Dida Mallik – A founder and the Artistic Director of DiDance Academy which is a dynamic dance centre that promotes Malay classical court dances as well as traditional and contemporary dance techniques. She also lectures at the Faculty of Performing Arts UiTM, Shah Alam and for the past three years has been one of the judges for the Cameronian Arts Awards organized by Kaki Seni.Dance – She began dancing at early age and was trained in Malay classical court dance under the late Pak Cik Ismail Bakti, a highly respected dance master who specialized in Malay court dances including the timeless Mak Yong.
She later mastered her modern and contemporary style under the acclaimed Mr. Ramli Ibrahim who is also her mentor. While living in Bali more then a year, mastering the Balinese dance and music, she was awarded a special honor certification by the Puri Peliatan in Ubud Bali.
Besides having to perform together with Grammy-award winning harpist and composer, Andreas Vollenweider during the opening night of his concert, ‘An Evening with Andreas Vollenweider and Friends’ in Bali she was also invited to Brussels to dance for the opening night of The International Independent Film Festival. In 2006 she was in Paris under the invitation of Malaysian Tourism Paris to perform her solo classical court dance.
Acting – Zaridah received her acting training and skill under director, Norma Nordin and has acted both in theatres as well as in films. She was given a lead role in ‘Kota Ibu Kaya’ director by Norma Nordin so was in ‘Tok Perak’ by Datok Syed Alwi and ‘Story Teller’ directed by the late Kristen Jit and Zahim Albakri story written by Jit Murad to name a few that she was involved in. In 1999, Zaridah was assigned by 20th Century Fox as their assistant casting director as well as one of the actresses in the film, ‘Anna & The King’ acting alongside Jodie Foster and Mr. Chow Yuen Fatt.Choreographer – She has done most choreography jobs for co-operate functions. To name a few are Esso Malaysia, Shell Malaysia, KLCC, Yayasan Dunia Melayu, Mercy Malaysia, Malaysian Interior Designers Association, and Tourism Malaysia Paris. Her latest is a commission work and research with Pahang museum in producing a Malaysian Heritage book based on ‘Joget Gamelan Pahang’. 2004 & 2005 she became the choreographer and dance consultant for an internationally acclaimed Malaysian film – ‘Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam I & II. She was twice being nominated for Best Choreographer during the Cameronian Arts Award for her dance drama titled - ‘Dance of the Weave’ and ‘Nyala’
Vocal – Zaridah received her vocal training under a famous soprano vocalist, Madam Siti Chairani Prohoeman an Indonesia for 2 years
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