Medium & Losari Mask Dance

Rianto & Nani Topeng Losari Cirebon

dance

jazz / pop & rock / world music

Thu 16 Nov 2017 20.00

start	20.00
expected end time	22.30

Two outstanding Indonesian dance styles, with live percussion

Belgian arts festival Europalia Indonesia visits Bruges with this exceptional double bill. In his home region, Javanese dancer Rianto learnt the cross-gender lengger dance from old masters. For his solo Medium, he collaborates with leading Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho and with percussionist/vocalist Cahwati. In the second part of the evening, an impressive gamelan - an ensemble composed primarily of traditional Javanese percussion instruments – accompanies the Topena Cirebon, a typical graceful mask dance from West Java.

performers

– Medium
Choreographer / dancer: Rianto
Vocals and percussion: Cahwati
Scenography: Iskandar K. Loedin
Dramaturg: Garin Nugroho
Musican: Rudy Sulistanto
Tour manager: Putri Pramesti Wigaringtyas
Producer: Jala Adolphus

– Losari Mask Dance
Nuranani Manan Irman: choreography
Nuranani Manan Irman, Eza Kusma Puteri & Qory Ashifa Yulandar: dance
Warsono, Rohardi, Rubin, Casbandi, Sajum, Mutirah, Taningsih, Mutara & Sopendi: gamelan (ensemble)

coproduction: deSingel (Antwerpen), Darwin Festival & Hessisches Staatstheater Darmstadt