KESUMA Dance Showcase 2014 - Songket Dance (6)

3 & 4 December 2014
The biannual Dance Showcase aims to demonstrate the learning outcomes of practical courses offered to students during the semester, assessed by dance lecturers and instructors throughout the staging of the dance showcase. This showcase also serves as a platform for students to create, manage, and present a stage production as well as to introduce and promote programs offered by the Dance Department of the Cultural Centre, University of Malaya.
The biannual Dance Showcase aims to demonstrate the learning outcomes of practical courses offered to students during the semester, assessed by dance lecturers and instructors throughout the staging of the dance showcase. This showcase also serves as a platform for students to create, manage, and present a stage production as well as to introduce and promote programs offered by the Dance Department of the Cultural Centre, University of Malaya.
This dance was created by the late Daud Omar in 1976 as part of the national repertoire of the National Cultural Complex. It is one of the many dances choreographed to epitomize Malay folklore congruent to the uniformity of the Alam Melayu (Malay World) in its form and style. Songket is performed by female dancers, showing skills in dancing to an asli tune while holding the songket.
Choreography : Daud Omar (deceased)
Re-arrangement : MAWARKU
Instructor : Mohd Hairil Anuar Bin Bari
Dancers : Bai Jin, Chew Kai Min, Geetha Lakshimy Tamilmaran, Lee Kah Yuen, Rozilah
Binti Abdul Rahman, Shazreen Syahirah Binti Saini, Sha Yina, and Stephanie
Anak Lutan.