GAMELAN GITA ASMARA – Balinese Music & Dance

May 17 & 18, 2013

Doors 7:00pm
SHOW 8:00pm
INDONESIAN FOOD for sale from 6:30pm

Fei & Milton Wong Theatre

149 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
(Goldcorp Centre, SFU Woodward’s)

Vancouver’s GAMELAN GITA ASMARA present their annual spectacular show, featuring over 20 musicians and dancers, led by Balinese musical director I Wayan Sudirina, group director Dr. Michael Tenzer, and dancer Ni Putu Widiantini. This performance will feature the classical dance Legong Kuntul, with guests Keiko Ninomiya, and, direct from Bali, 15-year-old dance prodigy Putu Suci Pramesti; and the powerhouse Wiranjaya, a torpedo of crashing gongs and intense movement. Gita Asmara will introduce Sphinx, choreographed and performed by Justine A. Chambers – a light on the Canadian contempory dance scene – with genre-bending music by group founder Michael Tenzer. Balinese music director Wayan Sudirana unleashes two pyrotechnic instrumentals: Tabuh Pisan Bhaskara, a smash at last year’s concerts, is back glowing hotter; and they let loose Sekar Susun, which melds all the wildest Balinese music styles of the past 50 years – the ones that made the place as famous as it is.

Web link: WWW.GITAASMARA.CA

A CO-PRODUCTION WITH SFU WOODWARD’S CULTURAL PROGRAMS