An incredible Performance of Buffalo's Balinese music and dance group.
Celebrate Buffalo's Balinese culture community with Nusantara Arts. Featuring exciting gamelan music and dance performances!
Nusantara Arts welcomes you to join us again for a major presentation of Balinese arts and culture. Nusantara Arts has been presenting Javanese music in Buffalo for 8 years and was given a set of Balinese "Semar Pegulingan" instruments two year ago, launching this new exciting program. Explore with us an enrapturing series of Balinese compositions, showcasing both historical and modern styles of gamelan music. The Performance will present two dance pieces including "Pendet" a classic “welcoming dance” from the village of Pliatan near Ubud.
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Guest Performers
I Gusti Nyoman “Komin” Darta - Guest Balinese Artistic director
Komin is one of the most well regarded and talented Balinese musicians living in the US. He is one of the only teachers that knows the traditional Balinese gamelan Semar Pegulingan repertoire that is played on Nusantara Arts instruments and is very talented at the Barong Dance.
Komin is from Pengosekan village on Bali and comes from a family of musicians. Komin’s father was a poor but exceptional musician and teacher. In his youth Komin went to temples to watch his father play and started learning many instruments.Komin learned in the true Balinese way: at home, in the temple, and in the community through experiences with close family and friends. He became known as a virtuoso player and helped found one of the most famous Balinese performing arts ensembles: Cudamani. For the last 10 years Komin has been living in New York and teaching at various colleges such as MIT, Bucknell, Queens College, and in community groups such as Dharma Swara.
Buffalo Performers
Tyler Adamwaithe
Riesa Avanti
Florencia Bonarto
Halim (Andy) Byron
Nicholas Cavarella
Matt Dunning
Al Griffin
Ren Karma
Kelly Miller-SchreineR
Brian Moseley
Juan Sebastian
Peter Theryo
Tom Torrisi
Kurt Volle
Buffalo Dancers
Riesa Avanti
Matt Dunning
Novi Paluch
Luna Pinnavaia
Ari Talman
Lighting Design
Christine Marie