4th - 7th May @ Pentas 2

KonTra : BorneoKonTra : Borneo showcases a contingent of five talented choreographers from East Malaysia along with one more from Peninsular Malaysia. Drawing inspiration from the people of East Malaysia, their culture and their way of life, the choreographers weave this rich tapestry of cultures and stories into six contemporary dance works.

Come experience a slice of Borneo through this experimental dance showcase, a unique way to usher in the Kaamatan and Gawai festivities and to celebrate Bornean culture.

KonTra is an on-going experimental dance series helmed by choreographer Zhafir Muzani which honours our traditions while forging a new way forward through contemporary dance.

7th May @ klpac

7 May: Backstage Bites: Birthday Editionklpac is turning 18!

It’s never too late to get to know your own local arts centre by taking a guided backstage tour through the 121-year old heritage building that now houses klpac, the country’s first and only fully-integrated arts centre. In honour of our birthday celebrations, we invite you the public to join us on an intimate, no-holds-barred live Jom Sembang session with our Co-Founders Dato’ Dr. Faridah Merican & Joe Hasham OAM. Feel free to ask them questions on their years of experience in the theatre & film industry, how they came to start The Actors Studio and fought to survive the devastating floods that destroyed their space in 2003 and how it eventually led them to founding klpac 18 years ago.

12th - 14th May @ Pentas 1

12 - 14 May: Czech Impressions by The klpac OrchestraUnder the helm of its Music Director and Resident Conductor, Lee Kok Leong, The klpac Orchestra launches into its 2023 season with the dreamy “Czech Impressions”, featuring music from Czech Romantic composers Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana.

The orchestra is set to perform two of Dvořák’s most memorable works – Kolo from Slavonic Dances Op. 72 and Cello Concerto in B Minor featuring cello soloist Eric Yip. It was the Slavonic Dances that launched this then unknown composer into international stardom while the cello concerto, his last solo concerto work, became one of the most famous pieces in the cello canon.

“Czech Impressions” also shines the spotlight on the father figure of Czech music, Bedřich Smetana, who was responsible for the internationally-acclaimed comic opera The Bartered Bride. The orchestra will perform the Overture as well as three dances – Polka, Furiant and Skočná (Dance of the Comedians) from the opera as well as another piece from his symphonic poems called Vltava (The Moldau), a moving tribute to Bohemia and its countryside landscape.

Supported by KS Strings

19th - 21st May @ Pentas 2

19 - 21 May: Mama Looking For Her Cat阿妹…….阿弟…….你有没有看到我的猫？

只会讲方言的老妈妈不见了她的小猫，她向自己的孩子求助，可是，孩子们各自忙着寻找自­己的完美生活，谁都不愿意帮忙。有一晚，老妈妈离家了，要在这个早已遗忘了她，一个繁­荣昌盛， 步伐快速，抹掉传统，没有携老扶弱的现实世界里去寻找小猫。

郭宝昆在1988年创作的《寻找小猫的妈妈》以新加坡一个多元种族的社会为背景，探讨­了两代人之间沟通的差异与关系疏远的问题。二十多年后的今天，这个剧本依然生动贴切，­在情感上一样令人震撼。

Girl ah… Boy ah… can you help me find my cat?

An old dialect-speaking mother has lost her only companion — a cat. She asked for help, but was snubbed by her grown-up children. One night, the old lady left her house looking for her cat in a world that has left her behind — a world obsessed with progress and prosperity, which has forgotten the traditional, the old and the frail.

Mama Looking For Her Cat is a play about the communication differences and the estranged relationship between a mother and her children. Written by the Late Kuo Pao Kun in 1988, the play revolves around the theme of Singapore being a multiracial, multicultural and multilingual society. Two decades later, this poignant piece remains as powerful, as relevant and as emotionally hard-hitting as ever.

Presented by Paper Monkey Theatre & ACX Productions
Supported by The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre & The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

3rd - 4th June @ Pentas 2

3 & 4 June: A Magical AdventureWhat do we love more than Disney movies? The music of course! Over the years, there have been so many memorable tunes that have us all singing and humming along long after the credit roll ends.

You can now relive those wonderful childhood memories in A Magical Adventure concert featuring the largest flute ensemble in Malaysia!

The CGFA Flute Choir is a unique platform for flutists and flute lovers from different backgrounds to come together and make music together. Under the baton of Sze Gee Chew, the CGFA Flute Choir comprising 30 flutists that have been rehearsing for the past 9 months to bring you hits from Disney classics.

A heart-warming concert for kids and those young at heart!

