Intertwined

 Date & Time: 

 6th, 7th December 2013 @ 8.30pm

 8th December 2013 @ 3pm

 Venue: 

 MAP @ Publika Black Box, Level G2-01, Block A5, Solaris

 Dutamas, No.1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.

 Admission: 

 Minimum donation of 

 Adult RM 38, Students RM 28

 Contact: 016-3618504, 014-2486248

Please browse our youtube website to watch the teaser if you've missed it.
Here is the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvrHQFL1drI

INTERTWINED is a contemporary dance performance challenged the idea of collaboration. Choreographer Steve Goh, music composer Chor Guan Ng and set designer Lisa Foo come together and create a performing art piece that interacts between different arts disciplines, interpreting the word "intertwined" through their professional artistic language of each. A performing art piece that is based on interaction, moveable abstract origami set design that inspired the body movement of dancers, music that incorporate the ideas of body movement, dance movement that react to music rhythm, emotions coming from deep down of performers heart that interrelate to the environment. This performance seeks relationship between space and time, defines imagination and reality, symbolized consciousness and unconsciousness.

Three dancers including choreographer Steve Goh, Bee Hung Tan and Foong Siew Ching will perform on stage, bringing the audience a newly created stage performance. Through body movement and music, this performance brings audiences an exciting sensory experience.

ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY

Steve Goh (Choreographer/ Dancer)

A Sabah native, Steve Goh graduated from The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (APA). After returning from Europe as a freelance dancer, Steve founded Youth Studio of Dance in 2004 with Lee Swee Keong and Amy Len. In 2011, Steve founded JS Dance Theatre with Datin Jane. He has collaborated with choreographers from all over the globe including Rosalind Newman (New York), Pina Bausch (Germany), Natalie Weir (Australia), Tony Yap (Australia), Csaba Budday (Australia), Ng Teck Voon (Amsterdam), Helen Lai (Hong Kong), Ong Yong Lock (Hong Kong), Angela Liong (Singapore), Chen Wei Ya (China) and Lin Hwai Min (Taiwan). Between year 2006 to 2013, Steve has received numerous awards from BOH Cameronian Arts Awards including “Best Performer”, “Best Set Design”, “Best Choreographer in a Mixed Bill” and “Most Promising Artist”. 

Ng Chor Guan (Music Composer)

NG is an invigorating music composer and sound designer for theatre, dance, film, concert music and new media. He started his career as professional music composer during his years in London. In 2008, he was nominated for Cameronian Arts Awards Most Promising Artist. His music for films was awarded the Grand prizes in Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France and Artfilm Fest in Slovak Republic. In 2010, he was nominated the Best Music Composition, 1^st Selangor Youth Awards and awarded the Goethe Institute Scholarship in 2011. He was the musical director and composer as well as theremin player for Live Cinema Performance entitled “Super Everything” directed by The Light Surgeons. In 2012, he was invited to be one of the five Asians selected artist who represented Asia in The Playable City Sprint at Bristol, UK and also invited to Korea to perform at the opening ceremony of the 7^th Global RCE Conference organized by UNICEF. Ng currently lectures in University Malaya and New Era College. To add to his list of accomplishments, he has also produced 11 CD albums.

www.ngchorguan.com

Lisa Foo (Set Designer)

Trained in architecture, she now practices design independently. Lisa has been involved in art projects and set installations, alone and in collaboration with others, for a few years now beginning with Art for Grabs 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. Recently, she has created and exhibited the eco-light sculptures depicting deep sea creatures from recycled plastic drinking bottles with her friend and formed LFSS in 2008. Her art and installation were also exhibited at Re-creation: Art & sustainability 2008 jointly organized by Balai Seni Lukis Negara, and The Light Show 2009, which she co-produced in Kuala Lumpur. Through the initiation of The River Art Project with choreographer-dancer, her eco-light installation expanded to the site-specific performance titled Reflections at Melaka Art and Performance Festival in 2010 and River Meets Light at George Town Festival 2011. In her creative experimentation with found objects, she is seeking for that transformation of the unexpected into art and beyond through sculptural installations.

Tan Bee Hung (Dancer)

LLB degree graduate. Trained predominantly in contemporary dance and has participated in various dance performances in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Germany etc. She was selected to participate in the 'International Young Choreographers Project' 2013 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Currently a full time dance instructor and dancer with Kwang Tung Dance Company.

Foong Siew Ching (Dancer)

Foong Siew Ching graduated from University Science Malaysia. She trained in contemporary dance and classical ballet. She has participated in various performances locally and internationally, including Singapore, China, Germany etc. She won Best Choreographer in a Mixed Bill at the 9^th Annual BOH Cameronian Arts Awards in 2012. She was one of the 7 selected emerging choreographers in the recently held Dance Escalator Program launched by MyDance Alliance. Currently she works as a dance instructor, choreographer and freelance dancer. She is also a dancer with the Kwang Tung Dance Company. 

