Dancing in Place (DIP) is a dance program that presents site-specific dance work in Rimbun Dahan. This program will invite eight to ten local and international choreographers. These choreographers will produce site-specific dance work duration between eight and ten minutes. Choreographers are allowed to choose a space or site located in the Rimbun Dahan. Rimbun Dahan is a private land that has several houses, which is a modern and traditional Malay house proprietary by Hijjas Kasturi located in Kuang, Selangor. Rimbun Dahan surroundings consist of a studio for painters, dance studios, lounge artists, libraries, guest houses, swimming pools, art halls, tennis courts, flower gardens and art galleries that are under the management of Hijjas Kasturi’s wife, Angela Kasturi. According to Hunter (2015), site-specific choreography is a dance performance resulting from a response to a site and performed at a specific location. This study aims to see how this program, Dancing in Place at Rimbun Dahan has become a platform for producing site-specific dance work. Observation and participatory observation methods were used in this study to obtain information about the program.
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To Cite this Article: Wahid, N. B. A. (2020). Dancing in Place at Rimbun Dahan: A Place to Create a Site-Specific Choreography. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(2), 391–400.
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