Once upon a time, there were two brilliant generals- General Choi, and General Wong. They contributed a lot to the country; and so, the Emperor granted East Coast to General Choi, and gifted West Coast to General Wong. Not long after, the Emperor passed away; and so, the Generals. General Choi has two sons and a daughter while General Wong owns 3 daughters. They possess a splendid martial art. Two families live harmoniously in peace- until heat and drought in East Coast continued for years, causing starve and death to its people. Without any resort, East Coast seeks help from West Coast, hoping that they could supply them water, but West Coast rejects. Feeling helpless, East Coast decides to invade West Coast. Without waiting for another second, West Coast defenses. While the parties are locked in fight, the Government learns about the war. The Government decides to build a dam in East Coast to save its people, and sends Great General to the battlefield to stop the war. The Great General also urges both parties to not solve conflicts with force, so that the country stays prosperous and its people are at peace.
For ticket purchase, please contact Mdm. Kam Sin Kiew (0126974400) or Jean Lee (0127878138)
DIAF'19:Sublime Musical Journey by PAUL WAH CHEW
Date/Time:
2nd July 2019 (Tue), 8.00 PM
3rd July 2019 (Wed), 8.00 PM
After 30 years of taking a lonely road of music, there
is now a river of time filled with urgency—a counter-current that is silently
coming, singing a song of its own elegant form.
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DIAF'19:Sublime Musical Journey by PAUL WAH CHEWVenue: Theatre, DPAC Date / Time: 2 July 2019 (Tue) ~ 8.00pm : NORMAL MYR 68.00 3 July 2019 (Wed) ~ 8.00pm : NORMAL MYR 68.00DIAF ' 19 : SUBLIME MUSICAL JOURNEY - THE STORY OF PERSERVERANCE
presented by PAUL WAH CHEW
Perseverance is the power of beauty.
After 30 years of taking a lonely road of music, there
is now a river of time filled with urgency—a counter-current that is silently
coming, singing a song of its own elegant form.
Now, 30 years later, she is using the experiences of
those days to sing about life, stories that float in the wind—some memories,
some born of out sentimentality, some comprising the ups and down of life.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Paul Wah Chew appeared in the Chinese music scene as
the first female singer-song writer, surging the local creation and opening up
a new direction for emerging singer-songwriters.
No set. No director. A story open to the public and completed by the audience.
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DIAF '19 : BLANK by NASSIM SOLEIMANPOURVenue: Theatre, DPAC Date / Time:
DIAF '19 : BLANK
DPAC, in association with Aurora Nova, and in collaboration with The Instant Café Theatre Company, presents BLANK
by
Nassim Soleimanpour (Iran)
curated by Jo
Kukathas
No set. No director. A story open to the public and
completed by the audience.
A story machine to create new stories every night.
Come join us and help us fill in the Blanks.
Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour made a name for
himself with his play White Rabbit, Red
Rabbit, which has been performed by actors such as Whoopi Goldberg, Alan
Cumming, and John Hurt. In 2016 The Instant Café Theatre Company staged it in
Malaysia in 3 languages using actors such as Sharifah Amani, Kuah Jenhan, Iedil
Putra, Ghafir Akbar, and Ling Tang.
BLANK —
performance curated in Kuala Lumpur by JO KUKATHAS with different performers
every night. Every night a different performer is the storyteller and a member
of the audience becomes the character, deciding what they want to tell us of
their life. The performer will also read from a script he or she has never seen
— let alone rehearsed. Some words in that script are, as the title of the play
suggests, left blank for the actor and the audience to fill in. And so a new
story is created collaboratively and immediately in the theatre every night.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
NASSIM SOLEIMANPOUR is an independent
multidisciplinary theatre-maker from Tehran, Iran. His plays have been
translated into 20 languages. Best known for his play White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written to travel the world when he
couldn’t, his work has been awarded the Dublin Fringe Festival Best New
Performance, Summerworks Outstanding New Performance Text Award and The Arches
Brick Award (Edinburgh Fringe) as well as picking up nominations for a Total
Theatre and Brighton Fringe Pick of Edinburgh Award.
MEDIA REVIEW
“Blank offers a
more intimate, touching, and compassionate platform for the participant to
consider their own mortality.”
