ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

2004 - 2006    Postgraduate Degree in Choreography Dance Unlimited. Codarts, Hogeschool Voor De Kunsten, afd. Rotterdamse Dansacademie.

Thesis:

“Dream Theory in Malaysian Performance Rituals. Suggesting shifts, rebellious

resistance and revolution as a tool for New Dance, Performance and Choreography”

Courses of study:

Concept Development, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Work, Choreographic Projects,

Laban Movement Analysis and Technique for Theater/Drama, Music, Dance, Group

Composition, Dance and Camera, Dance and Computer (MAC and Life Forms), Light

Design, Dance and Media, Art Lectures, Production Management, Choreographic

supervision and intervention, Individual Study on Artistic Research.

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1990–1994    BFA Dance. University of North Carolina, Greensboro; cum laude with Distinction, emphasis in Performance and Choreography

Courses of study:        

Dance (modern - hawkins, cunningham, limon technique, ballet, exploration and improvisation, contact improv, african-american, jazz), introduction to dance, theater appreciation, dance appreciation, somatic practices in dance, practicum in dance performance/repertory, choreography-craft, process, group forms, dance history, creative synthesis in dance, performance theory and practise, dance production, the body and motion in dance, music for dance, independent study, the arts as human experience, creative process: dance perspective, art history and jazz music study.

1988-89    Certificate in Creative Arts, University Sains Malaysia, Penang

Courses of study:        

Introduction to basic dance forms (traditional, silat, modern), acting and directing technique, children theatre performance and production, light and design, theatre history, performance practice, theatre in education.

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