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Art, dance and market events in Klang Valley this May
Never Stand Still
Date: May 22–24
Time: 8.30pm (May 22–23), 6pm (May 24)
Venue: KongsiKL, Kuala Lumpur
Entry fee: RM25–RM55
Choreographer Zulkarnain Zuber presents Never Stand Still, a contemporary dance production featuring four interconnected works on movement, pressure, family dynamics and urban exhaustion. Performed by Ask Dance Company members, interns and guest artists, the production marks the company’s first mixed-bill work staged in the unconventional performance space of KongsiKL.
Makers & Co Mother’s Day Market
Date: May 7–10
Time: 11am–10pm
Venue: The Campus, Ampang
Entry fee: Free
Makers & Co presents a Mother’s Day market featuring more than 50 local vendors, including housewives, working mothers, small business owners and mother-daughter duos. The four-day event includes curated gifts, dance and live keroncong performances, personalised poetry sessions, mother-and-daughter workshops, children’s activities, health and wellness support for mothers and a Story Booth sharing personal reflections on motherhood.
Roadkill
Date: May 9–June 7
Time: 12pm–6pm (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)
Venue: The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur
Entry fee: Free
The Back Room presents Roadkill, the first formal solo exhibition by Kuala Lumpur artist Silas Oo. The exhibition features ten ultra-fine line drawings based on roadkill encountered on city streets, with animal remains reimagined through car parts to examine death, fear and the uneasy overlap between machine and flesh.
I’m a Mum!?
Date: May 10–July 12
Time: 12pm–7pm
Venue: Cultprint by Zach Studio, George Town
Entry fee: Not specified
Cultprint presents I’m a Mum!?, a solo exhibition by Red Hongyi that traces a personal journey from pregnancy to the first 30 days of postpartum confinement. The exhibition explores early motherhood through works made with muslin, thread, needles and buttons, using these everyday materials to reflect care, labour and the changing sense of self after childbirth.
Charles Yang Reloaded
Date: May 16
Time: 8pm
Venue: Petronas Philharmonic Hall, KLCC
Entry fee: RM249–RM499
Grammy Award-winning violinist Charles Yang returns to the Petronas Philharmonic Hall for a pop crossover concert with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Gerard Salonga. The programme features classical-crossover interpretations of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Hotel California, Blackbird, Thriller and Billie Jean, with Yang also performing vocals on songs including Fly Me To The Moon and A Change Is Gonna Come.
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