Fitrah - Nature of the Self

★ NUS Ilsa Tari ★

Established in the early eighties, the NUS Malay Dance was renamed the NUS Ilsa Tari in 1998. With its new identity, the group aims to stage more challenging pieces. Under the guidance of tutor/choreographer Osman Abdul Hamid, the People's Association Malay Dance Group's choreographer and Singapore's Young Artist Award winner, the group performs traditional dances such as inang, ronggeng, zapin, lambak and silat. It also blends contemporary dance forms - where dancers move with free flow of sharp movements - with its traditional pieces. This results in traditional and contemporary dance.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

3 weeks and counting! @ 1:31 AM

OHMYGAWDDDD!!

3 weeks to THE SHOW! I feel the excitement all over!
have you bought your tickets yet? Well if you have yet to go and buy the tickets, get yours now, before they sell out! :)

Practice was interesting just now. We are still working on putting some meat into the scenes to make it more visually stimulatng for our dearest audiences! And the dancers are quite excited because we have hope that the moves that we are going to use will provide us with necessary training for toned hands and thighs after the show! HAHA.

Missed the last training because of a school trip to Padang, but as usual the other dancers are more than happy to recap and teach the steps to those who were unable to make it the last practice! We can see the scenes becoming more exciting and interesting with the addition of singing and dancing parts for the show!

Of course, a dance without its costume is no fun! Thus, we are starting to finalise the costumes as well as finetune the production side of things! Coming back from Padang, the land of the Randai dance, has enriched me spiritually to inspire others as how the Minang people have introduced their culture to me when I was in Padang. Hopefully, their ever pride in their culture would be showcased through our rendition of the Randai dance.

We hope to see you on 14th March! :)

XOXO,
Farahin