TARI'13: INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL @ASWARA

dance by Nyoba Kan

ASWARA kembali membawa satu festival tari bertaraf antarabangsa. Festival ini diberi nama Tari'13 sempena tahun 2013. Festival ini telah dianjurkan buat pertama kalinya pada tahun 1994 dan mendapat respon yang membanggakan pada tahun-tahun selepas itu. Ia menjadi salah satu kalendar aktiviti tari yang penting di rantau ini, memandangkan festival menghimpunkan koreografer, kumpulan dan aktivis tari penting dunia. Malah ianya dianjurkan dengan tema berbeza di mana tahun ini temanya 'Dancing Across Borders'. Syabas diucapkan kepada Fakulti Tari ASWARA dan Kementerian Kebudayaan atas inisiatif menghidup dan menempatkan Malaysia sebagai salah satu destinasi Tari penting Asia. Dengan jumlah graduan tari yang ramai dan beberapa orang telah mencipta nama di persada seni, kali ini pastinya Fakulti Tari sangat bersedia untuk mempamerkan yang terbaik.  Syabas Dr. Joseph Gonzales dan teamnya.

Tari ‘13 – Dancing Across Borders
8th INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL@ASWARA

The 8th Internal Dance Festival is here again after a 7-year hiatus. The eight edition will bring respected members of the international dance fraternity to Malaysia in an intense 5 days of dance. The artists from abroad together with 24 young artists and their groups will focus on the various interpretations of the theme “Dancing Across Borders”. This relates to current trends in contemporary dance - implying to work between genres within dance, across artistic disciplines, beyond political borders of nations, within collaboration laboratories and through various artistic expressions. The Festival intends to create a network of dance artists and arts institutions that helps to build meaningful relationships that will serve as the foundation for all types of cooperation. This program is especially useful for young artists as they attempt to carve a niche for themselves in an increasingly challenging artistic environment.

The arts, and dance, has undergone transformations and mutations that are culturally-specific to each region such as Buto in Japan, Javanese understanding of the word contemporary, and so on. This Festival will be a treat for Malaysian afficionados.

Tari ‘13 will comprise the following components:-
i. 4 Nights of Main Performances
ii. 12 Masterclasses
iii. 2 Round-table discussions
iv. Work-in-progress BOW Artists
v. 3 Showcases comprising 24 dance pieces

Main International Performances include:

Riki Von Falken (Germany); Un Yamada (Japan); Amrita Performing Arts (Cambodia); Frontier Danceland (Singapore); Eko Supriyanto & Jailolo Solo Dance Studio (Indonesia); Pichet Klunchun Dance Company (Thailand), UPDC (Philippines), Body EDT (Taiwan), a showing of the BOW Artists Project (USA/Malaysia) as well as renowned Malaysian companies ASWARA Dance Company, Sutra Dance Theatre, Dua Space Dance Theatre, Nyoba Kan and JKKN Dancers.

Date: 3-7 July 2013 (10.00 a.m. – 10.30 p.m.)
Venue: ASWARA, 464, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: 03-269755313/019-2319179

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