Sibu International Dance Festival (SIDF) was first initiated and organized by the Hornland Dance Theatre in Sibu, Malaysia. In year 2012, it launched its first debut concert with the acknowledgement and support of the Sibu Municipal Council, Malaysia. Now It aims to hold as an annual event in mid-term school holiday of the second half semester of Malaysia in the largest town in the central zone of Sarawak, Sibu, which is located next to the Rejang River, the longest river in South-east Asia.
The 7th edition of SIDF will be held in August 21 to August 25, 2018. The festival is opened to all kinds of dance, traditional or contemporary, for all age groups and of all races and cultures, both locally and internationally.
The activities of the festival extend from indoor stages to outdoor stages, and even into the corners of the streets. This is hoped to draw and encourage more people to join the festival and be involved more directly and personally with the performers.
SIDF also aims to become the world platform for the artists and arts organization on local, regional and international levels to exchange dialogs, concepts, experiments, explorations and displaying the diversity of dances, and of course, to facilitate the development of tourism, art and culture in this region through this event.
| 1. | Period of the Festival: August 21-August 25, 2018 |
| Date of arrival: August 21, 2018 (Before 5pm) | |
| Date of departure: August 26, 2018 (Before 1pm) | |
| 2. | Activity of SIDF 2018 |
| 1. Welcoming Night (8pm August 21, 2018) | |
| 2. Dance seminar/talk/interaction | |
| 3. Outdoor site-specific performance | |
| 4. Workshop | |
| 5. Dance concert | |
| 3. | Application: |
| 3.1 Application Open: January 15, 2018 | |
| 3.2 Application Deadline: April 30, 2018 | |
| 3.3 Required Information | |
| 3.3.1 Overview Information; | |
| 3.3.2 Dance Information Form (for Welcoming Night, Dance Concert, and Outdoor Site-specific Performance) | |
| 3.3.3 Dance Workshop Information Form; | |
| 3.3.4 Dance Seminar Information Form; | |
| 3.3.5 Personal information of participant; | |
| 3.4 Submission of Application | |
| All the required information should be submitted before the deadline through www.sidfestival.com. Only electronic submissions are accepted. Please do not mail DVDs. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. For further information, please contact: sidfestival@gmail.com or info@sidfestival.com |
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| 3.5 Dance photos with costumes are much appreciated | |
| Please submit 10 pieces of high solution picture of each dance piece in jpeg format. Images must be at least 1.5 MB, or 300dpi or width or height of more than 1200px. The picture will be applied for the press release and the festival booklet. | |
| 3.6 Confirmation of participation | |
| SIDF will send an official invitation to the selected participating group in three weeks after the expiry date. No explanation will be given to any group which is not accepted by the committee of SIDF 2018. The participating group has to return an official letter to confirm the participation with the confirmed flight booking slips to SIDF before June 30, 2018. The period of SIDF 2018 is the middle second semester school holiday of Malaysia and the flight always full during the school. We advise participants to book the flight ticket to Sibu earlier. The earlier to book the flight tickets, the price will be cheaper. Flight company from Kuala Lumpur to Sibu: www.malaysiaairlines.com and www.airasia.com |
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| 4. | Performances: |
| The venues of performance include indoor, outdoor stage, and open nature venue. | |
| 4.1 3-night main concert in indoor venue: | |
| This is a theatre-like performance space which can accommodate about 1200 seats.The maximum duration of time for the 3-night performance for each group is 20 minutes.The 20 minutes of performance for dance concert can be a full piece or a combination of several different dance works.The 20 minutes of program can be performed in one night or slot in the three different nights of the main concert from August 23 to August 25, 2018. | |
| Applications without viable video links will not be considered. The video links must be via YouTube or other video hosting site. | |
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| 4.2 Outdoor site-specific performance venue: | |
| The venue will be in a nature park or an outdoor nature venue. Audience will sit or stand in close distance surround the performers.Participant groups will choose one of the locations selected by the organiser to do the performance. The duration for each dance is 5-10 minutes.The performance will be held during the day in the festival period | |
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| *Please be noted that the outdoor performance will be cancelled if weather creates unsafe performance conditions on the outdoor space. | |
| 4.3 Welcoming Night Performance: | |
| Participant groups will present one dance which is 4-8 minutes.The Welcoming Night will be held in a hotel ballroom on August 21, 2018 starts at 8pm. Each group will present one dance 4-8 minutes only.The purpose of arranging the performance is more on the interaction between the participating groups and cheering up everyone in the welcoming night.Souvenirs will be given out to each group by the government officials or the community leaders in the night. | |
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| 5. | Other activities: |
| 5.1 Dance Workshops | |
| The organizer will provide venues for participants to interact with professional dance choreographers or instructors.Those who like to share dance skills and technique in the festival, will assign a representative as the lecturer/facilitator to host a dance workshop.The workshop facilitators shall provide the organizers the personal profile, the materials about the dance workshop such as printed materials, CD of music and if possible a DVD of the dance which shall be reproduced and distributed to the participants.Duration of workshop: 1 hour or 1 hour 30 minutes.Target participants: Dance lovers or students, or those who may not have professional dance training background. | |
