Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance Workshops and Performances

Dates: Saturday, Sept. 16 & Sunday, Sept. 17

Location: EWC Hale Halawai & Friendship Circle

Please note that all workshops and performances are free admission, but registration is required for workshops (space limited). Please register at http://outreach.hawaii.edu/apdf

WORKSHOPS:

Introduction to Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance | Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023

All events are at East-West Center Hale Halawai

9:00am -12:00pm: Dance Workshop

1:00pm – 4:00pm: Gamelan Music Workshop

4:30pm – 5:30pm: Talk Story: Introduction to Balinese Music and Dance

PERFORMANCE

Taksu (Radiance): An Evening of Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance

Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023• 6:00pm

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance Ensemble

East-West Center Friendship CircleTaksu (Sanskritic Hindu Balinese for “inner energy,” “creative soul,” or “creative genius”): An Evening of Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance features instrumental music performed on live gamelan instruments and dances performed to prerecorded music. Balinese music and dance are well-known for their virtuosity and dynamic character. In Bali, musicians and dancers work together to create highly unified performances where the music and dance are interrelated and inseparable.

Talk, workshops and performance lead by:

I Made Widana — Lecturer, UHM Department of Theatre and Dance; Artistic Director, UHM Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance Ensemble

Annie Reynolds, PhD — Assistant Director, UHM Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance Ensemble; Exhibitions and Collections Curator, East-West Center