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Photo by Liz Leininger |
In order to make this tour a reality we need your help! We are asking for the support of our audience, fans and friends in helping us to raise the funds required to acquire new costumes and instruments, help get our teachers and group to Bali, and allow us to tour and perform while we are there. Please visit our Donation page and make a tax-deductible donation.
Terima Kasih (Thanks!)
Gamelan Dharma Swara
Monday, March 22, 2010. 7:30pm. Rider University, Princeton, NJ
Tuesday, March 23, 2010. 7:30 pm. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Sunday, March 28, 2010. Fat Cat. 75 Christopher St, New York, NY (Venue)
Sunday, April 11, 2010. 7:00pm. $12. Joe's Pub. 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY (Venue)
Sunday, April 18, 2010. 12:00-1:00pm. Music & Dance Workshops. Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia, 5 E 68th St (Between 5th and Madison), New York, NY. Please RSVP by sending an email to rsvp@dharmaswara.org
Friday, May 21, 2010. Asia Society. 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY (Venue)
Sunday, May 30, 2010. Fat Cat. 75 Christopher St, New York, NY (Venue)
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NTDTV Segment on our Spring Concert, 2009.
"Adventurous listeners...should plan on getting tickets the minute they go onsale, considering how quickly both this past weekend’s concerts sold out."
- Lucid Culture concert review of our Fall 2008 Performance
"...brightly tingling and hypnotically psychedelic." - Lucid Culture review of our Make Music New York Performance, McCarren Park, Brooklyn.
The New York Times posts a picture of our youngest dancer, Kadek Bagus Bhayu Saptanyana, at Make Music New York Festival
Also featured in NYTimes.com: The Week in Pictures for June 27
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Gamelan Dharma Swara Annual Fall/Winter Concert
Saturday, December 12th, 8:00 pm & Sunday, December 13th, 2:00 pm. Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia (5 E. 68th St.) Gamelan Dharma Swara presents a preview of repertoire to be performed during their summer, 2010 tour of Indonesia. This evening of Balinese music and dance will include a performance of Kebyar Legong, the famously challenging 30 minute dance work of the virtuosic kebyar repertoire. This will be the first time the complete work, composed in the 1920s by I Wayan Wendres, will be performed outside of Bali. The ensemble will also present performances of rare ceremonial works for the Balinese temple and shadow play.
November 22, 2009. 12:00-6:00PM. $10 Museum Members, $12 General Public. New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY. Dharma Swara members play incidental music for Brody Condon’s Case, an experimental adaptation of the 80's cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer. Event Info
May 9-10, 2009. Gamelan Dharma Swara Annual Spring Concert. Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia
Gamelan Dharma Swara presents its annual spring concerts of traditional Balinese music and dance at the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia. This program will feature topeng masked dances by world renowned artists Dr. I Madé Bandem and I Madé Sidia of the Indonesian National Conservatory.
May 2, 2009. 1PM-1:45PM. Gamelan Dharma Swara - Dance demo and workshop for kids at Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, New York. Explore how Indonesian dancers use gesture to tell stories! Master Balinese artists from NYC based Gamelan Dharma Swara conduct an interactive dance workshop that includes a demonstration. Part of Family Day - Every BODY Has a Story: Exploring Movement in Asia
February 12, 2009. Gendér Wayang at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, at New York Philharmonic's School Day Concerts. Part of Music with an Accent, an educational program for elementary through high school students exploring various cultures that influenced great Western music.
November 22 & 23, 2008. Dharma Swara's Annual Fall Concerts. Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia.
Gamelan Dharma Swara presents its annual fall concerts including classics of the kebyar, pelegongan, semar pegulingan and gender wayang repertoire. Featuring the rarely performed Legong Jobog and the dynamic Barong lion dances performed by Balinese master dancers.
Photograph by Greg Soble
November 8, 2008. Princeton University, Liberation Hall, NJ. Carl A. Fields Center. 7:30-10:00 pm.
Sponsorsed by PERMIAS Princeton. Gamelan Dharma Swara will play a set of Balinese music including pelegongan and rare 7-toned semara dana music in an evening festival showcasing Indonesian cultures and performing arts.
Target First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum - Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:30 - 8 p.m. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor. Gamelan Dharma Swara presents traditional Balinese music and dancers. (More about Target First Saturdays)
Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY - May 17, 2008, 8 pm An Evening of Indonesian and Indonesian-Inspired Music and Dance in Brooklyn, featuring Matthew Welch's Blarvuster, Andrew McGraw, Shahzad Ismaily and Gamelan Dharma Swara.
Japan Society, New York – March 21, 2008, 7:30 pm Tzadik Label Music Series III: Ikue Mori - Celebrating 30 years of Life, Love & Music in NYC (event website)
Yale University, New Haven, CT - March 1, 2008 Gamelan Dharma Swara was featured at the Yale Southeast Asia Studies Council's Annual Spring Festival (more information and photos)
Gamelan Dharma Swara: Rwa Bhineda - The Sacred Balance. February 17, 2007 at Symphony Space. Gamelan Dharma Swara presented the spectacular clash between the gruesome Rangda and the Barong protector dragon, illuminating the Balinese use of music, dance, and drama to negotiate harmony between dark and light forces in the universe. With featured guest artistic director I Wayan Dibia.
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