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MALAYSIANS might be more familiar with Teochew opera, but there is another southern Chinese art form called Nanguan, or Liyuan opera.
MALAYSIANS might be more familiar with Teochew opera, but there is another southern Chinese art form called Nanguan, or Liyuan opera.
IN 2003, Hollywood actor Jack Black made a splash with his comedy ‘School of Rock’.
KAKISENI president and deputy chairman of the National Cultural Council (Majlis Kebudayaan Negara) Low Ngai Yuen fondly remembers the time when rock king Datuk Ahmad Azhar Osman or Awie made a successful, winning crossover from TV and cinema into musical theatre.
“I LIKED the script,” says Anne James, a veteran of Malaysian theatre and Five Arts Centre collective member.
KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning actor Amerul Affendi says he will soon realise his dream of becoming an educator when he completes his Master’s degree in performing arts.
KUALA LUMPUR: Sutra Foundation is set to enthrall audiences with the return of Malam Bulan di Pagar Bintang 2.0, a captivating triple-bill contemporary modern dance production.
DANCER-choreographer Kuik Swee Boon created a stunning work to mark the 10th anniversary of his Singapore-based T.H.E Dance Company.
BEARING urns, glasses and other receptacles filled with water, one by one the dancers entered the stage and weaved their way across it to fill a big container.
A FLICK of the wrist, a glance of the eye, and a flow of movements steeped in elegance — Bharatanatyam, one of India’s oldest classical dance forms, enchants its audiences with every step.