East Point West | IFE

EAST POINT WEST | Interdisciplinary Festival of Embodiment

A meeting point of East & West
KUALA LUMPUR 4-14 July 2018

Have you ever thought to be part of a festival where diverse art forms such as dance, painting, film, healing & therapeutic modalities, yoga, chi gong as well as martial arts can be part of the experience? Sometimes we tend to keep doing in our lives without having a minute to reflect within. The integration of Eastern and Western philosophies and modalities can allow space and time to reflect, question, breathe, find new pathways in our career and life and take right actions.

Unity Space presents East Point West – IFE, a one-of-a-kind festival where you can experience diverse disciplines from across the world to find integration, unity and evolution in your art form as well as in life.

Video of Performance Workshop Teachers and Venues
https://vimeo.com/260059715

Promo Video
https://vimeo.com/255205229

PROGRAM
During the festival the participants have the choice to join two daily movement workshops titled “elective workshops” and one creative workshop titled “performance workshop”. The performance workshops in the end of the festival will culminate into a public performance as part of the DPAC Arts Festival on the 14th of July.

All workshops will be at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre

The selection of workshops is binding and can not be changed during the festival.

PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP TEACHERS

Each participant can choose one performance workshop for all festival

Anton Lachky – Puzzle Work
Edivaldo Ernesto – Depth Movement
Judith Sanchez Ruiz – Your Own God
Inaki Azpillaga – Powerful and Fragile
Vangelis Legakis – Embodied Unity

ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS

Each participant can choose two elective workshop each week

Dance Elective Teachers

Yen-Ching Lin (TAIWAN/UK) – Inner Flow Journey

Xin Xie (CHINA) – Techniques of Body Connection

Jay Jen (MALAYSIA) – Contemporary Release

Ren Xin (MALAYSIA) – Contemporary Release

Simon Thakur (AUSTRALIA) – Ancestral Movement

Celine Robineau (FRANCE) – Contact Improvisation – Inside Out

Yasukichi Suzuki (JAPAN) – Contact Improvisation – Let’s Go Together

Nashwa Bliss (SG/JP) – Cosmic Dance

Other Disciplines Electives

Master Workshop Jonas Westring (SWEDEN) – Anusara Yoga & Kirtan

Sebastian Weigel (GERMANY) – Martial Arts | Beyond the Technique: Grappling

Lee Tang Kok (MALAYSIA) – Tai Chi

Edward Beh (MALAYSIA) – Yoga Hatha

Tindy Chen (CHINA) – Yoga Hatha & Massage

Lek Kittikunadul (THAILAND) – Yin Yoga Therapeutic

Kritsada Niamjan (THAILAND) – Yoga Hatha / Ashtanga

Jessica Gabrielli (AUSTRALIA) – FoldenMove (Painting & Movement)

Simon Thakur (AUSTRALIA) – Chi Gong

Vangelis Legakis (GREECE/HK) Chi Gong & Kundalini Yoga

JOIN US
We are now accepting registrations! To be part of the festival we kindly ask you to send us your CV or Bio together with a motivation letter expressing why you feel this festival attracts you. Do also name clearly your preferable Performance Workshop and Elective Workshops you wish to be part of. The final selection of the participants for the Performance Workshops will be done according to the experience in dance and performance. For the Elective Workshops the selection will be on a first come first served basis. All workshops have a max capacity of participants which will be regulated by each teacher.

We endeavour to offer the best experience to all artists and teachers. We need to note that the festival does not receive any state or international funding.

Email for all enquiries and to submit your application:
[email protected]

COSTS:

FULL FESTIVAL PASS 720 Euros

It allows to be part in all workshops, including accommodation and breakfast

SPECIAL OFFERS
576 Euros to book with 2 people
468 Euros to book with 3 people
360 Euros for scholarships (Limited Availability Left)

HALF FESTIVAL PASS 390 Euros
It allows you to be part in either the performance or the elective workshops, including accommodation and breakfast.

For Malaysians we offer special prices
2000 RM for Full Festival Pass
1000 for Half Festival Pass

Extra Information can be found:
https://www.unityspace.org/about-1

We wish to offer new pathways in dance and life by integrating eastern with western philosophies and traditions. Our era at the current time is bombarded by so much information that is hard to grasp. The festival aims to offer the opportunity and the right environment for integration to happen. The Artistic Director of the festival, Vangelis Legakis, is organising, teaching and spreading interdisciplinary-integrative projects and festivals across the world to create and offer the opportunity to transform and integrate our life with dance itself. Together with Hoh May Yee, Anni Taskula, Miku Tsuchiya and Jason Michael Yap we are looking forward to welcoming you for this unique experience ♥

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EXTRA INFORMATION FOR YOU

Registration:​

After receiving your application we will get back to you with a confirmation. In case you don’t receive a confirmation email, your application has not landed to us and we kindly ask you to get in touch with us again. The processing of applications will be ongoing and places will fill up along the applications arrive. As soon as your application has been approved we will ask you to register by paying the full registration fee. Registrations and workshop selections are binding and can not be changed / refunded after payment but can be offered to another artist.

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Travel:

Participants are fully self responsible to book and manage their own travel. We recommend you to book flights early, since higher prices might occur in short-term bookings. You can visit www.momondo.com or www.skyscanner.com to find best prices. Malaysia is a great country to explore and with cheap flights is only a breath away from Singapore, Thailand, Bali, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos where you could continue your trip for exploring new cultures.

Accommodation and arrival:

Shared double rooms with private shower, beddings, towel and keys at SCC Hotel City Centre (7 mins walk from where the workshops will be)
Address: No. 368, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Kuala Lumpur

Incase you want to share a room with someone, please name this person in your application. We can not guarantee that all request will be possible to arrange, but we try our best to enable special wishes.

Registration will be at the hotel SCC Hotel City Centre starting from 12pm onwards.

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​The festival is supported by KLPAC & DPAC two art organisations that support the arts in KL for many years. Together we endeavour to bring unity in the arts across disciplines, cultures and continents.