Nisa Widyastuti from Puspawarna gamelan (Photo: Maxie Caseando Perkasa)
Sunday 6 October, 11am-3pm
Te Papa Tongarewa, Level 4 - Rongomaraeroa (the marae)
We celebrated 50 years of gamelan in Aotearoa New Zealand with this day of music and dance performances from many parts of Indonesia.
Gamelan Padhang Moncar and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya accompanied dancers by students from Indonesia who also performed other dances interspersed throughout the day to recorded music. Our Javanese director, Budi Putra, led an interactive angklung session.
Guest performers were:
- Puspawarna Gamelan – Javanese gamelan from Dunedin
- Udgita Canda/ University of Canterbury Gamelan – Balinese gamelan from Christchurch
- Sanggar Pertiwi – Indonesian dance group from Auckland
- Sekolah Menengah Atas Taruna (SMAT) Krida Nusantara – Dancers and angklung from a high school in Bandung, Indonesia
- Veronica Agustin Dyah - Indonesian dancer
Performances included:
- Tari Pendet - Balinese welcome dance by SMAT dancers accompanied by live music from Gamelan Taniwha Jaya
- Nusantara Indah by Dedek Wayudi (dancers from SMAT Krida Nusantara accompanied by Gamelan Padhang Moncar)
- Kompyang by I Wayan Lotring & an arrangement of Seketi (Gamelan Taniwha Jaya)
- Ladrang Wilujeng, Langgam Aja Lamis, Ladrang Gegot etc (Puspawarna Gamelan from Dunedin)
- Baris Bebarongan and Tabuh Petegak Lonceng (University of Canterbury Gamelan)
- Dances: Lenggang Puspika and Belibis Dance (Sanggar Pertiwi from Auckland)
- Dances: Bona Jeges (Batak) and Perang (Kalimantan) (SMAT Krida Nusantara)
- JaBaLan - Balinese & Javanese gamelan together with the voices of Joko Susilo and Budi S. Putra
Also on display were beautiful Indonesian batik fabrics and two of the antique instruments from the first gamelan to arrive in Aotearoa in 1974.
This event was a collaboration between the Embassy of Indonesia, Gamelan Wellington, the NZ School of Music and Te Papa.