Tag: Performance
Performance: Solo Rites, Seven Breaths
A solo performance from Jen Shyu that pulls from traditions and styles throughout Asia and Southeast Asia. “Solo Rites” is “…a personal journey of loss and redemption made universal through the exploration of hardships that plagues our modern world.”
Free Artist Talk Story with Jen Shyu
Meet Jen Shyu, of Solo Rites: Seven Breaths, during this free artist talk story and film screening of rare fieldworks film footage of music and dance traditions East Timor, Indonesia, South Korea, and Taiwan and an exclusive preview of Solo Rites: Seven Breaths followed by a Q&A session.
Subali-Sugriwa: Battle of the Monkey Kings
A powerful demon wants a beautiful goddess for his wife. Legendary monkey brothers Subali and Sugriwa are enlisted to help the gods repel the rejected suitor’s armies in a story told through wayang listrik, a modern Balinese theatre genre that blends shadow puppetry (wayang kulit), dance and music. Traditional carved leather puppets, actors as shadow puppets, Balinese dance, and a live gamelan orchestra share the stage.
Battle of the Monkey Kings Pre-show Talk
A powerful demon wants a beautiful goddess for his wife. Legendary monkey brothers Subali and Sugriwa are enlisted to help the gods repel the rejected suitor’s armies in a story told through wayang listrik, a modern Balinese theatre genre that blends shadow puppetry (wayang kulit), dance and music. Traditional carved leather puppets, actors as shadow puppets, Balinese dance, and a live gamelan orchestra share the stage.
Talk: Designing the Stage: Balinese Wayang Listrik
Join I Made Moja for a talk about his experiences in Balinese stage design and his work as guest designer for Subali-Sugriwa.
Subali-Sugriwa: Battle of the Monkey Kings
A powerful demon wants a beautiful goddess for his wife. Legendary monkey brothers Subali and Sugriwa are enlisted to help the gods repel the rejected suitor’s armies in a story told through wayang listrik, a modern Balinese theatre genre that blends shadow puppetry (wayang kulit), dance and music. Traditional carved leather puppets, actors as shadow puppets, Balinese dance, and a live gamelan orchestra share the stage.
Talk: Innovations in Balinese Wayang Listrik (shadow theatre)
Join I Made Moja, the Principal Artist of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, for an upcoming talk about the innovations of Balinese shadow theatre.
Balinese Music & Performance
Spotlighting books on Balinese Music & Performance as the UH Mānoa Asian Theatre Program kicks off “Battle of the Monkey Kings” this week.
Designing the Stage: Balinese Wayang Listrik
Join I Made Moja for a talk about his experiences in Balinese stage design and his work as guest designer for Subali-Sugriwa. (on 01/23)
Innovations in Balinese Wayang Listrik
Join I Made Moja, the Principal Artist of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, for an upcoming talk about the innovations of Balinese shadow theatre. (on 01/20)