(Elliot Roberts,
The List, Edinburgh)
Date/Time:
5th July 2019 (Friday), 8.00 PM
6th July 2019 (Saturday), 3.00 PM
6th July 2019 (Saturday), 8.00 PM
7th July 2019 (Sunday), 3.00 PM
7th July 2019 (Sunday), 8.00 PM
Genre:
Theatre
Venue:
Theatre, DPAC
Ticket Information:
RM68.00 (Normal)
RM58.00 (Dcard)
Ticket Office:
H-01, DPAC, Empire Damansara,
Jalan PJU 8/8, Damansara Perdana,
47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
03-4065 0001, 4065 0002
DIAF '19 : B.OOM! by B.DANCEDate/Time:
5th July 2019 (Fri), 8.00 PM
6th July 2019 (Sat), 8.00 PM
7th July 2019 (Sun) 3.00 PM
Intensive Workshop is available. Read more for information
“Providing a new mode of thinking, making dance art the language of the world in a positive and positive way.”
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DIAF '19 : B.OOM! by B.DANCEVenue: Black Box, DPAC Date / Time: 5 July 2019 (Fri) ~ 8.00pm : FREE SEATING MYR 68.00 6 July 2019 (Sat) ~ 8.00pm : FREE SEATING MYR 68.00 7 July 2019 (Sun) ~ 3.00pm : FREE SEATING MYR 68.00
B.OOM!
INTERNATIONAL DANCE SHOWCASE
presented by B.DANCE
organized by the
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia
Brought to you by an ensemble of world-class
award-winning choreographer and performers.
“Providing a new
mode of thinking, making dance art the language of the world in a positive and
positive way.”
A world-class performance that has been recognized across
borders and has won numerous awards. Choreographer PO-CHENG TSAI was inspired
by new works “Hugin/Munin”, with two crows “Spirit” and “Thinking” as imageries
of Nordic mythology, in various international competitions. The independent
choreographer and dancers created a new piece of work - B.OOM by B.DANCE to challenge the audience's vision. With the
dance, the international independent choreographers can understand Asia in a
new way and the beauty they feel from each other. To be a bomb that detonates,
influences, and infects more viewers.
With the cross-border environment of performing arts
today, the possibilities of dance creation knows no bounds.
ABOUT B.DANCE
Taiwanese independent choreographer TSAI PO-CHENG has
been pushing the limits of human movements to achieve aesthetics that
incorporate oriental mysticism and fantasy. These original works from Taiwan
have since been staged domestically and internationally.
Since the establishment of B.DANCE, they have performed
in Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland,
France, China, Hong Kong, among others, and been recognized by a number of
international competitions and well-known dance companies.
GUEST PERFORMERS: Miguel Ballabriga Alfonso (Spain); Carmen
Gloria Fumero Alfonso (Spain); Andrea Costanzo Martini (Italy); Liliana
Patricia Barros Ferraz Conde (Portugal); Mitchill Lee van Rooij (Netherland);
Ngoc Tu Hoang (Vietnam); Jill Crovisier (Luxembourg), Shu Han Yeh (Taiwan); Yuan
Hao Chang (Taiwan)
MEDIA REVIEW
“One became two
during Mr. Tsai’s “Floating Flowers,” in which the diminutive Garazi Perez
Oloriz grows into a careening giant. Maurus Gauthier, hidden under Ms. Oloriz’s
tulle skirt, forms her lower half, before they divide and conquer the space
side by side.”
编舞者蔡博丞以北欧神话奥丁身边的两只乌鸦『思绪』、『思维』作为意象的新作品《Hugin/Munin》在各国际赛事获得青睐后得以启发，在2016年采取行动聚集多国获奖无数的独立编舞及舞蹈家创作全新作品——『B.OOM by B.DANCE』挑战观众视野，籍由舞蹈让国际独立编舞家以全新的方式认识亚洲，口耳相传彼此所感受到的美丽，成为一颗震撼弹引爆、影响、感染更多的观众。佐以今日的表演艺术跨国界环境，将舞蹈创作的可能性拓展至无国界。
Miguel Ballabriga Alfonso（西班牙） 、 Carmen Fumero Alfonso（西班牙）、Andrea Costanzo Martini（意大利）、Liliana Barros（葡萄牙）、Mitchill Lee van Rooij（荷兰）、Tu Hoang （越南）、Jill Crovisier（卢森堡）、张元豪（台湾）、叶书涵（台湾）
The workshop of Andrea will be divided in two parts. In the first part we will work on movement quality through an improvisation based class. We will explore dance trying to get closer to the animal inside of us, to the creature that enjoys moving because of the pleasure and the sensation that he gets out of it. The class will last one hour and 15 minutes and it will consist in a series of instructions directly demonstrated by the choreographer. After that we will continue our exploration through the learning of choreographic material from the repertoire of Andrea. The use of phrases and choreography will be an ulterior way to apply what we found in the first part of the workshop and apply it to a form or to an organisation of steps. The second part will last one hour and thirty minutes.
