[Upcoming Event] “Un Yamada x Kelantanese Traditional Music Collaboration Project”
Kuala Lumpur, October 2019 – Organized by The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur together
with National Academy of Arts Culture
and Heritage (ASWARA) , “Un Yamada x
Kelantanese Traditional Music Collaboration Project” will be happening from
16 to 28 October 2019.
Un Yamada, a choreographer and dancer who has been
active both in Japan and overseas countries will collaborate with local talents
Zamzuriah binti Zahari (ASWARA) as
project coordinator, Kamarul Baisah
Hussin (ASWARA) and Mat Din Hussin as
multi-instrumentalists together with Eddin
Khoo from Pusaka as advisor and
moderator for the showcase and talk session.
Since
Un Yamada’s first visit to Malaysia
in 2012, she has been contributing the cultural exchange between Malaysia and
Japan through dance by conducting workshops for students, creating a new piece
with local dancers and also inviting them to perform in Japan.
This
collaboration project aims to create a new dance-music piece with the theme of “Blessings for Life”, which can appeal
to various audience, while strengthening and building up the network between
the professionals in the fields of dance and music.
During
this project, they will visit Kelantan, a state that is full of traditional
performing arts, to refer Main Puteri which is the combination of dance and
music as a healing method.
A
showcase and talk on 26 and 27 October
will be held by the project participants to share the process and results of
this collaborative projects.
Date and Time:
26th
October 2019 (Saturday), *8.00pm
27th
October 2019 (Sunday), *3.00pm
Venue:
Black
Box, National Academy of Arts Culture and Heritage (ASWARA) (464, Jalan Tun
Ismail, 50480, Kuala Lumpur)
Admission:
Free
admission but registration is required via Eventbrite.com
For
more information, please visit www.jfkl.org.my
and our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/theJapanFoundationKL/
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