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Fri. May 22 8pm, Sat. 23 2:00pm, Sun. 24 2:00pm
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (San Francisco & Bali)
SERASI: Three Evenings (and Thirty Years) of
Balinese Music and Dance
The Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason Center
$25 Reserved Seating, $20 in advance. Series Discounts Available.
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BOX-OFFICE: 800-838-3006
Presented by Gamelan Sekar Jaya and the Asian Art Museum.
Joined by Guest Artists-in-Residence, I Dewa Putu Berata (musician) and Emiko Saraswati Susilo (dancer) from Bali, Gamelan Sekar Jaya — acclaimed internationally for its innovative work with the music and dance of Bali — performs a dazzling array of pieces as it celebrates thirty years of artistic interchange with Bali. Spanning works both centuries old and newly created, GSJ will focus on themes that have helped define the fifty-member "Bay Area treasure" (Dancetera): balance, harmony, and collaboration across cultures.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Wayne Vitale
Wayne Vitale is a composer and director of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, he is a performer, and scholar whose work has centered on Balinese music for the past 28 years. His compositions for gamelan are known throughout Bali through live performances, recordings, and television programs, and have impacted the evolution of kebyar music. Under his direction, Gamelan Sekar Jaya has developed into a performing ensemble of unparalleled international reputation. He has taught Balinese music at Portland State College, Pomona College, San Francisco State University, and CODARTS Music Academy in Rotterdam; published articles on Balinese music, released critically acclaimed CDs of Balinese music on his recording label, Vital Records, and travels internationally to tune and restore Balinese instruments.
I Dewa Putu Berata
I Dewa Putu Berata, guest music director, is a musician, composer, dancer, and visual artist from Bali, Indonesia. He is a noted figure in the Balinese performing arts world, skilled in both traditional and innovative styles. A graduate of STSI Denpasar (Bali's National Academy of the Arts), he has been an artistic collaborator with the Abhinaya Dance Company, ShadowLight Productions, and UCLA's Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX). He is the founder and director of Çudamani, one of Bali's most innovative new gamelan ensembles, which has toured internationally. Çudamani is also a vital artistic organization, endeavoring to study and preserve classic forms of Balinese arts.
Emiko Saraswati Susilo
Emiko Saraswati Susilo, dancer, has performed internationally as a dancer, musician and vocalist. Born in Honolulu and raised in Los Angeles, she was surrounded by great artists from a young age. She played gamelan informally as a child and began to study Balinese and Javanese dance twenty years ago with Ni Made Wiratini and the late master KRT Sasmintadipura. In 1990 she began her formal study of Javanese gamelan and singing under master musician and dalang Midiyanto, and later continued under Tri Haryanto. She travels frequently between Indonesia and the United States and is a founding member of Çudamani, a Balinese arts organization dedicated to the study of traditional Balinese arts and to creating opportunities for young artists for artistic experimentation.
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