Aswara troupe arrives for National Dance Tour

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Aswara Dance Company troupe will be performing at a free dance concert entitled ‘3 Faces Concert’ at the Auditorium, Kompleks JKKN at 7.30pm -10.30pm today.

KOTA KINABALU: The much anticipated performance by Aswara Dance Company troupe has arrived in Kota Kinabalu for the ‘Connecting Communities …National Dance Tour’ which will be held today, Saturday, at Kompleks JKKN. The dance tour is being presented by Sime Darby Yayasan.

The dance troupe is under the tutelage of renowned choreographer and dancer, Dr Joseph Gonzales, the Dean of Dance Faculty, ASWARA, who is also a local celebrity, having appeared as a judge in popular reality-dance television shows such as Sehati Berdansa and Mari Menari.

Aswara Dance Company is known as one of Malaysia’s top professional dance company that specializes in traditional and contemporary Malaysian dance performance and choreography.

One of the main objective of the tour is promote a better appreciation and understanding of cultures through dance, especially the dying traditional dances of Malaysia

The event is jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Kota Kinabalu (RCKK) & Society of Performing Arts Kota Kinabalu (SPArKS) and supported by Kompleks JKKN Sabah as the official venue.

A dance workshop on various local traditional dances such as Malay, Chinese and Indian and also contemporary hip hop will be held from 10am to 5pm, with registration at 8.30am–10am today.

On the same day at 7.30pm, ASWARA Dance Company will be performing a dance concert entitled ‘3 Faces Concert’ at the Auditorium, Kompleks JKKN at 7.30pm-10.30pm. The concert and workshop is open to public and is free.

Apart from the concert, Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) is donating a 14-seater Nissan Urvan 3.0 to the Community Based Rehabilitation Centre (CBR) Ranau as it is in dire need of a vehicle to transport its trainees back and forth from their homes to the centre, especially for those living far away from the centre.

For more information kindly contact Benjamin 012-8273939, Albert at 016-8205532 and Kompleks JKKN 088-237051.