“The Plots of a Tyrant ”Based on William Shakespeare’s Richard III 

《另一夜，暴君的阴谋》取材自莎士比亞的理查三世

Date: 22-23.07.16（Fri/Sat）,8.30pm
Venue: Pentas 2, KLPAC

As the world celebrates Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary, Nyoba Kan has conceived a production based on William Shakespeare’s Richard III — with a Butoh injection and interpretation.

As passionate Butoh practitioners in Malaysia, we have a strong desire to communicate and interact with Japanese Butoh Artistes; to work, to collaborate and learn from one another, in an effort to achieve the best possible outcome in our work. Thus this year we have invited a young, up and coming Butoh artiste Nobuyoshi Asai to work with us in this production together with composer Yii Kah Hoe ( Malaysia) and Max Riefer (Germany) together with musician from South Korea and USA. Special guest performance Tung Jit Yang. We hope to cultivate a platform of exchange where it can also provides an opportunity for Japanese Butoh Artistes to learn about ‘Butoh in Malaysia’. 

Choreograper/Dancers: Nobuyoshi Asai ( Japan), Lee Swee Keong (Malaysia)

Composer: Yii Kah Hoe (Xiao)/Max Riefer(Percussion)

Musician:  Min-Yung Lee (Cello), Anne Harley (Vocalist)

Guest performer: Tung Jit Yang

Costume: Dominique Devorsine

Partner : Shakespeare 400 The Actors Studio

Presented by : The Actors Studio
Supported by : Asia Center, Japan Foundation, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre

Lee Swee Keong - Choreographer and dancer (Malaysia)

Lee Swee Keong is the founder of Nyoba Kan, the premier Butoh dance group in Malaysia.

Nobuyoshi Asai - Choreographer and dancer (Japan)

Nobuyoshi Asai practiced street dance at an international level during his youth. For a year, he joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York. Former dancer in Dairakudakan and Sankai Juku. Formed his own company Pierre Mirror and base in France.  Www.nobuyoshiasai.com

Yii Kah Hoe - Composer /musician(Xiao)

Yii Kah Hoe, currently is the president of Society of Contemporary Composers. He has been involved in many Nyoba Kan related productions in the past as composer and musician: ”The Spirits Play“, ”Green Snake & the Monk“, (awarded for Best music and sound design) and ”The Rhapsody of River Wisdom“.

Max Riefer - composer/Musician (Percussion)

Max Riefer one of the outstanding percussionists that performed in previous Nyoba Kan related productions such as "The Spirits Play" and "Green Snake and the Monk". Catch his performance in "Car Park and the Six Incidents of Murder".

Anne Harley - Musician (Vocalist)

Anne is a prize-winning performer-scholar and an educator and was trained in voice and opera performance. She has premiered, performed and recorded works by contemporary composers from various countries.

Min-yung Lee - Musician (Violoncellist)

Min-yung Lee (South Korea) holds a permanent position as Violoncellist with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra / Germany. In addition, she currently serves as lecturer at the UiTM Faculty of Music in Malaysia.

Our city needs to spark with performing arts! 

Please support us!

Nyoba Kan Butoh Fest 2016 need your support to gets the production team funded. We are passionate and excited to share our collaboration ideas and creation to the public but at the same time we hope artists are being paid as an gratitude for their contributions. 

This is to encourage the continuous of arts exchange, gaining experiences and collaboration among artists from various arts backgrounds and even from various countries. 

This is a very meaningful as your financial support is an encouragement to  promote performing arts to the local community and is also part of community service.

Our city needs to spark with performing arts! Please support us!

Thank you.

寿板国际舞踏祭2016需要您的支助。

寿板舞踏一直寻找更辽阔，更多可能性的平台，籍此为舞踏注入更多的养分，让舞踏展现其美学的远望。今年迎来第九届的壽板国际舞踏祭，壽板舞踏艺术总监李瑞强特邀了许多国际知名艺术家，如来自德国，美国，韩国的乐手和日本的舞踏手浅井信好(Nobuyoshi Asai)一起欢庆壽板国际舞踏祭，势必为本地观众带来更多冲击和感动。

这次的壽板国际舞踏祭有二主要节目：

1. 壽板舞踏艺术总监李瑞强所编导的《这个夜，灵的告白》

 2. 李瑞强与浅井信好联合编舞的《另一夜，暴君的阴谋》

演出中集结了不同背景的艺术工作者参与，包括剧场，舞蹈，音乐，装置艺术和影像艺术。多方面的艺术交融和碰撞，将会激发创作者热情、潜力和想像的空间。

民间艺术表演团体正积极累计不同经验，希望推广及发扬本土的文化。

这是一项有意义的人文社会活动，也是回馈社会的善举。

我们需要您的关注与财务支持，您的资助对我们是很大的鼓励。

财务会资助以下的经费：

· 艺术工作者的艺术费用

· 道具及服装的制作费

谢谢。