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GERAK ANGIN: REAWAKENING THE SPIRIT OF MALAYSIA
MALAYSIA’S PERFORMANCE ARTS SCENE JOIN HANDS TO INTRODUCE First Malaysian Virtual Arts Festival to Feature 205 Individuals from Malaysia’s Performance Arts Scene across Music, Dance & Theatre 13 August 2020, Kuala Lumpur – The Ministry of Tourism, Arts &...
Dancing to a different time: Tan Mei Mei
While doing her matriculation in Murdoch University, Western Australia for a degree in Mass Communication, Mei Mei, who was previously trained in ballet and piano, discovered a passion that has since led her to embrace a very different culture than her own when she...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 7) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
Dear Friends, Embrace 7, Framing Odissi, is essentially about integrating the Visual and Performing Arts at Sutra Gallery (Titiwangsa) and KamaRia Galery (Petaling Jaya). For over three decades Sutra exhibitions have functioned as exclusive visual arts platforms for...
LEPAS BEBAS
Dear Friends, Free at last! Well, perhaps not totally yet... the sinaran (light) at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter, but can we hope for the return of the good ol’ days, soon? - When can our spirits once again soar where our dreams take us? - Without having...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 6) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
Stirring Odissi 2008 International Odissi Festival 23 May - 14 June, 2008 Dear Friends of Sutra, Many a time, especially during these times of the MCO/Lockdown, when our freedom of movement is drastically curtailed, we remember the good days of easy connection with...
Malay Mail Article: Fixing Arts & Culture 2020 – Datuk Ramli Ibrahim shares his Thoughts, Ideas & Recommendations to the PN Government
Dear Friends, The Malay Mail had published Datuk Ramli's recommendations for the Arts on 19 May 2020. Article in the link below: https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2020/05/19/fixing-arts-and-culture-2020-ramli-ibrahim/1867773
Fixing Arts & Culture 2020 – Datuk Ramli Ibrahim shares his Thoughts, Ideas & Recommendations to the PN Government
• The idea of an Arts Council answerable to several dynamic and progressive Boards related to Arts and Culture, not unlike those installed in the early days of Australia and its UK counterparts, may be a good transitory model to govern Arts & Culture. However, the...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 5) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
Asyiknya Rasa Asli Temiar Community 14 April 2015 Dear Friends, Welcome to Embrace 5 - Significant Moments, Then & Now, our online mini documentary series, compiled from Sutra’s archival library. On 14 April 2015, Sutra presented a unique in-house Temiar Cuisine...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 4) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
Quintessence Ramli Ibrahim & The MPO Dewan Filharmonik Petronas Dear Friends, On 4 May 2020, we’ve decided to celebrate our ‘partial release’ of Movement Control Order (Lockdown), with Embrace 4 - Quintessence which was envisaged from our archival videos of...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 3) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
Narthaka Festival 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Joined in Dance Celebrating the Vigour and Beauty of Male Dance Dear Friends, Welcome to Embrace 3, which brings us to the interesting focus on Male Dance. Sutra Foundation’s Nartaka Festival was mooted together with...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 2) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
Sutra Dance Outreach Program Ground Zero Abstract Sutra Foundation started its Dance Outreach program in 2013 with the intention of offering opportunities to children and teenagers (from age 6 to 15 years old) to benefit from a formal training in dance. In 2014, Sutra...
EMBRACE, Then & Now (Episode 1) – Sutra remembers significant Moments from its Archival Videos & Photographs
An improvisation with Balinese Gamelan, Semara Ratih (December, 2004) Dear Friends, we have found another amazing archival video in the YouTube. It is amazing that this performance took place 10 years before the 2015 event in Kashipur/Odisha, the video of which I had...