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| 5.2 Dance Seminar/talk | |
| Those who like to share the dance knowledge, concepts, and choreographing ideas will assign a representative as the lecturer/facilitator to host a dance seminar/talk.Duration: 1 hour or 1 hour 30 minutes.Target participants: The seminar is opened to the public. | |
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| 5.3 Dance Interaction/Conversation | |
| There will be a conversation based on the dance performance of the night before. The dance conversation will be attended by directors, choreographers, dancers, and audience to share the knowledge, experience in choreography and in dance education as well.Duration: 1 hour or 1 hour 30 minutes.Target participants: The seminar is opened to the public. | |
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| 5.4 Cultural Day Tour | |
| The Dayak is the biggest population group in Sarawak. If participant groups like to experience the culture and living of the Dayak people in the longhouse before or after the festival, the arrangement can be made in early. However, the expenses will be paid by the participants. RM100 each person for a day trip will be paid to the travel agent. | |
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| 6. | Supports from the Organizer: |
| 6.1 Transportation | |
| All participant groups should arrive at Sibu on the 21st of August 2018 before 5pm and leaving on the 26th of August 2018 before 1pm. SIDF Welcoming Night will be held on 21st of August 2018 starts at 8:00pm. Participants are responsible for their flight transportations and expenses to and depart from Sibu. SIDF does not pay the flight expenses for the participants.During the period of SIDF, the organizer will provide local transportation to all sites of the official activities and the transfer between Sibu airport and hotel. However, transportation will be provided according to the time prescribed on the transport timetable. Apart from the timetable, will have to pay for the transport fee. | |
| 6.2 Accommodation | |
| The organizer will provide accommodation to all dance groups for 5 nights (from August 21 to August 25, 2018). The SIDF only provide accommodation to a maximum of 16 members of each group (14 dancers, 1 director, 1 choreographer). Check in on August 21, 2018 before 5pm and check out on August 26, 2018 before 1pm.Please note that SIDF is not responsible for the expenses of accommodation if the group arrives earlier or departs later than the date decided by SIDF.All participants will be arranged to stay in RH Hotel, Sibu, which is a 4-star hotel. However, it is a sharing based on the room. Depends on the size of the room provided by the hotel, two to four persons will be sharing a room. And the members from the different groups will be arranged to share a room when it is necessary. Those who do not want to share a room with others will have to pay for the room charges at the registration counter. One room is RM180 per night. Hotel website: http://www.rhhotels.com.my/ |
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| 6.3 Meals | |
| During the 5-day period of Sibu International Dance Festival 2018, the organizer shall provide meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) to all participants through the assigned Liaison Officer to a maximum of 16 members of each group (14 dancers, 1 director and 1 choreographer). Meals will be paid by the participants if arrive earlier or departs after the prescribed date and time. Meals will only be served within the prescribed dinning time on the timetable. | |
| 7. | Insurance and other fees |
| All participants are requested to arrange for own individual travel and medical insurance during the stay in Malaysia. Other expenses such as the visa fee shall be covered by the participants. | |
| 8. | Rules to be observed by participant groups |
| 8.1 Follow the scheduled program | |
| 8.2 Attend all related activities arranged by SIDF 2018. | |
| 8.3 Cooperate with all the arrangements and instructions given by the staff members. | |
| 8.4 Be punctual for all activities. Late arrival or early departure is not allowed. | |
| 8.5 SIDF reserves the rights to broadcast the festival performances, partly or entirely. | |
| 8.6 SIDF reserves the rights to use any performance pictures or videos for the Festival’s sake. | |
| 8.7 No open flame is allowed in any of our buildings at any time, including all theatres and dressing rooms. | |
| 8.8 Smoking is prohibited in all buildings. Please inform any smokers of this in advance of your arrival to avoid any misunderstandings. | |
| 8.9 Please take care of your personal valuables to the festival, we have a limited ability to provide secure storage for personal property, and are not responsible should your personal property be lost or be stolen. Please contact the counter of the hotel to arrange for safe keeping of personal belongings and any company equipment. | |
| 8.10 Only authorized personnel will be allowed to enter back stage or onstage. Due to limited space, for your safety and ours, friends or family members are prohibited backstage or onstage. | |
| 8.11 All photography and video recording in the indoor performance venue which did not authorize by SIDF committee are prohibited. Participant groups will receive a video link of their indoor performance to use for non-profit promotional purposes. All participant groups will get a password from SIDF to download the picture from the official website. | |
| 8.12 All company equipment and belongings must be removed from the performance space following your performance. You may not leave items to be picked up following your departure. | |
| 8.13 Cooperate with the organizer to achieve successful Sibu International Dance Festival 2018. | |
| 9. | Any inquiry, please contact: |
| SIBU INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL No. 46, 3rd Floor, Lane 1 Lanang Road, 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. Tel: 006 084 349932 Mobile: +6 0168937614 Fax: 006 084 349932 Email: sidfestival@gmail.com info@sidfestival.com Website: http://sidfestival.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/sibu international dance festival |
