Gamelan Cudamani USA Tour 2010

BAMBOO to BRONZE
USA/West Coast Tour: Oct 22 - Nov 16, 2010

Co commissioned by Cal Performances, UC Berkeley and UCLA Live
Support provided by the Metabolic Studio/Chora
www.cudamani.org

VIDEO / INTERVIEW /PHOTOS on the road

Find Cudamani's performance at a venue near you!
Cal Performances UC Berkeley Zellarbach Hall, Oct 22
UC Davis Mondavi Center, Oct 24
Chico Performances, Oct 28
UC Santa Barbara, Nov 4
Stanford Lively Arts, Nov 7
UC Riverside,Nov 9
UCLA Live Los Angeles, Nov 11
Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Az, Nov 14-16

The exhilarating splendor of Çudamani returns to the USA for a fourth time with its newest innovation, Bamboo to Bronze. The 26-member music and dance ensemble from Bali, Indonesia harnesses movement, music and spectacle to transport audiences into the vibrant world of the treasured gamelan art form. Bamboo to Bronze highlights Balinese contemporary reality by celebrating the intimate and poetic sounds of a small village as well as the virtuosic, dynamic and technically dazzling sound of the brilliant seven-toned gamelan Semarandana. The simple beauty of bamboo and the glorious sheen of bronze continue to coexist in the increasingly complex and sophisticated culture of Bali.

I Dewa Putu Berata Artistic Director/Composer
Emiko Saraswati Susilo Assistant Director
I Made Arnawa Composer and I Nyoman Cerita Choreographer