Rejang Dewa - Rejang are beautiful dances often seen performed near Balinese Hindu temples in ceremonial contexts. Rejang dances are themselves ritualistic offerings and are performed by village women of all ages as a way to welcome the visiting gods. Featuring master dancer Ida Ayu Ari Chandrawati and her apprentice Riesa Avanti.
Performed in Buffalo, NY at Nusantara Arts Culture center December 2023 at Bali Comes to Buffalo! our first ever performance.
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Nusantara Arts is a unique non-profit community embedded in the rich cultural scene of Buffalo. We are the only free standing organization in the US dedicated to the gamelan music and cultures of both Java and Bali. Nusantara Arts focus is on community, cultural education, music classes, performances, after school programs, and cultural preservation. We have several different performance groups that work with talented local players and incredible world class visiting performing artists.
Ida Ayu Ari Chandrawati began dancing the challenging “Pelegongan” repertoire at age seven under the renowned teacher Cok Istri Agung of Singapadu village. Her professional dancing career began with the Sadha Budaya group of Ubud, Indonesia in 1982. In 1992 she graduated from the Indonesian National Arts Conservatory in Denpasar, Bali. She has performed in international tours in Asia and Europe. From 1995-2000 she danced with the ARMA ensemble, Kumara Sari, and in 1999 choreographed a new work that was performed at the island-wide Bali Arts Festival. She was the dance director and instructor of NYC’s Gamelan Dharma Swara from 2001 - 2012. She is now the dance director of Gamelan Padma Bhuana New York, and teaches Dance classes at the Indonesian Consulate in New York City. Ibu Candra is well known in the Indonesian community in the US for her masterful dancing and excellent teaching abilities, using teaching techniques she learned in Bali.
28 дек 2023
