KESUMA Dance Showcase 2014 - Terinai (4)

3 & 4 December 2014
The biannual Dance Showcase aims to demonstrate the learning outcomes of practical courses offered to students during the semester, assessed by dance lecturers and instructors throughout the staging of the dance showcase. This showcase also serves as a platform for students to create, manage, and present a stage production as well as to introduce and promote programs offered by the Dance Department of the Cultural Centre, University of Malaya.
Originating from Bukit Keteri in the northern state of Perlis, Terinai is predominantly performed at weddings as a narrative of courtship and marriage. Dancers dance with lit candles placed on hand-held saucers and masterfully manouver the saucers around their dancing bodies. The dance is accompanied by the ‘serunai’ (double reed flute) and the ‘gendang terinai’ or ‘gendang keling’ drum ensemble consisting of two elongated barrel drums, a gendang ibu (mother drum) and a gendang anak (child drum0 with two knobbed hanging Gongs.
There are several repertoires in Terinai such as Terinai Mengadap (salutation), Ketam Bawa Anak (crabs carrying their young) and Dewa Raja (God-King). Originally, there was a strong element of improvisation based on the ‘silat’ martial arts movements, however, today, it is danced by an ensemble with set floor patterns and movements choreographed into the dance form.
Choreography : Pak Mei (deceased)
Re-arrangement : MAWARKU
Instructor : Mohd Hairil Anuar Bin Bari
Dancers : Izat Muzamil Bin Azri, Mohamad Amirul Bin said, Mohd Hafzal Bin Aziz,
Mohd Syafiq Bin Mahpul, Muhammad Nur Syafiq Bin Tumiran, Muhammad
Zharif Azzudin Bin Mohd Tahir, Sia Jau Huei and Wester Maljos.