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Balinese Dance Class on Sundays ONGOING
BACK TO OAKLAND!
After months of searching for a new banjar (center), Gamelan Sekar Jaya has found one in the lively Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, CA. This vibrant and diverse city has been our home in the past; we’ve done hundreds of concerts and workshops here, and it’s great to return. Our new banjar consists of two spaces in adjacent buildings that together fulfill our many interlocking needs — rehearsal space, office, and residence for guest artists from Bali.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya has videos on You Tube!
Gangsa kotekan from Taruna Jaya – Taruna Jaya Kotekan excerpt.
Oakland Museum of CA, June 2nd, 2007 – Sekar Jaya’s Jegog ensemble performing Jaran Dauh
Dance Palace, Pt Reyes Station April 21, 2007 – Sekar Jaya’s Angklung ensemble performs Palewakia with renowned dancer Ida Ayu Ketut Suciawani
West Berkeley Street Festival 2006 – Margapati with angklung ensemble, danced by Tjokorda Padmini.
Ethnic Dance Festival, SF 2005 – Excerpt from Kali Yuga with Ketut Rina and Ibu Arini
Ethnic Dance Festival, SF Part 2, 2005 – Excerpt from Kali Yuga with Ketut Rina
4 excerpts of Sekar Jaya with renowned guest artists from Bali.
I Dewa Putu Berata will join GSJ as guest music director for our 2008-09 season. He is an accomplished musician, composer, dancer, and visual artist. His wide-ranging talents and international experience make him an exceptional figure in the Balinese music world. Few can match his compositional skills in both traditional and modern styles, his ability to communicate a diverse knowledge of Balinese arts, and his endless enthusiasm for teaching and creating. Pak Dewa is the founder and director of Çudamani , one of Bali’s most innovative new gamelan ensembles, which has toured internationally. Çudamani is also a vital artistic organization, endeavoring to study and preserve classic forms of Balinese arts.
• Milestone Films and UCLA released the DVD of UCLA’s restored print of the 1935 classic silent film, Legong: Dance of the Virgins. The DVD features the new score composed by Richard Marriott & I Made Subandi & performed by Gamelan Sekar Jaya & the Club Foot Orchestra. Essay GSJ commissioned for the DVD
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• If you would like to join Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s community of friends and supporters, your tax-deductible contribution will help immensely in supporting the guest residencies of some of Bali’s finest performing artists, a wide range of educational outreach programs, and the continued presentation of Balinese performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
We welcome contributions of any amount, but for contributions of $50 or more, we will send you our latest audio CD, Kali Yuga.
Checks may be made payable to Gamelan Sekar Jaya and sent to 4803 Shattuck Ave, Oakland CA 94609. Call us at 510-655-1227 for more details and for additional benefits that accompany larger gifts.
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