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Front Row

Don’t be afraid of the arts. You too can enjoy it! Don"t believe us? Tune in to Front Row to find out about the best shows and exhibitions that will recharge your brain and restore your spirit, as told by the producers, performers and artists themselves.

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29:26

Wicked Music People on Period Instruments

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2017/12/20

The four share on why they are performing early (Western) music with period instruments, and what they discover and how to enable discerning ears to hear. They have come together as a musical group, Wicked Music People. They explain how their own modern sensibilities guide their approach, and how they have to bow the fine line between being true to the period music and their contemporary ears.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21:55

Dancing Independently

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2017/12/19

January Low returns to an interview a little more than a year after her last on to talk about her performance, ‘Bloom’. She tells about the need to dance and how through dancing Odissi, she re-imagines herself, seven years after leaving a dance company to become a wife and mother. She also informs on working with actor, Ghafir Akhbar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:08

Malam Kompang Pusaka

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2017/12/15

Pauline Fan tells us about the types of Kompang and the event at Publika in which a craftsman will demonstrate the making of this percussion instrument. Pusaka continues to promote and foster such traditional skills and preservation of culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:20

The Artist @76

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2017/12/15

Our producer caught up with Jolly Koh, a senior Malaysian artist, to discover his understaning of beauty, truth and goodness. The artist is holding an exhibition--Jolly Koh @76--of works created within the last few years. He gives his opinions on contemporary art and art writing while underscoring that for him, art is about creating what is beautiful.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21:18

Projek K3

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2017/12/14

After 13 weeks, training, writing and learning the skills of directing, six young directors showcase their work and the company, Anomalist Production, that nurtured them, comes on to tell about the process and the need to find, incubate and cultivate new talent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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27:13

From China to KL

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2017/12/13

The director, a Malaysian homed in China, returns to KL to stage another work, this time one by Chinese playwright Cao Yu. ‘Peking Man’ is considered by many, the playwright’s masterpiece. This play details the collapse of a prominent family because of familial conflicts. Klpac earlier in the year staged in English Cao Yu’s ‘Thunderstorm’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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22:11

New Media Art

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2017/12/08

New media in art incorporates contemporary technologies--digital and analogue--to create new/different experiences. Our guests tell about the weekend exhibition and panel discussion, and share the reasons for their interests in this way of expressing which blurs the line between the subject and object, the artist-as-facilitator and the spectator-as-artist. New media art seems to compel an experience that seems to be transient and cannot be replicated. Much like a live performance.See

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13:14

Crossing Borders in Bharatanatyam

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2017/12/07

Non-Indian ASWARA graduates gather to dance classical Bharatanatyam to point out that we all need to cross our cultural borders, go beyond our ethnicities and tongues. Our guest tell of ASWARA students performing classical dances in India and the reception the company received.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:49

The Caffeinated Bach

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2017/12/07

The artistic director of the musical group that focuses on classical music tells about the company’s exploration of Johann Sebastian Bach’s secular works. Believe it or not, but the centerpiece of the ensemble’s repertoire is the comedic ‘Coffee Cantata’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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20:25

Art Festival -- Gallery Weekend KL 2017

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2017/12/06

The festival--though it is a tag the organizer doesn’t like--is in its second year. Riding on 2016’s experience, our guest the organizer, shares how this three-day event, which features mostly art, art-and-curatorial talks, guided art tours, has grown to include food. Shalini Ganendra shares on how to approach artworks so as not to be intimidated.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:47

Speak Easy 7: Poetry in Education

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2017/12/05

This month, Speak Easy focuses on how poetry and poetry slam are being used in education across schools and universities in Malaysia to improve things students’ confidence, develop their self expression, and language skills. But poetry in education can do a whole lot more. We hear from poetry educator Yohanna Yusrinal, as well as poet-students Tee Yen, Amanda Lim, Elissa Foong and Taarani Mahadeva.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:08

Strictly Contemporary Dance: About Martha Graham

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2017/11/30

Part dance history and part dance appreciation, this conversation situates Martha Graham’s contributions as dancer and choreographer to the world of contemporary dance. Bilqis Hijjas also shares on Martha Graham’s life, the “Martha Graham technique” and the seminal works for which the dancer-choreographer is known.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21:07

Unadorned Art: The Raw Body

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2017/11/29

A conversation about capturing the human form in art and some insights into why this activity is complex and compelling. In capturing landscape and objects in still life, the artist is for the most part less overtly impacted and influenced as by the changing human being before them. Our guests share on “the male gaze.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:03

Dancing into Kuala Lumpur via France

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2017/11/29

The dancer, choreographer, teacher and artist talks about creating dances. He shares his experience dancing first as part of a troupe and then going solo. He tells about his Welcome to Project and his every changing collective dances, under the rubric 'The Sukanpins Project, when he collaborates with local performers made up of dancers and non-dancers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:42

A Toy’s Journey from Murdoch

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2017/11/28

Our guests--a mix of Malaysians and Australians--come from a university in Australia bearing a musical for children, titled, “Home at Last: A Toy’s Journey.” The production is funded by the Australian Council for the Arts and the Western Australia’s CAN initiative. The play deals with migration, immigration and communities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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19:53

New Theatre Company

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2017/11/24

Finding out about this new theatre company--Kudoclasm--that has in collaboration with Theatre Lounge Cafe, produced two shows which will be staged this and next month. ‘Erica’s Room’ and ‘On a Starry Night’ appear to be holiday offerings to bid farewell to the old year and to usher in the new.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:07

Melaka Arts & Performance Festival 2017

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2017/11/23

A conversation about the growth and evolution of this 9-year-old festival which caters to independent artists and performers. Tony Yap shares how the outdoor sites in and around the historical town contribute to the development of the festival and keep its character distinct and unique. Our guest reveals how his own performance philosophy and practice seep into the festival and its offerings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:06

Disco Lombok Still Life

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2017/11/22

The artist talks about her 11th solo exhibition which comprises paintings on linen to graphite drawings and watercolour on paper. The artist situates herself in Malaysian art and explains her concerns and preoccupations with the domestic which she manifests on canvas and paper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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18:26

On the Indian Dancer, Ram Gopal

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2017/11/21

The renowned arts critic and writer for ‘Times of India’ makes another visit to our capital. He gives a preview of his illustrated talk on an iconic Indian dancer--Ram Gopal-- who took classical dances from the subcontinent onto the world’s stage and in the process earned himself an OBE (Order of the British Empire). Dr Sunil Kothari points out the importance of official archives collecting and documenting history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:24

Miracle on Wheels, Differently-Abled Performers

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2017/11/21

Our guests--the founders of Miracle on Wheels--share on how to reshape our (mis)conceptions of abilities and disabilities. They explain how and why their performers, who move and dance with the aid of wheelchairs, challenge long-held perceptions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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