Enhance the abilities of Body Awareness and Energy Flow!
The main purpose of the workshop is to help the participants to enhance the abilities of body awareness and energy flow so they will have much better understanding with their body language and have more tools for them to develop further in their own way! Participants will also have chance to get to know Tu Hoang unique style by learning part of his most recent creation, with his diverse background involves different styles such as classical Ballet , Hiphop, Contemporary, Taichi, Kungfu!
JC movement contemporary dance workshop with Jill Crovisier
The workshop allows dancers to work on the JC movement, a personalized choreography signature. Having a deep appreciation and passion for the craft of re-transmission, Jill offers a dance workshop that is based on improvisation, the use of different dance techniques (contemporary, traditional dances, urban dances, floor work), and structured exercises (Graham-based). Jill Crovisier's choreography finds its inspiration within the world from its cultural, social and political aspect, playing with unexpected dynamic changes, different movement qualities, and precise structures in space.
Fill in the form and e-mail to workshops.dpac@gmail.com
*Please note that only limited spaces are available.
VIBRA EL FOLCLOR COLOMBIANO by DIAF '19 - CONCHA BERNAL
Date/Time:
11th July 2019 (Thursday), 8.00 PM
There, you can find the Latin spirit that fills the entire country, the beautiful colonies in the corners of the Caribbean, the magnificent Andes, and the beautiful tropical rainforest.
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VIBRA EL FOLCLOR COLOMBIANO by DIAF '19 - CONCHA BERNALVenue: Black Box, DPAC Date / Time: 11 July 2019 (Thu) ~ 8.00pm : NORMAL MYR 68.00
DIAF' 19: VIBRA EL FOLCLOR COLOMBIANO
COLOMBIAN FOLKLORE VIBRATES
by Concha Bernal
supported by Embassy
of Colombia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Colombia, a country with unique charm.
There, you can find the Latin spirit that fills the
entire country, the beautiful colonies in the corners of the Caribbean, the
magnificent Andes, and the beautiful tropical rainforest.
In this romantic and passionate country, there is a
well-known singer, CONCHA BERNAL.
At the opportunity of Concha’s World Tour, DIAF 2019
is honored to invite Concha to perform the ONLY music concert with strong
Colombian culture in Malaysia.
How is a world-renowned singer produced under the
influence of this city? Join us to find out.
ABOUT CONCHA BERNAL
Singer, composer, and Samarian artist. Representative
of the Caribbean fusion folklore. Her work represents the mixture of rhythms
and sounds typical of the drum, the caller, the bagpipe, and other tropical
rhythms fused with new instruments that give a modern look to this concept. Her
staging is an overflow of spontaneity, joy, and a lot of identity.
Date/Time:
11th July 2019 (Thursday), 8.00 PM
Genre:
Music
Venue:
Black box, DPAC
Ticket Information:
RM68.00 (Normal)
RM58.00 (Dcard)
Ticket Office:
H-01, DPAC, Empire Damansara,
Jalan PJU 8/8, Damansara Perdana,
47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
03-4065 0001, 4065 0002
Next To Normal by PAN ProductionsDate/Time:
12th July 2019 (Fri), 8.30 PM
13th July 2019 (Sat),8.30 PM
14th July 2019 (Sun), 3.00 PM
18th July 2019 (Thu), 8.30 PM
19th July 2019 (Fri), 8.30 PM
20th July 2019 (Sat), 8.30 PM (SOLD OUT)
21st July 2019 (Sun), 3.00 PM
An unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.
