$15 Advance / $20 Door
Doors open at 7:30pm / Show begins at 8pm
The 7th Annual Cross Cultural Concert showcases the Balinese traditional music and dance of Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s Angklung and Dance ensembles, and the dynamic fusion of gamelan and guitars by the group Purnamasari.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s Angklung ensemble presents the fluid grace of traditional repertoire in a bright and rhythmically intricate musical landscape of gongs, drums, metallophones and flutes. Tuned to a four-tone scale in slendro tuning, the music is complemented by the elaborate costumes and dramatic movements of Sekar Jaya’s dance ensemble. Details of music and dance are tightly coordinated, expressing an ideal of unity that is sought in every gesture, nuance, expression, phrase, and rhythmic change. (www.gsj.org)
Purnamasari performs cross-cultural music featuring Indonesian gamelan instruments and musical techniques fused with guitar based songs, with choreographed movements drawn from Balinese dance vocabulary. This concert premieres songs from The Weaver, a new work telling a story of 3 generations of an Indonesian family in song, dance and spoken word. (www.lisagraciano.com/purnamasari)
Classes are taught by Sergio Bitencourt Ferreira, the long-time director of Project No Balanço de Angola at La Peña Cultural Center. Sergio is a capoeirista from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with 25 years of practice and 15 years of teaching experience. He has coordinated Capoeira Angola theatrical performances, berimbau orchestras, and classes for children and adolescents. He is currently the director of the Project No Balanço de Angola, which offers Capoeira Angola classes for adults every Tuesday and Saturday at La Peña Cultural Center.
Atajo de San Francisco is a zapateador group dedicated to preserving and spreading knowledge about La Danza De Negritos, a one-of-a-kind tradition from the district of El Carmen, Chincha, Peru. The group was created in 2009 to honor the memory of Amador Ballumbrosio, a leader, zapateador, musician, and head of the Ballumbrosio clan.