Gathotkaca Gandrung from Ronald L. C. Kienhuis on Vimeo.

Gathutkaca Gandrung is a popular dance in the Surakarta (the court city in Central Java also known as Solo) style. This dance depicts Gathutkaca, a beloved hero from Javanese mythology, dressing himself and dreaming of the object of his affections, Pregiwa, the daughter of Arjuna. Gathutkaca possesses magical powers which enable him to fly, and is a fierce warrior, but never uses a weapon in battle. The dance is in the gagah style, a forceful and powerful male style, used for the roles of strongly built kasatriyas, soldiers and generals.

Our guest dancer: Anang Totok Dwiantoro
photo by: ronald l. c. kienhuis

Gamelan Kusuma Laras and Asia Society with Support from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Consulate General of Indonesia and Cakra Inc. presents

Déwa Ruci: Bima’s Spiritual Enlightenment
A Javanese Wayang Kulit
(shadow puppet theater)

Performed by Ki Purbo Asmoro, dhalang
Accompanied by members of Mayangkara (Solo, Java)
and Gamelan Kusuma Laras (NYC)
with English translations provided live by Kathryn Emerson

FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2012
8:00 p.m.
ASIA SOCIETY
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-6400

Can’t make it to this program? Tune into AsiaSociety.org/Live at 8:00 pm ET for a free live video webcast.

Co-sponsored with Asia Society, Cakra Inc. and the Consulate General of Indonesia, New York.

This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

This program is part of Asia Society’s ongoing initiative Creative Muslim Voices in Asia, supported by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

Gamelan Kusuma Laras will perform with Ki Purbo Asmoro and members of his troupe, Mayangkara, on March 16, 2012, allowing New York City audiences the rare opportunity to experience a traditional Javanese shadow-puppet performance.

For more information, visit kusumalaras.org/wayang2012

Part of the White Light Festival

Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:30
Tickets

Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023
Map

Gamelan Kusuma Laras
I.M. Harjito, director

Composer, conductor, commentator, and author Rob Kapilow makes music appreciation inevitable in the beloved What Makes It Great? series, now in its fifteenth season, which features performances by some of today’s leading artists illuminated by Kapilow’s lively, insightful discussion. Join us on November 14, 2011 as Rob Kapilow explores the world of Javanese gamelan with Gamelan Kusuma Laras.

Saturday April 23, 2011

Gamelan Kusuma Laras visited Oneonta, NY, about 4 hours northwest of New York City, to deliver a workshop on classical Javanese Gamelan and to perform an evening concert. The performance is co-sponsored by the Hartwick College music department and the Oneonta Concert Association.

Photos by Oki Wiriadjaja, Ronald L. C. Kienhuis and Lutfi Kurniawan.

The performance is co-sponsored by the Hartwick College music department and the Oneonta Concert Association.

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PAST CONCERTS:

2010

Gamelan Kusuma Laras directed by I.M. Harjito
with Guest Dancers Triwik Harjito and Shoko Yamamura
Saturday, December 11, at 8:00 PM
Sunday, December 12, at 3:00 PM
The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, 5 East 68th Street, New York

Gamelan Kusuma Laras directed by I.M. Harjito
with Guest Dancer Anang Totok Dwiantoro
Saturday, May 15, at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 16, at 4:00 PM
The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, 5 East 68th Street, New York

2009

Gamelan Kusuma Laras
with Guest Artists from Cornell University’s Gamelan Ensemble
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Series Title: The Allure of Refinement: Music and Dance of Indonesia
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498

Gamelan Kusuma Laras
The Crowning of Gatutkaca
A Wayang Kulit Performance featuring Ki Midiyanto, dalang
Saturday May 16 – 730pm
at The Consulate General of The Republic of Indonesia, 5 East 68th Street, New York

2008

Music and Dance of Java
Saturday, December 13 – 8pm
Sunday, December 14 – 3pm
at the NY Indonesian Consulate – 5 East 68th Street, NY
We would like to thank the New York Foundation for the Arts for their partial funding of our 2008 concerts.

AEACP The Trunk Show
Elephant Art Fashion Show
October 17th – 6pm
HOME/Guesthouse
532W27th Street, New York

Workshop and Concert
Bank Street College
May 12th
New York

2007

Music and Dance of Java
Saturday, December 1st – 8pm
Sunday, December 2nd – 3pm
at the NY Indonesian Consulate – 5 East 68th Street, NY

Gadhon performance at Makor
Looking East: Debussy and the Javanese Gamelan
March 8, 6pm
March 21 – 25

The Forest of Marta
A Performance of Javanese Shadow Theater
Sigit Adji Sabdoprijono, Dalang
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Friday March 23 – 7pm

2006
Yogya Artist Relief Fund Concert Series
Concerts to benefit 30 artist families who were left homeless
by the earthquake in Java on May 27, 2006
Saturday, December 2nd – 8pm
Sunday, December 3rd – 3pm
at the NY Indonesian Consulate – 5 East 68th Street, NY

Sunday, July 16, 4pm
The Church of Atonement
Highwood & Engle Streets, Tenafly, NJ

2005

Saturday, December 3 at 8pm
Sunday, December 4 at 3pm
at the New York Indonesian Consulate
5 East 68th Street, New York, NY

The Concert for Deena Burton
February 5
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia
5 east 68th Street, New York

Video by Ronald L. C. Kienhuis

Gamelan Kusuma Laras, directed by I.M. Harjito.
An excerpt of Gendhing Kombang Mara, pelog lima from the concert, Music and Dance of Java, performed in New York, December 1, 2007.