Presented by Birdian Saxophone Quartet & The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)
Supported by The Flute Store Malaysia, CG Flute Academy & Kaneyoufixit
Licensed by MACP

14th - 16th July @ Pentas 2

14 - 16 July: Luna 路呐 (SEA Premiere)Embark on a journey of self-discovery through nature, traditions and dance with Bulareyaung Dance Company’s award-winning performance Luna. Catch their SEA premiere right here in Malaysia at klpac.

Commissioned by National Taichung Theater, Taiwan (2018)
Awarded 17th Taishin Arts Award Grand Prize, Taiwan (2018)
Toured to Fall for Dance North Festival, Toronto, Canada (2019)
Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM), Japan (2022)
Coming soon The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Malaysia (2023)

Shrouded in mist, at an altitude of 1,000 meters, lies Luluna village – home to the Bunun indigenous tribe of Taiwan. Known as fierce warriors, the Bunun are also known for something else – their singing. 
During his travels, choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava stumbled upon a group of Bunun singing under a street lamp. A week later, unable to get their voices out of his mind, he headed back into the mountains with his dancers to learn ancient Bunun chants (recognised as a Cultural Heritage in Taiwan) from the Luluna Bunun Choir, mountain life and how to survive there.
Armed with the elders’ blessings and their wish: “I hope you can take our songs and share them to more people…share the most beautiful voices of Taiwan”, Bulareyaung Dance Company now transforms theatres into mountainous forests, dancers into warriors and invites you to reconnect with nature and tradition through their unique dance style fused with Bunun culture.
A “milestone production”, Luna is the perfect reflection of the times we’re living in and a powerful reminder that we can find our way back to where we belong, pandemic or not.

Luna was originally commissioned by the National Taichung Theater and choreographed by Bulareyaung Pagarlava (Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Taiwan in 2012 & National Award of Arts 2022). The Malaysian premiere will be presented by Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Malaysia and klpac with the support of the Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) and Damansara Performing Arts Centre.

❝ 每位舞者專注的神情，隨著吟唱的沉緩古調，聲音與身體，以歌連結，以布農八部合音貫串，以生命充滿，以情感懷抱，動靜跑跳之間，展現力與美的舞蹈構圖，既本真又悠遠，舞動到靈魂的最深處，這是一趟重新追尋自我的旅程，走得更遠，是為了回家，為了找回自己。❞

主筆／於善祿 – 第17屆台新藝術獎 入圍理由

由吉隆坡表演藝術中心與駐馬來西亞台北經濟文化辦事處聯手呈獻，台灣文化部及白沙羅表演藝術中心為支持單位，布拉瑞揚舞團即將在2023年7月14日至16日於馬來西亞吉隆坡表演藝術中心首演舞作《路吶》。

布拉瑞揚舞團，由甫獲台灣藝術界最高榮譽「國家文藝獎」的原住民編舞家布拉瑞揚．帕格勒法所創立。 《路吶》是其舞團的第五部作品，2018年於台中國家歌劇院世界首演，2019年受邀參與加拿大「北方舞蹈秋天」及日本橫濱表演藝術交流會議2022開幕演出，該作品也榮獲第十七屆台新藝術獎年度大獎。 《路吶》以沉潛紮實的省思與探問，觸動人心的身體舞動，充分展現力與美的文化溯源能量，豐富了當代舞蹈的內涵。

About Luna
Dancers trek and search in the mountain mist under the moonlight, singing soul-guiding chants while demonstrating a pure body gait of labor. This is the truest form of man.

Choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava and the dancers went deep into the mountains in central Taiwan, to learn how to survive in mountainous forests in the Luluna village of the Bunun tribe in Nantou County. Bulareyaung Dance Company collaborated with the Luluna Bunun Choir, and sang ancient Bunun chants, which have been listed as a Cultural Heritage in Taiwan. From daily chants to the “exploit-boasting” acts of traditional hunters, they incorporate dance arts into the Bunun culture to reflect the tradition, to reflect the contemporary, and to allow dancers to explore and return to their inner self.

The dance work summons those who have been separated from nature to enter the mountains in which the piece breathes, creating an opportunity for a dialogue between traditional and modern times.

關於《路吶》
在月光與山霧間踏尋，牽引靈魂的歌聲，展現身體的純粹勞動姿態——那是「人」最真實的樣貌。

布拉瑞揚和舞團舞者深入台灣中部山區，於南投的布農族羅娜部落學習山林生活，與「羅娜薪傳音樂團」攜手，傳唱列入台灣文化資產的布農古謠。從日常吟唱至傳統獵人「報戰功」，將布農文化結合舞蹈藝術，回應傳統，回應當代，舞者也回歸自我內心的探索。

舞作召喚與自然隔絕的觀眾，進入與舞作共呼息的群山間，產生一場傳統與現代對話的契機。

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