Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble
Indonesia & India in California Festival
April 19 @ 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
23.50$
Celebrating 50 Years of Cultural Bridges
The Indonesia & India in California Festival will celebrate the history of these performing arts traditions as practiced in California and the SF Bay Area for over fifty years. Popular interest in culturally rich South and Southeast Asian art performance emerged in the 1960s through early 1970s through awareness of Southeast Asia, catapulted by concerns for the Vietnamese War. The interest in Indian culture and traditional arts manifested in pop culture in music, decorative arts, practice of meditation and yoga, dance and theater.
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Free Performances and Workshops
Free Performances celebrating the 50-year history of Indonesian and Indian art performance in the Bay Area and learn more about the 4th and 1st largest countries in the world. Enjoy the UCB-based Sari Raras courtly gamelan bronze percussion ensemble, followed by a lively set of West Javanese music & dance. Participate in one of the family-friendly mask and puppetry workshops while learning about the Hindu mythology shared over the centuries by India and Indonesia. Enjoy Oakland’s Bali-influenced rock ensemble, Purnamasari, and dances by Lestari Dance Company (Java) and Kompiang Davies (Bali). Join a Body Tjak (contemporary Balinese kecak) rhythm workshop by Oakland artist Keith Terry, Crosspulse. Enjoy classical Bharata Natyam and other traditional South Indian dances presented by the Bala Dance Center and Kalanjali Dances of India, both based in the East Bay for 50 years.
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Evening Concerts (tickets required)
Formal Virtuoso Music and Dance Concert, featuring Indian music(sarod and tabla) by Manik Khan, youngest son of the legendary maestro Ali Akbar Khan who founded the Ali Akbar Khan School of Music in Berkeley in 1967 (since 1968 in Marin County). Enjoy music and dance by the San Jose-based Gamelan Pusaka Sunda Degung ensemble(West Java), followed by Balinese music and dance by Gamelan Sekar Jaya. Founded in 1979 in Berkeley, GSJ has won numerous awards from the Government in Bali for their exemplary Gong Kebyar ensemble. (tickets required)
Location: Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St Berkeley, 94702 United States
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