Ki Purbo Asmoro
ISI, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
USA 2012
majalah TEMPO on "Dalang Obama"
In March of 2012, Ki Purbo Asmoro and 10 members of his world-famous gamelan troupe Mayangkara, will be performing and conducting workshops at a number of universities around the USA:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Asia Society, New York, NY
For a complete schedule, click on the link above.
Wayang "President Obama" designed and crafted by:
KI FATHUR GAMBLANG
Pondok Kacang, Ciledug, Jakarta
dyadam_03@yahoo.com
(photo above right by K. Emerson, 2009, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, when Ki Purbo Asmoro performed at the exhibition of the museum's newly-purchased wayang collection, formerly belonging to him)
Ki Purbo Asmoro/Mayangkara
Michigan Union Ballroom
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
9-10-11 March 2012
Michigan Union Ballroom
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
9-10-11 March 2012
- Workshop "Movement Techniques in Wayang"
- Workshop "The Art of Making Wayang"
- Pentas Padat, Hanuman Aflame, 2 hours
Ki Purbo Asmoro/Mayangkara
Hales Gymnasium
OBERLIN COLLEGE, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
11-12-13 March 2012
Hales Gymnasium
OBERLIN COLLEGE, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
11-12-13 March 2012
- Workshop for ages 8-9-10-11 from Oberlin area schools
- Workshop on keprak and cempala technique, university students from Oberlin
- Pentas Padat, Sugriwa and Subali's Conflict, 2 hours
Ki Purbo Asmoro/Mayangkara
Bailey Hall
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New York, USA
13-14-15 March 2012
Bailey Hall
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New York, USA
13-14-15 March 2012
- Klenengan, Carl Becker Hall
- Lecture on Arjuna Wiwaha, Johnson Art Museum
- Pentas Padat, Ciptoning, 2 hours
- Demonstration for 1,200 students ages 5-16, from Ithaca area schools
Ki Purbo Asmoro/Mayangkara
Asia Society
Park Avenue and 70th, New York City, USA
15-16 March 2012
Asia Society
Park Avenue and 70th, New York City, USA
15-16 March 2012
- Rehearsals with Kusuma Laras
- Pentas Padat, Dewa Ruci, 3.5 hours
