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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 2009/2010

President: Johanna Johan Adam Chin
Vice-President: Khalid Supandi
Secretary: Sukmawati Supar
Treasurer: Siti Hidaya Anwardeen
Liaison Officer: Nur Farahin Salleh
Welfare Officer: Siti Fathimah Md T.
Apparel Manager: Farahdiana Fadilah
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Irdawati Roslan
Nur Hazwany Mohd Razali
Nadiah Mohd Shahjohan
Nur 'Shifa Mustafa

Contact Us

ilsatari@gmail.com

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! :)

Look at the excited faces! we were still in Changi!! :)

Zakiah with her emo pose after cycling for hours and finally reaching CHANGI back! :))

The view was too nice to not take a picture! :)
And presenting the cyclers for the day:

Sukma and her sexy red bikee!

Jo feeling tired after everything.. :)

Zakiah with her sungguh maitain smile!

Siti with her cari gadoh face! :))

And of course Kak Siti with Khalid! :)

The ROCK before we started with the runway which was OMG soo nice to cycle okay!

WE DID IT!!

After all the trials and tribulations, after the complaining and stop-it faces!

HAHA.

Last photo for the day before we all went to chill at Farahin's hse! :)

Well, school starts TODAY! So enjoy school life for now! :) Till next time!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

12:40 PM

It's Jo's birthday!! And we are having a PARTY!!

Okay, so it was technically just a small celebration, not a party but it's the thought that matters! :P SHE turns 1 today.. (secret secret!) Pictures! Pictures!

ooh yayy! the birthday girl with yummy mango cake!! :)

Not all the dancers in the picture though!! The rest was slowly walking to the studio! :)

Happy birthday Johanna!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

1:29 AM

Hello there again!

Since the exams are over and presumbaly we students have so much free time, we have been sentenced to perform! haha. which is not such a bad thing after all since we all missed dancing! :)

Thus, our first assignment for the holidays was the WTO Regional Trade Policy Course 2009 Opening Ceremony. Wow, that was a mouthful. Anyways, what better way to enjoy the performance by being there early and taking pictures just because we want to! I think it applies for all the Ilsa dancers, so all of us tend to enjoy this photo-taking sessions. :) Oh and that was after some of us got lost finding our way to the place!

Anyways, below are some picture snaps for all to enjoy! :)

yes, we look very busy and syimah is multi-tasking! very good. Saves time for everyone! Haha. We could only start with hair after our two saviours, Siti Kayos and Khalid went to buy hairsprays for us! How can we forget you must think? Well, we were quite excited to perform for such a long time and let's say it slipped our mind! Hah. :P

And when we are all ready to perform, what better way to while the time away then by taking pictures! Oh and this is our previous and current presidents. The reason why Ilsa practices are always kecoh and fun is because we have keh-ray-zeeeee people in charge! Oh the wonders of it all! :)

Mandatory group photo which we just love! And this picture was taken by Christabel, our group manager for those of you who do not know! :)

Our newly batch of alumnis, Irda and Shifa! :) Taking pictures with pretty curtains is a favourite pastime! Haha. :P

And yes, how can we forget Syimah who is doing the perempuan-melayu-terakhir (last Malay women on Earth) pose.

Just because there is the mirror and there is us. :)

Our current president, Johanna and vice-president, Khalid! :)

And of course Siti Kayos! Our resident baker and cook aka welfare officer! BUT she is more than just all that okay! She and Khalid came over to support us and help out with the hair, makeup and costume before the performance! Coz we believe the more the merrier, you see! :D

And finally, after the whole event.. Pictures with Dance Blast! ,Lion Dance and the organizers themselves! :)

And yes we are happy to be heading home after a rocking performance! Okay not rocking, maybe feminine? Hahs. Anyways, check out this blog for updates on our future performances and events yeah!

Until then much love,
Ilsa Tari <33>