Indrayu Academy Of Performing Arts

Indrayu Academy Of Performing Arts
KOTHARI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, B-279, B Block, Sector 50, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India
https://www.indrayuacademy.in/
Indrayu Academy of Performing Arts is a purpose-built cultural complex anchored in the heart of Ampang, Selangor. Designed in the style of a Malay palace, its sweeping red tiled roof, carved teak panels and courtyard fountains suggest permanence and welcome. Upon entering, you pass through a bamboo-lined lobby into the Aliya Azlan Theatre, a 300-seat black box that can be reconfigured for proscenium, thrust or in-the-round presentations. Sprung maple floors, 30 possible lighting positions and a Meyer Sound system give professional riders everything they demand, yet the rake and pitch were deliberately kept intimate so that parents can sit five metres from their six-year-old’s first piano recital.

Behind the theatre lies the beating heart of Indrayu: 16 climate-controlled studios finished in merbau and cherry. Two are grand at eighty square metres, lined with full-length acoustic mirrors and sprung Harlequin floors for classical ballet and Odissi; four are medium chambers for sitar, veena or gamelan where double-leaf doors isolate echo to within 0.4 second; another ten small rooms serve as one-on-one instruction pods where vocals, drum kit, piano and tabla can coexist without bleed. Every room is hard-wired to a central server so that students can re-listen to their own lessons after class via QR code; staff also keep an archive of more than 13 000 masterclass videos from past visiting artists such as sitarist Shujaat Khan and jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti.

The curriculum spans both Malay and global heritage. Weekly classes range from keroncong violin, Mak Yong dance, and gambus to Western orchestral strings, jazz improvisation and musical-theatre triple-threat training. Certification routes are aligned with Australia’s AMEB, the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, allowing students to sit exams on site. But Indrayu’s signature is its interdisciplinary productions that encourage collaboration across disciplines – a Bharatanatyam dancer might cue Ableton loops played by an erhu student while a hip-hop beatboxer shadows her footwork in real time.

Beyond teaching, the academy functions as a community nexus. Sundays begin with free wayang kulit shows on the open-air lawn; Fridays host late-night jazz jams fuelled by nasi kerabu from the in-house café. Each April, Indrayu partners with KL Indie Fest to convert the parking lot into an outdoor stage for ten indie bands, all proceeds funding scholarships for refugee children. Staff often curate sensory-friendly performances where lights stay at 60 % and sound capped at 85 dB so that neurodivergent patrons can enjoy concerts with dignity.

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