WEEKEND 2
16th July FREE Register here
A day of presentations and performances
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre or Suite, SOAS, University of London, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG
Korean Drumming Society Welcome 1.00-1.15pm
| The Korean Drumming Society is part of the SOAS Korean music school which focuses on performing one of the most popular genres of Korean Traditional Folk music SAMULNORI. As the name is derived from the word 4 objects playing, consists of 2 drums and gongs (The Janggu, Buk, Kkwaegwari and Jing).
The piece Yongnam Nongak is a piece of music from the south Eastern part of South Korea. This piece of music played by farmers during harvest. Celebrating the bountiful harvest and showing their hope for greater blessings to come. |
Trikhon Theatre – An Introduction to Rice Paper Tales 1.15-1.45pm
| Rice Paper Tales takes traditional Vietnamese childhood stories and presents them in an immersive way which includes interactive storytelling, live music and performance. Targeting children aged 5 to 12 and their parents, Rice Paper Tales aims to promote cultural awareness at a young age and promote integration for London’s many British Vietnamese communities.
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Thekla Ek – “Who are you?” 1.45-2.05pm
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“Who are you?” is an amalgamation of recordings of the diverse communities in the UK. Artist Thekla has created “a painting of layers of sounds”. She has recorded people (all from different backgrounds but do not look like they are from that country) in their native language to read a set of questions through which to explore the definition of the word ‘Identity’. At the same time in the background you can hear Thekla singing those questions in English. Collaborators will be appearing in this live performance. The questions start with: |
Korean Gayageum performance 2.05-2.20pm
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Damilola Eniola Dami is currently studying a MMus degree in Performance at SOAS University. Focusing on Korean traditional music and composition, she is both a performer and composer. She is a performer of the 12-string Korean Zither Kayageum, and has been greatly inspired to write for it. As a performer she has performed at various events around the UK playing a variety of Korean traditional instruments and educating the public on Korean traditional music. In her spare time she is also a radio presenter at the University radio running a show called Gugak Sounds. Performer Cholong Sung has been studying Korean music for eighteen years. She graduated from the National Gukak (Korean traditional music) Middle and High school, where she majored in Kayagum (Korean zither) and she did BA in Korean Traditional Music at Ewha Woman’s University. As a Kayagum player, she gained much experience by taking part in many concerts and had received awards at a number of Kayagum competitions. After graduating from university, she went to Seoul National University to study Korean Music Theory. Her master’s degree dissertation looked at “A Study of Seongdok (Lectio Devina, The sound of reading) on Musical Perspective.” She completed her masters music degree in 2013, and she is now a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology at the SOAS University. |
Angkor – An Untold Story 2.20pm-3.00pm
(An illustrated talk by Aravinth Kumarasamy)
| Aravinth the creator of this collaborative dance production, will share his research work and experience through an illustrated talk aided by video clips from the dance production, which featured Sixty (60) dancers, thirty (30) musicians and a few leading international artistes in its cast. The dance production narrates the story behind the efforts of the Khmer King Suryavarman II who commission the building of Angkor Wat which still remains as the largest temple of workshop.
About Aravinth Kumarasamy |
Inventing the Performing Arts: Modernity and Tradition in Colonial Indonesia Book launch and panel – Matthew Cohen 3.00-4.30pm
Professor Mark Hobart and Dr Avanthi Meduri are acting as respondents to the book and will be delivering short talks on modernity, tradition, invention, colonialism and internationalism in other Asian contexts in response to the themes of the book.
| Modern modes of transportation and communication not only brought Indonesia into the world economy, but also stimulated the emergence of new art forms and modern attitudes to art; disembedded and remoored traditions; and hybridized foreign and local. Covering arts ranging from Javanese court dance to the circus, the book demonstrates that traditional and modern artistic forms were created and conceived, that is ‘invented,’ in tandem. Find the book here Find the book on Amazon |
Supported by Centre for Asian Theatre and Dance
Bhumi Presentation: Sowing the Seeds 4.45-5.30pm
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The Bhumi Collective will discuss the origins of bhumi and its journey from Singapore to London and Edinburgh. The team will also share the creative process of developing the multidisciplinary work and the principles and strategies underpinning its approach as well as the challenges of navigating intercultural collaboration between Singaporean and British artists who themselves are diverse in terms of ethnicities. Tackling the issue of identity has stirred debate and brought about a natural evolution in the creative direction of bhumi and how traditional and contemporary practices can influence and learn from each other. Reflecting upon their own decade-old experience working with youths and practitioners from the traditional and contemporary arts sector in multicultural Singapore and London, Soultari Amin Farid (Creative Director) and Mohamad Shaifulbahri (Producer) will contemplate how bhumi will probably be one of the most challenging, yet provoking, works they have created till date. Presenters: Soultari Amin Farid, Mohamad Shaifulbahri
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‘The Startling Dream’ from ‘The Peony Pavilion’ – a vignette 5.30-6.30pm
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Featuring actor, Chen Rui, from the Jiangsu Province Kunju Opera Troupe Presenter: Kathy Hall, Founder of former London Jing Kun Opera Association A brief introduction. |
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