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Cup of Java: Javanese Dance Voices

In a rare American appearance, seven master Javanese artists from Indonesia offer an extraordinary evening of gamelan music, dance, theater and spiritual traditions.

Sunday, April 19, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
Glorya Kaufman Hall
UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA United States

Offering a transcendent journey into the far reaches of Javanese performing arts, seven visiting artists expertly draw from Hindu and Islamic heritage and present works that are a synthesis of energy, spirituality and emotion. The program features classical Javanese opera, dance drama, puppetry, and song with gamelan music supported by Djoko Walujo and I Nyoman Wenten of CalArts. Together they present choreography and music created especially for this concert in America.

Visiting performers include:
Margaretha Heni Winahyuningsih, M.Hum. Chair of the Dance Department at ISI Yogyakarta
Daruni Yutta, M.Hum. Faculty, Dance Department, ISI Yogyakarta
Rukman Rosadi, Faculty, Theatre Department, ISI Yogyakarta
Sunardi, Principal, Performing Arts High School (SMK I Kasihan Bantul) in Yogyakarta
Semidi, Faculty, Music & Dance Department at SMKI Yogyakarta
Yustinus Aristono, Faculty, Theatre Department at SMKI Yogyakarta
Supriyanto Martadiharja, Faculty, Dance Department at ISI Surakarta Performing Arts College

Cost: $10 and $8 (Students)

Special Instructions

Tickets are available through the UCLA Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 or from Ticketmaster.

For more information please contact

Anu Ganpati
Tel: 310-825-3340
cip@arts.ucla.edu
www.wac.ucla.edu/cip/

Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asian Studies, World Arts & Cultures