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Next To Normal by PAN ProductionsVenue: Theatre, DPAC Date / Time: 12 July 2019 (Fri) ~ 8.30pm : NORMAL MYR 118.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 95.00 : NORMAL MYR 98.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 79.00 13 July 2019 (Sat) ~ 8.30pm : NORMAL MYR 138.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 111.00 : NORMAL MYR 118.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 95.00 : NORMAL MYR 98.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 79.00 14 July 2019 (Sun) ~ 3.00pm : NORMAL MYR 138.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 111.00 : NORMAL MYR 118.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 95.00 : NORMAL MYR 98.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 79.00 18 July 2019 (Thu) ~ 8.30pm : NORMAL MYR 138.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 111.00 : NORMAL MYR 118.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 95.00 : NORMAL MYR 98.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 79.00 19 July 2019 (Fri) ~ 8.30pm : NORMAL MYR 138.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 111.00 : NORMAL MYR 118.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 95.00 : NORMAL MYR 98.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 79.00 21 July 2019 (Sun) ~ 3.00pm : NORMAL MYR 138.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 111.00 : NORMAL MYR 118.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 95.00 : NORMAL MYR 98.00, MAYBANK CARD MYR 79.00NEXT TO NORMAL - A Pop Rock Musical
presented by PAN Productions
Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.
Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.
This deeply moving piece of theatre showcase vocal talents with an energetic pop/rock score. Next to Normal is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.
Director: Nell Ng
Music Director: Dennis Law
Vocal Director: Songfan Seah
Set Designer: Melissa Teoh
Lighting Designer: Ee Chee Wei
Sound Designer: Terence Chong
Cast: Nikki Palikat as Diana
Peter Ong as Dan
Mae Elliessa as Natalie
Joshua Gui as Henry
Vale Wong as Doctor
and introducing Christian Palencia as Gabe
Date/Time:
12th July 2019 (Fri), 8.30 PM
13th July 2019 (Sat),8.30 PM
14th July 2019 (Sun), 3.00 PM
18th July 2019 (Thu), 8.30 PM
19th July 2019 (Fri), 8.30 PM
20th July 2019 (Sat), 8.30 PM (SOLD OUT)
21st July 2019 (Sun), 3.00 PM
Genre:
Musical
Venue:
Theatre, DPAC
Performance Duration:
150 minutes with 15 minutes intermission
Age Limit:
PG13
Ticket Information:
RM138.00
RM118.00
RM98.00
(EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS FOR MAYBANK CARDMEMBERS)
1. 10th June - 16th June (Early Bird 20%)
RM111.00 | RM95.00 | RM79.00
2. 17th June - 21st July (15% Discount)
RM118.00 | RM101.00 | RM84.00
**For Maybank Card members, please pay using (MAYBANK - DEBIT/CREDIT CARD) ONLY and show valid card for verification upon ticket collection
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DIAF '19 : THE STRANGERS by Goethe-Institut Malaysia & Japan Foundation KLDate/Time:
13th July 2019 (Sat), 8.00 PM
14th July 2019 (Sun), 3.00 PM
Intensive Workshop is available. Read more for information
A cross-country theatre and dance performance that
cannot be missed this year! An experience that will extend to even non-dance
lovers.
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DIAF '19 : THE STRANGERS by Goethe-Institut Malaysia & Japan Foundation KLVenue: Black Box, DPAC Date / Time: 13 July 2019 (Sat) ~ 8.00pm : NORMAL MYR 68.00 14 July 2019 (Sun) ~ 3.00pm : NORMAL MYR 68.00
DIAF '19 : THE STRANGERS
presented by The Goethe-Institut Malaysia and The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
Dance-theatre production for young audiences.
A cross-country theatre and dance performance that
cannot be missed this year! An experience that will extend to even non-dance
lovers.
The Strangers production team brings together
internationally-renowned Eastern and Western artists. The dancers' lineup are
all from the strong South-Eastern countries, which are Japan, Malaysia, Korea,
and Thailand. By inviting the famous Argentinean director LEANDRO KEES and
dramaturg JULIA HEßE, they smear a touch of Western color onto the fabric of
rich, oriental culture.
This production addresses the questions of identity,
belonging, trust, and marginalization. The representation of feelings and
beliefs in this performance aims at encouraging the audience to broaden their
own horizons and to think about what we all have in common.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG
Director LEANDRO KEES’ works have toured in more than
20 countries – often in collaboration with the Goethe Institut – and been
presented at venues such as the Sydney Opera House and Sadler’s Wells in
London. He specializes in non-fictional performance, staging philosophical and
political questions of global relevance.
