Straddle #2025 - 'We build this city on..." Artists Conversation moderated by Bilqis Hijjas

A moderated discussion between Bilqis Hijjas and choreographers in KL (January Low, Lee Ren Xin) and Montreal (Dana Michel, Kim-Sanh Châu, Louise Michel Jackson), touching on creating new worlds, working solo or collaboratively and anxieties faced in creating work in their respective spaces.


About the moderator:
Bilqis Hijjas is manager of the arts program at Rimbun Dahan, her family's centre which focuses on arts, architecture and the environment. Formerly a dance producer and president of MyDance Alliance, a membership organisation supporting dance in Malaysia, she launched the popular site-specific performance platform Dancing in Place. She writes about dance on her website Critics Republic, and in 2024 was awarded an ArtsEquator Fellowship recognising mid-career arts writers in Southeast Asia.


Details of the conversation:
Date: 10th April 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 10am - 12pm
Venue: Five Arts Centre @ 9th Floor, GMBB, KL

This artists conversation is part of the programme of Straddle #2025. For the full programme pass, please check out details here. 

Straddle #2025 is a new platform by Five Arts Centre aimed at nurturing connections between artists in Kuala Lumpur and other cities. 

A special shoutout to our community partner, GMBB.