological existence.

Both Yumi Umiumare and Tony Yap recently performed their acclaimed series How Could You Even Begin To Understand in Tokyo at the Beyond Butoh Festival 2.

Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Date: 5 March 2003
Venue: The Actors Studio Box
Fee: RM 20 (Adults) & RM 10 (Students)
Contact: 03-2094 0400 / 2094 1400

Hiroshi Koike, Artistic Director of world renowned Japanese dance-theatre company, Pappa Tarahumara, will be in Kuala Lumpur in early March to audition dancers for a production in KL scheduled for September 17th-21st 2003.

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to work with one of the leading performance companies in the world!

Time/Date: 2pm, Thursday 6 March 2003
Place: Akademi Seni Kebangsaan, 32nd Floor (studio), Empire Tower
Or
Time/Date: 8pm, Friday 7 March 2003 Place: Five Arts Centre, 27 Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur

For more information, call Five Arts Centre at 03-7725-4858
or email fivearts@tm.net.my

Organized by Mydance Alliance (Education and Training Network) & Actors Studio

Date: 8th March 2003
Time: 4:00- 6:00pm
Venue: Actors Studio Box
Cover-charge: Rm25, Rm15 (Students)

Workshop? Nope……….Jam session is more appropriate for this rendezvous event. Casual, relax, open minded, and courage is what you need for the night.

Many Fun and icebreaking games will be lead by experienced guest artists. The improvisation session will be accompanied by life PERCUSSION and TECHNO music. Lets explore movements, improvise and rediscover spaces with life percussion and Techno Music. Experience the full taste of improvisation.

Contact: Gan Chih Pei (012-390-3242) or Amy Len (012-6708454)

P/s: The next workshop session will be in May 2003.

Mahsuri — an innocent maiden wrongly accused of commiting adultery who then puts a curse upon the island of Langkawi, that it shall not prosper for seven generations. The Petronas Performing Arts Group brings this local legend to life with colourful costumes and creative choreography

Date & time: Feb 22 & 23 (8.30pm)
Venue: Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Level 2, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers, 50088, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: RM35, RM30, RM20 & RM10
Contact: Tel 03-2051 7007; Fax 03-2051 7077

The new semester at the Akademi Seni Kebangsaan (National Arts Academy) starts in May 2003. Students who wish to pursue full time and part-time training in various fields are invited to apply NOW! – no previous experience required – just an INTEREST and APTITUDE!

Closing date is 17 March 2003

The dance program offers courses in Folk Dances from Sabah and Sarawak, Introduction to Malay Dance, Choreography, Chinese Dance, Improvisation, Tai Chi, Silat, Ballet and Modern Dance.

This is the premier arts institution in Malaysia offering the only comprehensive education for careers in dance.

Application forms cost RM10.00 (payable by postal or money order) and may be obtained either by
· Collecting personally, or
· Sending a self addressed envelope with a RM 2.00 stamp to:

Akademi Seni Kebangsaan
33rd Floor, Empire Tower
Jalan Tun Razak
50400 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2164 9180
Fax: 03-2164 9186

The interview / placement auditions are in April 2003

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There are 2 semesters in a year and each semester is 14 weeks long. Students who register for part time courses will receive a certificate of attendance. A full time program is 3 years long and leads to a Diploma in Performing Arts fully recognized by the Ministry of Education and the National Accreditation Board.

Full time students need to possess their SPM certificate with credits in Bahasa Malaysia and 2 other credits. Entry qualification is by a placement interview / audition process. For part-time students, the minimum requirement is SRP.

The fees are approximately RM 2000 per year for the Diploma course and RM 150 per course per semester for part time students. There is a one off registration fee of RM 200. The fees are heavily subsidised by the Government of Malaysia.

The lecturers are among Malaysia’s dance elite such as Joseph Gonzales, Suhaimi Magi, Mew Chang Tsing, Marion D’Cruz, Annuar Abd. Wahab, Lee Tang Kok, Choo Tee Kuang and Loke Soh Kim.

The International Theatre Institute Japan Center Dance Division has organised a 10 day (24 February – 5 March), 3 city (Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya) Asian Dance Conference / Meet With Asian Dance Festival.

With the theme “The Potential of Asian People”, the event involves participants from Japan, Korea, Bangladesh, Philippines and Malaysia.

From Malaysia:
. Rogayah Shahariman of Tasema Productions and MyDance Alliance will speak on “New Dance in Malaysia: some dances being created today and the influence of traditional and western forms”, highlighting the work presented by Guna, Junainah Mohd Lojong, Mun Lee and Woon Fook Sen for Dance Box 2001.
. Dua Space Dance Theatre will present “Scream – a response to Munch” choreographed by Anthony Meh, and performed by Aman Yap and Leng Poh Gee.