Date:   17 Feb 2010

Time:   3-5pm

Venue:   Su-Ling’s house, Sg Buloh

Attendance:  Choy Su-Ling, Bilqis Hijjas, Joseph Gonzales, Prof Anis, Suhaili Micheline, Leng Poh Gee, Visithra Manikam, Janice Yong.

Dance Awards

• Kakiseni’s model not considered sustainable. Opt to replace it with a more manageable festival-based model, in which awards are given not in the spirit of competition, but as recognition for achievement, with an accompanying statement from the panel of why the award has been awarded.
• Decisions to be made by a large range (at least 10 people) forming a panel of judges deciding in discussion with each other. This is considered a more congenial and democratic model, which cannot be upset by statistical outliers as occurred in the points system.
• Judges will be privy to the process of development of the works, in order to recognize process-based as well as performance-based achievement.

Dance Festival

• To be held September 2011.
• In a range of venues, possibly including KLPac, TAS @ Lot 10, the Annexe, Panggung Bandaraya & ASWARA in order to attract a diverse crowd. Site-specific urban performances also a possibility.
• An opportunity for corporations and foundations to be involved as part of their CSR. AsiaDanceChannel will seek RM 1.5 million budget, with the intention of paying performers, funding the costs of production, professional fees and other related costs.
• PR (by Pixarus Communications) and event management (by ADC) will be professionally performed, in a client-based relationship in which MyDance is the “paying” client.
• Two separate MyDance committees will oversee the festival: a curatorial committee and a management/production committee. MyDance members should not be in both groups, to prevent burn-out and the wearing of too many hats.
• To include a program of outreach workshops prior to the performances to encourage new audiences to attend. Participants creating work for the festival and previous year’s participants are required to conduct workshops.
• Awards will provide seed money for subsequent productions.
• Festival will have a theme, and participants encouraged to engage with theme. Awards given based on criteria related to the theme.
• Representatives and applications will be sought from all over the country, to make this a truly Malaysian dance festival.

Agenda for next meeting (end of March 2010)

• Establish a steering committee of interested individual to lay foundation work:
• To decide how to form curatorial and ad hoc management committee.
• To have initial discussions with a professional events manager.
• To establish returns for sponsors, in terms of exposure, etc.

 

Dancebox is back, with six short dance works springing out of the box and onto the stage, all for only RM 10!

8.30pm Friday 2 April 2010
Entry by minimum donation of RM10 (pay at the door)
Venue: The Actors Studio @ Lot 10
Roof Top, Level 8A, Lot 10 Shopping Centre
50, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.

A joint production between MyDance Alliance and The Actors Studio Theatre, Dancebox is a platform for new dance works by emerging choreographers, and experimental, informal or work-in-progress showings. So you never know what you’ll find when you open the box!

Featuring:

INSTANT
Four young dancers conduct an experiment with holding. When you reach for something, you can’t hold it right away, but, given the choice, people will always choose instant.
Performed by Muhaini Ahmad, Nurulakmal Abdul Wahid, Suwandi Paiman and Albar Ramdzan.

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AN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Have you ever woken up and found yourself paralyzed? You cry for help but your sounds are muffled. In between states of consciousness, you are a prisoner of your body.
Choreographed by Vivian Chan, and performed by Ellya Sam-Mun Yee, Melody Tee, Pippy Song, and Vivian Chan.

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TURBULENCE
Contact improviser David Lim joins Aidira Khaidir and Iylia Nordin to experiment with stochastic shearing of space-time velocity, also known as entropic experiments in second law thermodynamics.

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THE PARASITE IN HER
She is moving without purpose, she is walking without conscious, but she is moving and going somewhere. The parasite in her tells her how to move and the parasite in her tells her where she goes. She is living because parasite living in her, but when parasite leaves her, her new life begins.
Performed by Nyoba Kan butoh dancers Kiea Kuan Nam and Yeow Lai Chee

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GASP / STUCK
When you tire of being in the functional flow, break into a moment of silence and examine your emotions. Drift to a world you create with your own space, time and matter. But remember, returning to being functional in the flow is inevitable.
A work by first-time choreographer Crystal Low Sim Wei, performed by dancers from Balletbase. Featuring original music composed by John Siew.

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MANGALA CHARANAM HARI HARO
A classical Odissi invocational dance piece dedicated to Lord Vishnu & Shiva, performed by Gayathri Vadivelu and Lawrence Sackris.

Enquiries: contact Bilqis Hijjas 017 310 3769 or bhijjas@gmail.com.

Dancebox is part of FUSED, a bi-monthly experimental series at The Actors Studio Lot 10, hoping to bring new audiences into theatres and to give emerging talents a chance to perform.

If you are interested to perform in future Dancebox events, please contact Bilqis Hijjas 017 310 3769 or bhijjas@gmail.com. For FUSED non-dance events, e-mail Ayunni at ayunni@theactorsstudio.com.my.