WORSHIPPING SHIVA: Win Thang

Sat 18th September 2010 @ 8.00 pm TFA Penang

Sun 26th September 2010 @ 7.00 pm TFA Singapore

A young Cambodian Chinese living in Paris watches a Bharatanatyam
performance for the first time and is “forever enthralled”. That experience immediately leads him to the doorstep of Madame Vidya du Mandapa, his first dance guru, disciple
of MK Saroja of Chennai, India. Five years of learning and loving the dance won him a chance to take part in the European Dancers of Indian Dances Festival in Geneva.
Upon Win’s first visit to Chennai, he immediately understood that he was standing on haloed ground; this was where his thirst for knowledge and understanding of the dance can begin to be quenched! Astutely, he applied for a two-year ICCR scholarship, and thus began the extension of his margam, or his journey in dance, under M Selvam at the Muthuswami Pillai Institute.
However, within the year, his path took a turn, and he found himself in the presence of Kalakshetra gurus Professor CV Chandrasekhar and Shrimati Meena Raman. With these masters, he lived and studied for seven years. It was also during this time that Win discovered the guru of his very first dance teacher: MK Saroja who became his
mentor and was inspired by her to gather his friends of the art to go forth to share their love and passion for the dance with the world.
Win Thang has been performing in spaces both sacred and secular in France, Italy, India and Taiwan. This year, en route to Taiwan, a chance visit to Kuala Lumpur in April brought him to The Temple of Fine Arts. An informal performance for teachers and students at TFA Kanagasabai struck a chord.
In this month of September, Win shares his love and passion for the dance with Malaysian art lovers at The Temple of Fine Arts in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and Singapore by presenting two different programmes!

Worshipping Shiva: 18th Sept TFA Penang / 26th Sept TFA Singapore

nandi sollu • naatai / vasanta
jathiswaram • shankarabharanam
shankara rudra • shankara
kalai tukki • yadukula kambodi
yethai kandu nee • kalyani
adum azhagai • durga
thillana • kirvani

 

Bhakti Margam: 22nd Sept TFA Kuala Lumpur / 25th Sept TFA Johor Bahru

jan tum • naatai
shabdam: murugan • kambodi
dasavataram • ragamalika
amba stuthi • ananda bhairavi
ashtapadi: nindati chandanam • yemen
thillana • madhuvanti

 

For more info:

TFA Penang 604-2288575 / TFA Kuala Lumpur 603-22743709

TFA Johor Bahru 607-2227400 / TFA Singapore +65-65350509