KUALA LUMPUR: The Bachelor of Performing Arts programme at Taylor’s has been enhanced with newly launched dance and music specialisations, as Taylor’s University and The Actors Studio (Tutas) kind new collaborations with the Young Choral Academy (YCA) and the ASK Dance Company (ADC). These collaborations present additional alternatives for Taylor’s students to hone and grasp their abilities in a subject of their selecting, be it dance, music or theatre.
YCA director Susanna Saw, who has an intensive and illustrious report not solely in the native but in addition worldwide music scene, is main the music specialisation. As a longtime educator, having lectured and directed choirs at native universities, she is going to expose Taylor’s performing arts students to music productions, the place they will achieve skilled expertise in the sector.
Saw has additionally served as a decide at quite a few worldwide choral festivals and is an lively speaker at music training occasions.
ADC founder and inventive director Prof Dr Joseph Gonzales leads the dance specialisation. As a well-established educator and artiste of the performing arts scene, each regionally and internationally, his choreography in a number of genres of dance, theatre and musical theatre have established him as a number one mild in the dance enviornment.
Taylor’s performing arts students could have publicity to the newest in new up to date dance strategies, elevating the programme additional. Among the dance specialisations provided are modules in ballet, up to date dance, conventional Malay dance, hip hop, jazz and even “silat”, a conventional type of Malay self-defence.
Students in this specialisation will receive training and coaching on the basics of dance taught by famend doyens of the dance trade, together with Gonzales.
During the launch ceremony on the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Taylor’s University vice-chancellor and president Prof Barry Winn mentioned: “We are humbled and excited to have companions resembling YCA and ADC working along with Tutas in increasing the scope of the performing arts conservatory programme. The introduction of those extra tracks will convey additional recognition to the programme.”
Tutas co-founder and programme improvement director Datuk Dr Faridah Merican, mentioned: “This is a dream come true for us to welcome very long time buddies and collaborators, ADC and YCA, to the Tutas household. I’m sure it’s thrilling information for younger people who find themselves pursuing the performing arts, as a result of not solely do they get to study from the most effective of the most effective in every subject, however they’re now in a position to discover the completely different genres of performing arts at Tutas.”
Its co-founder and programme inventive director Joe Hasham mentioned: “As Malaysia’s solely conservatory-style performing arts programme, Tutas has attracted students from everywhere in the world, together with Japan, Korea, Indonesia and China in addition to alternate students from the Netherlands, Germany and Spain.
“The introduction of dance and music specialisations makes it much more engaging as these students can entry not solely a full-fledged performing arts centre that acts as their campus however every companion’s wealth of experience, know-how and trade connections. It will really be a spot the place they will select who they wish to be.”
The new dance and music specialisations will probably be out there for aspiring students in April. For inquiries and extra info on the Bachelor of Performing Arts programme, please go to https://bit.ly/BPASpecialisations.