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Cake Project #10

Great opportunity to kick start your creative ideas!

What is Cake Project?
• A combination of CAKE + CREATIVE IDEAS kick-off point micro-funding project.
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Who is attending?
• People who support arts, people who are passionate about life, people who loves creativity, people who are interested in making the society a better place.
• There are two groups of people at the event:
Group ONE – those who have a creative idea to propose
Group TWO – those who support creative ideas who comes in as voters
*Public participation and discussion encourage the success of Cake Project.

How it works?
• During Cake Project, every person will be asked to donate a minimum of RM15, which goes to the PRIZE POT. In return, you’ll share a piece of homemade cake and coffee/tea, at the same time eligible to vote for ONE creative idea.
• People from Group ONE – Creative art practitioners including artists, musicians, writers, performers, filmmakers, dancers, designers and the like, will present their creative idea one group by one group. (10 minutes per group)
• People from Group TWO – voters will vote for ONE creative idea they would like to support.
• Occasionally there will be performances or talks by special guests, OR return of past winners to share the progress of their winning project.
• Votes are collected – the one who get most votes wins the PRIZE POT.

Please submit your ideas to etoccata@gmail.com by 29th November 2013, Friday.

For more information please call 016－3618504 or email to etoccata@gmail.com.

REVOLUTION EVOLUTION - live music + visual art performance inspired by cycling

RE-REVOLUTION + EVOLUTION ~ live music + visual art performance inspired by cycling

Date and Time:
2nd Nov 2013, Saturday @8:00pm
3rd Nov 2013, Sunday @3:00pm

Venue:
Toccata Studio, 19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Admission:
by minimum donation RM25


Contact: 016-3618504, 014-2486248
Email: etoccata@gmail.com
Blog: www.toccatastudio.blogspot.com
Facebook: toccata studiovisit this for a sneak peak! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C68jzi6yy1o


Toccata Studio is proud to present “RE – REVOLUTION + EVOLUTION”, a brand new multimedia work incorporates live music and visual art collaborative performance. This performance will feature music composer and theremin player NG Chor Guan as well as visual artist Fauzi Yusoff.

There will be two performances of “RE – REVOLUTION + EVOLUTION”, on 2nd and 3rd Nov 2013, at Toccata Studio, which is located at 19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The show will begin at 8:30pm and 3:00pm sharp. Admission is via a minimum donation of RM25.

This performance will feature collective audio and visual footages from cycling experiences of both Guan and Fauzi during pre-production stage. All footages files will then be artistically processed through their professional attempts. Final presentation of the art piece will be a combination of audio and visual collaborative performance. This production was made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Culture and Arts Department under the National Creative Industry Policy.

Ng Chor Guan is an invigorating music composer and sound designer for theatre, dance, film, concert music and new media. He started his career as professional music composer during his years in London. His work demonstrates an excellent integration of the classical and the contemporary. His music has been performed in a wide variety of mediums including orchestral, choral, chamber, and electronic music. He was regularly invited to perform his music composition, including in Global RCE Conference organized by UNICEF in Korea in 2012, a UK tour in 2013 and more. To add to his list of accomplishments, he has also produced 11 CD albums of his own.

Fauzi Yusoff is a visual artist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He explores audiovisual aesthetics, crossing into new media technology. His works advocate the need for a strong relationship between audio and moving images.Traditional and culture is central to most of Fauzi Yusoff’s imagery as he searches visual inspirations. They may relate in ways of contradiction to harmonization, inevitably converging into an experience that is both exciting and melancholic. Fauzi Yusoff, head visual artist and director of EFOZY, is critically acclaimed for his futuristic, live optical creations.

Flute Recital by Ron Korb

NEW MUSIC FROM THE PRINCE OF FLUTES - Journey across lively Europe with Ron Korb's award-winning Europa

Ron Korb is an award-winning Canadian composer and flutist. He has travelled widely to collect flutes and learn their secrets. Reflecting Celtic, Asian, classical, jazz and Latin influences, his music embodies the diverse cultures, traditions and experiences of his travels.

This concert is part of Korb’s Asia Tour which also includes Shanghai and Taiwan. Korb will perform works from his new album Europa, the latest in a string of 30 critically acclaimed bestselling CDs across 20 countries on various record labels. The audience can enjoy works like Mozart’s Wedding, Beethoven Pasqualatihaus and St. Johann inspired by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, brilliantly mixing classical and jazz. Korb’s music will bring alive the cafes of Paris, the canals of Venice, the memories of Ireland, Shakespeare’s England, and the Christmas markets of Prague.

Europa was hailed at The Global Music Awards in Los Angeles, USA, winning prizes for Album of the Year, Best Composition, Best Solo Performance and Best Graphic Design. A soulful work from the album, Beckett’s Whisper, was a finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards.

