Angklung, Jegog & Dance at the Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival
May 7th, 2-4pm
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290, Oakland, CA 94607
Tickets available here or by calling 1-800-838-3006
More Info: Visit OACC's Website or call (510) 637-0455
Gamelan Sekar Jaya performs at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center's Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival. Led by renowned Master Balinese Artist I Dewa Putu Berata, GSJ features two large percussion orchestras the sweet and shimmering bronze Gamelan Angklung, a twenty-person ensembl'which traditionally accompanies temple ceremonies and cremation rituals in Bali; and Gamelan Jegog, a seventeen-person ensemble featuring giant bamboo marimbas with tubes up to eight feet long, noted for its rhythmic energy and exuberance. Each ensemble will be accompanied by the dynamic and dramatic flare of Balinese dance, led by Balinese artist Ni Luh Andarawati We invite the audience to enjoy the complex interlocking rhythms and virtuosic ensemble sensibility of Balinese gamelan, and the myriad expressions and delicate hand and eye motions of Balinese dance.
This event is co-sponsored by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.
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