In this month’s dance podcast, host Amin Farid chats with Malaysian dance practitioner and writer Bilqis Hijjas on wide-ranging topics from her roles as president of MyDance Alliance and director of the dance programme Rimbun Dahan, to her thoughts on the dance scene in Malaysia, dance criticism, the Southeast Asian identity, and some emerging choreographers and dancers to look out for such as Fanglao Dance Company from Laos, and Malaysia’s Lee Ren Xin.
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Participants of the Southeast Asian Choreolab 2018 facilitated by German choreographer Isabelle Schad, in the public showing at Rimbun Dahan, July 2018. The Southeast Asian Choreolab 2018 is a project by Rimbun Dahan, MyDance Alliance and World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, supported by Goethe-Institut Malaysia. Photo by Huneid Tyeb.
“Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul”, choreographed by Fahezul Azri Suhaimi, performed at Dancebox, 2 September 2018, presented by MyDance Alliance in partnership with The Actors Studio. Photo by Huneid Tyeb. — at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)
Performers in Nature・Nurture, a work by Alla Azura Abal Abas, at the site-specific performance event Dancing in Place 2016 at Rimbun Dahan, produced by MyDance Alliance. Photo: Nazir Azhari.
Participants of the Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016, facilitated by Akiko Kitamura (Japan), in the final showing at Rimbun Dahan. The Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016 is a project by Rimbun Dahan, MyDance Alliance and World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, supported by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur. Photos by Huneid Tyeb.Participants of the Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016, facilitated by Akiko Kitamura (Japan), in the final showing at Rimbun Dahan. The Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016 is a project by Rimbun Dahan, MyDance Alliance and World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, supported by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur. Photos by Huneid Tyeb.Participants of the Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016, facilitated by Akiko Kitamura (Japan), in the final showing at Rimbun Dahan. The Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016 is a project by Rimbun Dahan, MyDance Alliance and World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, supported by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur. Photos by Huneid Tyeb.
Muhd Noramin Mohd Farid (Soultari) is a choreographer, arts educator and researcher from Singapore. He received his Doctorate in Theatre and Dance studies (2021) from Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is a recipient of the ASEAN-India Youth Award (2018), Singapore Youth Award (2017), National Arts Council Scholarship (2017) and Goh Chok Tong Mendaki Youth Promise Award (2016). Amin is the Joint-Artistic Director of Bhumi Collective, a multidisciplinary performing art and producing company. He writes occasionally for Arts Equator, Straits Times and the Esplanade Theatres by the Bay.
