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NUS ILSA TARI

Established in the early eighties, the NUS Malay Dance was renamed the NUS Ilsa Tari in 1998.With its new identity, the group aims to stage more challenging pieces. Under the guidance of tutor/choreographer Osman Abdul Hamid, the People's Association Malay Dance Group's choreographer and Singapore's Young Artist Award winner, the group performs traditional dances such as inang, ronggeng, zapin, lambak and silat. It also blends contemporary dance forms - where dancers move with free flow of sharp movements - with its traditional pieces. This results in traditional and contemporary dance fusions.

OUR CHOREOGRAPHER

Osman Abdul Hamid joined the People Association and the former Sriwana Mala Dance Groups in 1979 and was trained by Mr Nongchik Ghani, Mr Saileh Buang and Mdm Som Said. A tutor/choreographer of the NUS Ilsa Tari since 1995, he is also the choreographer of the Peoples Associations Malay Dance Group. His works are often presented together with music. He has represented Singapore at four ASEAN Performing Arts Festivals and in many overseas cultural exchange programmes. Osman has been conferred the prestigious Singapore Youth Award (Service) and the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council.

OUR VISION

To create platforms for us to showcase our passion and skills in contemporary Malay Dance.

OUR MISSION

Our current mission is to develop and nurture committed, passionate and skilled dancers. Furthermore, we aim to participate in active outreach to the Malay arts community through performance and school events.
EXCO 2010/2011

President: Nur Farahin Salleh
Vice-President: Dinie Dasuki Osman
Secretary: Siti Nurhidaya Anwardeen
Treasurer: Zakiah Fatin Saiful Imran
Liaison Officer: Siti Aishah Zahari
Apparel Manager: Nurul Deena
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Irdawati Roslan
Nur Hazwany Mohd Razali
Nadiah Mohd Shahjohan
Nur 'Shifa Mustafa
Johanna Johan Adam Chin
Khalid Supandi
Contact Us

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

12:30 PM

This is coming to you a little late, but as they say, better late than never! :P

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI, MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN from all of us at ILSA TARI!!!

Here we have some photos for your viewing pleasure...

Ilsa at Cikgu Osman's house!

The girls...

Group photo with tuan-tuan rumah! :D

Crazyyy fun people!!! haha

Yang mana satu, idaman kalbu...? :P

More are up on facebook! :)

Also on facebook is our event page for Imbas... Ampas- Kenangan Bersamamu, happening NEXT SATURDAY, 2nd OCTOBER 2010, 3pm & 8pm @ University Cultural Centre Theatre!!! If you have not gotten your tickets yet, what are you waiting for?? Also part of our production are singers from Anugerah! So book your tickets fast because our show is not to be missed!! Call Dinie @ 94554914 or drop us a message on our facebook events page: Imbas...Ampas- Kenangan Bersamamu.

Don't you forget it! :))

You can also check out NUSIlsaTari's youtube channel for practice videos and updates!

So, see you there on 2nd October!

much love from Ilsa. :)

Labels: hari raya 2010

Monday, August 23, 2010

4:32 PM

After a long silence from our blog, we shall be revamping it soon enough. As long as we can squeeze time from our oh-so-very busy schedules, i'm sure it will be updated soon enough. :)

I'm sure you all would have heard about Ilsa's upcoming production this coming October! Details are below:

Title: Imbas... Ampas - kenangan bersamamu (Reminiscing... Ampas - memories of you)
Date: 2nd October 2010
Time: 3pm & 8pm
Venue: UCC Theatre
Tickets: 3pm - $13, 6pm - $16 (Free seating)

We are all so very excited about it! Well if you're not, too bad because I am!
Anyways, if you are interested to buy tickets you can contact Dinie - 94554914 or Farahin - 97962960. Or if you're too shy, you can always email us at imbasampas@gmail.com for further enquiries!

Anyways, we had our regular practice yesterday and for some it was the first time they made their way to PA for practice and for the rest of us it felt good to be back. :D Did techniques and I swear that my bones and muscles will be sore tomorrow. But whatever it is, the steps were refreshing because its been so long since it has been used that it seems all new to us again.

Well, just a short entry for now. Do enjoy the clip of our practice tomorrow and do come back for future updates on the production!

Monday, November 16, 2009

8:10 AM

It is less than a week before the start of exams and everyone are in jitters!

The ilsa dancers have been mugging either secretly (or non at all) and openly in school, starbuck chains around Singapore as well as at home. :) We all cannot wait to finish the exams and start dancing already! :(

Kudos to the Teater Tari Era dancers on a great performance in front of world leaders last weekend! :) Superb! Although we were only able to see snippets of it, but with the calibre of the dancers I'm sure all went well! :)

So as of now, although I have not been blogging and updating much of this blog.. No worries, come 1st December it shall be updated enough for all to read and share. <3

Much love and all the best to all who are having their exams during this period. :)

ALL THE BEST EVERYONE! :)

XOXO

Friday, October 09, 2009

4:27 PM

Ilsa wants to wish all Muslims SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR BATIN!

it has been an exciting and tiring eid for the dancers as we have been busy for the practices for the Dance Reflections 2009 - Body Language that was stage on 25th September 2009! 2 weeks has flown by and it's back to mugging and writing of essays and whatever a school education encompasses.

We would like to share our gratitude to the seniors who have come down for every practice and who have performed with us for the last DR!! In terms of seniority: Kak Shaheeda, Kak Indah, Kak Zuraini, Kak Irda and Kak Shifa! Thanks for your support for Ilsa all this while! WE LOVE YOU! :))

And of course thanks to all the dancers from the 5 other dance groups for sharing the stage with us! :) Much love from Ilsa!

To all Ilsatarians, we shall meet again on Monday for practice yeah! :) OH pictures from DR are found on our individual's facebook but below are some photos:

Oh yes, not to forget, Ilsa is going jalan raya this sunday, 11th October 2009! :)

So alumnis if you are free on that date and more than happy to join us for visiting, just contact Johanna or Khalid okays! :)

See you there or be square!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

12:28 PM

Ilsa dancers have been busy with practices for the upcoming Dance Reflections - Body Language.

Thus, we decided that we had to have a break from all the dance practices! Thus, the idea of going cycling came into mind. Mind you, this is NO leisure cycling okay. Although most of the dancers have not cycled since eons ago, and we can barely remember how to cycle, we decided to cycle from Changi through Pasir Ris, Tampines, Bedok to East Coast Park and back to Changi in 1 Day.

If only you could be there and see how our tired faces look like and how much complaining was going on throughout the 5hrs cycling trip (which of course was filled with taking pictures, resting, playing the swing, having a break at Bedok Corner, resting, taking pictures and more resting! )!!

Although we felt tired after the whole entire trip, it sure was an experience that the dancers would not forget! And of course what is a blog entry without pictures from the day's event! :)