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Odissi with a twist | Star2 review

Odissi dancers are known for their graceful and sensual moves. Photos: The Star/M. Azhar Arif Odissi with a twist OCTOBER 2, 2015 BY REVATHI MURUGAPPAN Sutra Dance Theatre (SDT) is synonymous with odissi, but on Sept 27, the company gave a new spin to the dance form....

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Quintessential Sutra | Silver fish promotion

Ramli Ibrahim recently gave an illustrated talk to promote Sutra's newest publication Quintessential Sutra at Silverfish, Bangsar Village (Level 2) on the 3 October 2015, 5pm. This beautiful pictorial book traces Sutra's journey from 2004 - 2015 presenting highlights...

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Ganjam at Istana Budaya, KL

After all the efforts to stage GANJAM, simultaneously overseeing that the rest of the productions in the Festival runs smoothly, it is amazing to think that GANJAM, is now over. There are now just two more productions to go over the weekend : The Tree (Dua Space) and...

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A MAGICAL DANCE CONCOCTION

KLIAF 2015: A MAGICAL DANCE CONCOCTION AUG29 By Meena Sreenivasan Bernard Shaw once said “There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it”. The same thing can be said about Dance. There is no such thing as good and bad dance. There is only dance....

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Najib launches arts fest

KUALA LUMPUR: The DiverseCity 2015 Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival got off to roaring start at an event launched by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Monday. The inaugural festival was launched by the Prime Minister in conjunction with National Day celebrations...

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Just do the steps

Ramli Ibrahim By Hema Iyer Ramani >> source << “Just do the steps that you’ve been shown By everyone you’ve ever known Until the dance becomes your very own No matter how close to yours Another’s steps have grown In the end there is one dance you’ll do...

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Quintessential Sutra — A timeless journey of a dancer

>> Source << PUDUCHERRY: For Malaysian classical dancer Ramli Ibrahim, innovation isn't about a break from the past. Instead it's all about timelessness. "I see modernity as a continuum of tradition and there are different kinds of maternities, not just...

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KL international dance festival | Flash Mob at Pavilion

It was significant and synchronistic that the recent KLIDance Festival flash-mobs took place exactly at the same Low Yat Plaza KL, almost right the after the incident of ‘theft turned racial Malay-Chinese skirmish’ at this thriving electronic gadget mall. I had rushed...

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Mastery of forms

Mastery of forms Aruna Chandaraju, August 9, 2015, DHNS >> Source << Dance legend For viewers of Sutra Dance Theatre’s creation, Krishna, Love Re-invented, the production was yet another illustration of the legendary Ramli Ibrahim’s artistic acumen. It...

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