Dramaturg JULIA HEßE has worked in dramaturgy and
public relations at the Theater Oberhausen, before moving to Schnawwl,
children's and youth theater at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 2008 as
dramaturge. Since November 2015 she is a member on the board of the German
ASSITEJ.
PERFORMERS: Sang-hun Lee (Korea); Ying Yun Chen (Taiwan);
James Kan (Malaysia); Kanako Ihara (Japan)
MEDIA REVIEW
“After being
touched by “THE STRANGERS”, I started questioning how many "familiar
people" in our lives were treated as strangers.”
-Shu-mingJu,
Director of Taiwan Dot Go Children’s Art Festival, Kaohsiung/TAIWAN
The workshops focuses on training, staging strategies and compositional principles coming from dance, theatre and film. It aims to facilitate different approaches to direction and choreography in theatre, dance and physical theatre, in order to create a dramaturgy of physical actions that functions independent from language. Participants: Ages 18 and up. The workshops is meant for theatre practitioners and dancers interested in the field of physical tether. The level of experience has to be intermediate or advance. The workshop welcomes theatre makers with different physical backgrounds: Dance, martial arts, sports, others.
Fill in the form and e-mail to workshops.dpac@gmail.com
*Please note that both workshops are identical in class, lesson, and technique. Only choose ONE to participate.
**Only limited spaces are available.
4th Let's Dance! by Sel & KL Kwang Tung Assn YouthDate/Time:
27th July 2019 (Saturday), 8.00 PM
28th July 2019 (Sunday), 3.00 PM
28th July 2019 (Sunday), 8.00 PM
For young dancers to feel, to connect, to believe!
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4th Let's Dance! by Sel & KL Kwang Tung Assn YouthVenue: Theatre, DPAC Date / Time:
4th Let's Dance!
presented by Sel & KL Kwang Tung Assn Youth
By organising The 4th Selangor & Kuala Lumpur Schools Dance Exchange: Let’s Dance! The Sel & KL Kwang Tung Association Youth Section offers children the opportunity to perform in a professional theatre instead of the usual school halls. With this, we hope the children would gain valuable experiences and that the seeds of the arts will be planted, towards building a community that loves art and culture. By further developing performing arts in Malaysia, we hope to also promote healthy lifestyles and positive mindsets. This event is made possible with the kind support of DPAC with full sponsorship of the performance venue.
**RM28.00 for group purchase of 30 tickets and above before 1st July 2019
Inquiry : Persatuan Shing An Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-2274 4370 , 012-939 9062(WhatsApp)
Ticket Office:
H-01, DPAC, Empire Damansara,
Jalan PJU 8/8, Damansara Perdana,
47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
03-4065 0001, 4065 0002
ALICE IN THE ANTIPATHIES by MASAKINI THEATRE COMPANYDate/Time:
26th September 2019 (Thursday), 8.00 PM
27th September 2019 (Friday), 8.00 PM
28th September 2019 (Saturday), 3.00 PM
28th September 2019 (Saturday), 8.00 PM
29th September 2019 (Sunday), 3.00 PM
Asha/Alice leaves Malaysia and her traditional Malyali family for Australia to become an artist.
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ALICE IN THE ANTIPATHIES by MASAKINI THEATRE COMPANYVenue: Black Box, DPAC Date / Time: 26 September 2019 (Thu) ~ 8.00pm : CAT 1 MYR 100.00 : CAT 2 MYR 200.00 27 September 2019 (Fri) ~ 8.00pm : FREE SEATING MYR 65.00 28 September 2019 (Sat) ~ 3.00pm, 8.00pm : FREE SEATING MYR 65.00 29 September 2019 (Sun) ~ 3.00pm : FREE SEATING MYR 65.00
ALICE IN THE ANTIPATHIES
presented by MASAKINI THEATRE COMPANY
Asha a second generation Indian diaspora born in Malaysia finds herself unable to conform to her cultural setting to be the dutiful daughter. Upon realising the lack of access to the kind of education she prefers, Asha persuades her parents to send her to study in Australia in the 1970s.
Her introduction to her new found freedom meant reconciling her cultural values but she falls futher into the rabbit hole seeking a life with a foreign man.
This uncomfortable choice to settle in Australia, choosing art as her career and forming an uncanny liason with Alice in Wonderland is unfolded as a contemporary performance piece base on the Kawaad device for storytelling.
Is Asha able to reconcile her loss of family and culture to fulfill her pursuit?