Join this prince of flutes on a journey back to an age of European elegance and romance!

Date: 26 Oct 2013 (Saturday)

Time: 8:30pm

Venue: Toccata Studio.19B, SS2/55, PJ.

Admission: Minimum donation of RM30

Enquiry

Toccata Studio
Contact: 016-3618504, 014-2486248
URL: www.toccatastudio.blogspot.com
FB: Toccata Studio

Cake Project #9

CAKE PROJECT #9

Organizer            ：TOCCATA STUDIO

Date                      : 6th October 2013

Address               ：19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Phone no.            ：016－3618504

Email add.           ：etoccata@gmail.com

Facebook            ：toccata studio

Website               ：www.toccatastudio.blogspot.com           

Coffee + Cake, what’s more?

What is Cake Project?

• A combination of CAKE + CREATIVE IDEAS kick-off point micro-funding project.

Who is attending?

• People who support arts, people who are passionate about life, people who loves creativity, people who are interested in making the society a better place.
• There are two groups of people at the event:
  Group ONE – those who have a creative idea to propose
  Group TWO – those who support creative ideas who comes in as voters
• Public participation and discussion encourage the success of Cake Project.

How it works?

• During Cake Project, every person will be asked to donate a minimum of RM15, which goes to the PRIZE POT. In return, you’ll share a piece of homemade cake and coffee/tea, at the same time eligible to vote for ONE creative idea. 

• People from Group ONE – Creative art practitioners including artists, musicians, writers, performers, filmmakers, dancers, designers and the like, will present their creative idea one by one.
• People from Group TWO – voters will vote for ONE creative idea they would like to support.
• Occasionally there will be performances or talks by special guests, OR return of past winners to share the progress of their winning project.
• Votes are collected – the one who get most votes wins the PRIZE POT. 

String Voyage by MIVOS String Quartet (New York)

Strings Voyage – Mivos String Quartet in Malaysia

Date & Time: 20 October 2013, 3pm

Venue: Experimental Theatre, University of Malaya

Admission: By donation adults RM40, Students RM25

Contact: 016-3618504, 014-2486248

URL: www.toccatastudio.blogspot.com

FB: Toccata Studio

Toccata studio is proud to present “String Voyage”, a contemporary classical concert featuring Mivos String Quartet from the United States. The quartet will stage its first ever performance in Malaysia on 20^th October 2013 at the Experimental Theatre of University of Malaya. The show will begin at 3pm and admission is via donation, with spectators choosing how much to give.

The group, described by the New York Times as an “accomplished, admirably broad-minded young string quartet”, has performed around the world, in Britain, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong, and collaborated with a series of well-known international composers. The quartet will perform a range of music by contemporary American composers, including Phillip Glass and Alex Mincek.

The concert will also feature an innovative piece by one of Malaysia’s most sought-after composers Ng Chor Guan, incorporating elements of a traditional string quartet and music created by mobile phones. In a technique dubbed “mobile phone orchestra”, spectators are asked to record sounds on their phones, which are then played during the performance.

Mivos Quartet, which focuses on performing the works of contemporary composers, has had enjoyed a meteoric rise since it was formed in 2008 by a group of young musicians doing post-graduate study at the Manhattan School of Music.

The quarter was one of five groups selected for the Young Ensembles Fellowship at the 2012 Darmstadt Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Germany, where they were awarded a Fellowship Prize for Interpretation. Mivos was also invited for a two-week residency at Aldeburgh Music in the UK earlier this year, where they performed several concerts featuring repertoire by British and American composers.

The group consists of violinists Olivia De Prato and Joshua Modney, violist Victor Lowrie and cellist Mariel Roberts. They have studied with members of leading contemporary music ensembles such as Curtis Macomber and Fred Sherry.

The up-and-coming group has also collaborated with Helmut Lachenmann, Anna Clyne, Wolfgang Rihm, Samson Young, Luke DuBois, Philip Glass, Huang Ruo, Felipe Lara, Sam Pluta, Tristan Perich and Kirsten Broberg.

Apart from their musical performance, Mivos is active in education and has conducted workshops at CUNY Graduate Center, Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore), the Hong Kong Art Center and MIAM University in Istanbul (Turkey).

Beyond expanding their string quartet repertoire, Mivos is committed to working with guest artists and exploring multi-media projects involving live video and electronics. Improvisation is also an integral part of their performances and has led to collaborations with artists such as Ned Rothenberg, Chris Speed, Timucin Sahin and Nate Wooley.

Toccata Studio, which promotes creativity in arts and music primarily, is not only a platform for artists but it is also a place for various forms of music and arts to meet. We produce quality innovative and creative performances as well as classical music concerts. We welcome everyone to join us in our endless endeavour to nurture a society filled with arts, music and culture.

For more information about “String Voyage” and Toccata Studio, please contact 016-3618504 or 014-2486248

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