On 25 March 2018, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi has organized a dance competition entitled Pentas Semarak Seni UKM 2018. Fusion Dance Group consisting of Nad Sukarno, Anis Yahya, Lilys Jah Yatim, Inda Azman, Syafiq Amri, Megat Amir, Ealbie Breandent and Zhafran, led by Izzie Islam participated in the competition under the open category by bringing the Zapin Sebat dance and the Inang dance choreographed by Izzie Islam.
This is the first time for me (Lilys Jah Yatim) to get involved in the Fusion Dance group. Alhamdulillah our training process for this competition went smoothly as each dancer has knowledge in both dances of choice. So, it doesn’t take much time to learn dance movements and dance choreography. We also focus more on making sure every dancer has the same shape and making sure every dancer is comfortable with each other. However, the shortcoming of our group at the time was the limited costumes to ensure the men’s and women’s costumes matched. Thankfully with the help of friends as well as the efforts of a group we were able to solve the costume problem.
The competition starts in the afternoon session where each group has to come early in the morning for a draw session as well as a training session on stage. There are more than 10 groups involved under the IPT/open category which was judged by an invited jury, namely Kerol Mokhtar and Hafzan Zannie. Upon completion of the afternoon session. each participant must wait for the results of the competition to be announced at night. Thank God, the Dansa Fusion group managed to get the runner -up even though there were a few obvious mistakes during our performance.
The organizers are very professional and orderly in implementing this competition to ensure that the participants are comfortable and the tentative program runs smoothly. It is hoped that the UKM Semarak Seni Stage competition can be organized again in the future.
Prepared by lilys Jah Yatim
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