KTDC dancers had a lovely farewell dinner with Zen Leow, he is going to Taiwan to start his dance course. All the best to him! 慧禅加油！

A review article about “On Anxiety”

On Anxiety 2 July 2010 Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) By Geraldine Choong Photography by Aaronz Cheah The keyboard and phone line are extensions of our lust. Pens and paper give birth to secrets In this office, everything becomes so extraordinarily empty, even words fail When my Editor asked me to review On Anxiety, a performance by the Kwang Tung Dance Company, truth be told, I was anxious myself. Not a fan of contemporary dances, I was worried that I would not appreciate the true value of the performance. When I entered Pentas 2, the scene that greeted us was a setup of an office with tables, keyboards and phones. On the middle table laid a bare-chested man deep in sleep. When all the audiences were settled in their seats, the scene brightens. Not long after, a woman walks in and wakes the man. Apparently, the man had so much work to do that he slept over at the office till the next day. Then, one by one, the other colleagues stream into the office to start their work routine. What amazed me was how the choreographer creatively inserted the grace of dance into the mundane-ness of the office scene. If I understood it correctly – please forgive my not knowing Mandarin – there is a tinge of scandal in the office with one of the female employees having an affair with the boss. Then there are the usual scenes of colleagues gossiping, laughing over the phone, employee being scolded by the boss and so on. In one scene all the employees got down to all fours and jumped and ran about the whole office acting like apes and gorillas. This happen simultaneously when the boss was hitting on the female employee. Perhaps that was to show the animal instincts in us? The lighting was so expertly done that, even under the table, all angles of the dancers and their various expressions could be seen. The music was also well chosen and soothing to the ears. However, these were only the accompaniments. The performers were the stars of the night with their many expressions and elegant dance moves. It was obvious that they have put a lot of their time and effort in making the production a success in their fervour of entertaining the audience. When the performance came to an end, and it did end nicely, I was surprised to find myself wishing that they have more to perform for the audience. But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Bravo to the Kwang Tung Dance Company for producing such a brilliant performance!

第七届广东现代舞周 2010

Guangdong Modern Dance Festival 2010

亚洲的舞台，就是世界的舞台近年亚洲在文化、政治与经济方面都于世界舞台上腾飞。亚洲
的舞蹈家也以不一样的创作，向世界展示亚洲的当代文化，以及亚洲人民对生活质量的追求！第七届【广东现代舞周】首次聚焦我们身处的亚洲，从世界各地搜罗站在国际前沿的亚裔舞蹈家参与，推出主题系列：发现亚洲。数百位来自日韩、东南亚、以色列、欧美等地，以及中国大陆、港澳台地区的亚洲或亚裔艺术家，一连7天透过60多部舞蹈作品，让我们重新认识当代亚洲的舞蹈词汇、重新发现当代亚洲文化的新面貌，从而掌握国际舞蹈舞台的脉搏。

The theme of this year's festival is " Discover Asia". In recent years, Asia has been gaining recognition for its important role in global economic and political development. The stage in Aisa is an indispensable part of the stage in the contemporary world. It is time to rediscover the contemporary vocabulary of Asian dance artists, who have been too often overlooked or pigeon-holed as simply " oriental".

The festival has gathered several hundred Asian artists from Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Israel and North America as well as from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in an attempt to discover our own Asian dance idioms over 7 days in over 60 master classes and over 60 performances.

第七届“广东现代舞周”于7月24至30日在广州举行，雪隆广青舞团受邀演出。

今年参与演出的舞团遍布全球， 雪隆广青舞团也是马来西亚唯一受邀的华社团体。演出的作品是有凌秀眉所编导的《wall》。 这部作品也曾受邀在2007年TARI马来西亚舞蹈节演出。

The 7th Guangdong Modern Dance Festival was held in Guangzhou on 24th - 30th July 2010.

Kwang Tung Dance Company was invited to perform one of our performance, ''Wall'', a contemporary dance piece choreograph by Amy Len. This piece was being performed in the TARI Dance Festival during 2007.

"No Exit" by Amy Len had nominated for - "no ballet" - 5th International Choreography Competition 2010

As shown above, a contemporary dance piece " No Exit" choreographed by Amy Len and performed by dancers from Kwang Tung Dance Company had been nominated in the " no ballet" , the 5th International Choreography Competition in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

This is the very first time of KTDC dancers to participate in the International Dance Competition and fortunately being nominated as one of the 18 nominees among 250 applicants from 52 nations to perform on the international contemporary dance stage on coming 7- 9 October 2010 inLudwigshafen, Germany.

Again, congrats and good luck to all of them.

http://www.no-ballet.com/