Dancing with Kindred Spirits
7 min read
The Moved by Padi project.Dance and theatre fans know Aida Redza for her extraordinary and fearless performances. While grounded in a firm knowledge of th...
Ways of Becoming
2 min read
The earth is dark. Gley soil mixed with alluvium, made heavy by the monsoon rains. Dusk is falling. Amid the quiet all is not quite still. A circling of birds....
Conversations and Explorations: Pauline Fan
9 min read
AdvertisementTranslation matters. It always has, but perhaps now more than ever. It is a paradox that globalisation offers the technological means of...
Doors of Perception and Translation
15 min read
Beyond a handful of specialists, knowledge of historical French connections with Penang and the wider Malay archipelago is thin. Perhaps this should not come as...
Chance Decides at The Italian Restaurant
8 min read
Historically, Noh is a form of theatre involving narrative, music, dance and drama, originating in fourteenth-century Japan, though its roots go even further back – drawing on ritual celebrations, popular entertainments, traditional dances and courtly music.
Conversations and Explorations: Leela Devi Panikar - Spinning Short Stories
13 min read
Panikar’s latest collection, The Darjeeling Affair, is just out. And like the others, it carries all the hallmarks of good short-story writing: brevity, fleetness (sometimes even curtness), and unflinching attention to small details.