Join us for an incredible Outdoor Afternoon of Gamelan and puppetry in the Broadway Fillmore Neighborhood!
Welcome one and all to a free afternoon of exciting storytelling and our first performance in the Broadway Filmore Neighborhood where we will be performing an incredible rendition of the classic Javanese tale Ciptoning! We are welcoming back acclaimed puppeteer Midiyanto and the fantastic drummer Wakidi Dwidjomartono for what will be a fun day of music and culture
Saturday June 8th from 1-4pm - Free! Great for the whole family!
Location: Grassroots Gardens Lombard Clark Community Center
The garden is on the corner of Lombard and Clark St. just a few blocks from the Central Terminal and across the street from Eugene V. Debs Hall which will be open during the performance.
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Accessibility:
There will be an ADA Accessible bathroom on site, as well as chairs. Feel free to bring your own blankets and chairs to sit in as well. The performance will be under a tent in the street in front of the garden and is wheelchair accessible. Programs will be in English with selections in Indonesian, Bengali, and Spanish.
The Story: "Ciptoning"
Ciptoning is one of the original stories of Javanese wayang. The story is a meditation on meditation, bravery and mastery over ones inner self in order to do great things for others.
About Wayang Kulit Performances:
Wayang Kulit is an Indonesian community-based art form incorporating two dimensional shadow-puppet theater, gamelan music, ancient stories, philosophy, comedy, and civic engagement. Most stories in wayang performances come from the ancient Indian epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
The “dahlang” is the leader of the performance, moving the puppets, cuing the gamelan orchestra, singing, making jokes, philosophizing and performing a large number of characters from a vast number of stories. Dahlang traditionally come from families of other dahlang, but there are now public school for dahlang education in Indonesia.
About the Dahlang puppet master Midiyanto:
A renowned Javanese musician and dhalang (puppet master). Born in Wonogiri, a rural district in the southern part of Central Java, Midiyanto comes from a multi generational family of gamelan musicians and puppeteers. He attended SMKI performing arts high school and STSI, (now ISI) The Indonesian University of Arts in Surakarta. Over the last 30 years Midiyanto has taught and performed extensively in Indonesia, the U.S., Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. He has been featured in several documentary films and directed the gamelan for the Shadow Music of Java CD recorded at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Currently Midiyanto, teaches and performs as Lecturer and Director of Gamelan Sari Raras at UC, Berkeley.
Activities & Workshops:
Wayang Puppetry Craft Table: make your own Wayang Kulit Shadow puppet and take it home!
Admission:
This event is open to all members of our community, free of charge. If you are inclined your generous donations are welcomed to support our ongoing efforts in promoting and preserving Indonesian arts and culture.