KESUMA & UMa Online Dance Showcase Semester 1 2021/2022

Background of KESUMA & UMa

KESUMA was initially formed by a group of students at the Universiti Malaya (UM) in 1971 to promote traditional Malay dances on campus. KESUMA embodied repertoires of the National Cultural Complex (Kompleks Budaya Negara/KBN) in the 1970s to the extent that every aspect of the performance such as choreography, music, costumes, and accessories replicated the national dance troupe. It became popular both nationally and internationally. With the inception of the Dance Department at the Cultural Centre in UM in 2005, KESUMA was adopted as the traditional dance ensemble of the Universiti Malaya under the Dance Department. Instructors and performers of KESUMA comprise of lecturers, alumni, and students of the Dance Department.

UMa Dance was established in 2007 to enable its dance students to showcase contemporary works featuring challenging choreography. Although a young company, it has been gaining repute nationwide and was selected to perform at the World Dance Alliance Conference (Singapore, 2007), TARI – ASWARA International Dance Festival (Kuala Lumpur, 2009), Pra- Festival Negara Kretagama (Indonesia, 2009), Youth Dance Festival (Kluang, 2009-2011), Composition and Movement Analysis Program (C-MAP) Choreographers Festival International (Philippines, 2017), 2nd International Conference on Dance Education (Kuala Lumpur, 2018), and Dancing in Place (Selangor, 2019).

Cast Name

KESUMA Instructors

• Ahmad Zulfaridzmi bin Zainuddin
• Andrew Igai Jamu
• Mohammad Khairi bin Mokthar
• Mohd Hairil Anuar bin Bari
• Mohd. Hafzal bin Aziz
• Norsafini binti Jafar
• Tan Shioa Por

UMa choreographers

• Andrew Igai Jamu 
• Mohd Fauzi bin Amirudin
• Mohammad Khairi bin Mokthar
• Mohd. Hafzal bin Aziz
• Tan Chai Chen
• Wong Jyh Shyong

KESUMA & UMa Dancers 

• Students and alumni of the Dance Department, Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya

MAIN COMMITTEE

Curator & Artistic Director           

• Dr. Premalatha Thiagarajan

Assistant Artistic Directors   (KESUMA)

• Mohd Hairil Anuar bin Bari
• Mohammad Khairi bin Mokthar

Assistant Artistic Directors (UMa)              

• Wong Jyh Shyong
• Tan Chai Chen

STUDENT COMMITTEE

Head

• Lee Bei Yi

Assistant Head                     

• Muhammad Syazwan bin Razali

Virtual Platform Managers                                           

• Ahmad Zulfaridzmi bin Zainuddin (KESUMA)
• Ivy Soh Boon Ling (UMa)

Committee Members

• Cheines Jonathon anak Ningkan
• Fu Xinpei
• Ho CinXin
• Iffah Afiqah binti Mohd Sabri
• Koh Yi Wen
• Mohamad Shahril bin Abd Aziz
• Nasiha Shahierra binti Shariffuddin
• Nur Nabilah Filza binti Nurhaman
• Shobana Krishnan
• Syamsudin bin Noh
• Wong Yieng Zhu