Performing Arts Resources
Indonesian Performing Arts Resources
AsiaAlive Artist Achmad Farmis
Master Dancer Achmad Farmis received his first degree from the National Arts Institute (formerly ASTI) in Bandung in 1990, and a master’s degree from the National Arts University (STSI) in Surakarta in 1995. He has received numerous awards, both regional and national, for silat, dance performance, and composition, and has represented Indonesia as a member of many cultural delegations through the world. Farmis was the resident AsiaAlive artist in September of 2003.
For a complete bio on Farmis please visit http://www.aiaa.org.au/performers/achmad/achmad.html.
Other Local Resources on Indonesian Dance, Music, Theater, and Literature
Harsanari
Meaning "Joy of Dance" in Sanskrit, Harsanari is a San Francisco-based company founded in 1995 to teach and perform Indonesian dance and to educate the American public about Indonesian dance and culture.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
A fifty-member ensemble of musicians and dancers, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that specializes in the performing arts of Bali, Indonesia. It is recognized internationally as “the finest Balinese gamelan ensemble outside of Indonesia.” (Indonesia’s Tempo Magazine)
Theater Arts Program at UC Santa Cruz and Professor Kathy Foley
Kathy Foley is Professor at UC Santa Cruz with specialty in Asian theater, Southeast Asian studies, performance studies, mask work, puppetry, multicultural theater
http://theater.ucsc.edu/program/
Shadowlight Productions
ShadowLight Productions, founded by Larry Reed in 1972, has a mission to bring the stories of the world to light. They work to build a world community through crosscultural storytelling and the magic of shadow theater.
UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asian Studies
http://ias.berkeley.edu/cseas/
Books, Videos, Teacher Packets
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Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (1996), Mythology and the Tolerance of the Javanese, 2nd ed. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, 105 pp.
Asian Art Museum Education Department (2002), "Warrior Kings and Divine Jesters: Indonesian Rod Puppets" Educator Slide Packet.Mimi Herbert with Nur S. Rahardjo (2002), Voices of the Puppet Masters, Univ. Of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 252 pp.
Wayang Golek: Performing Arts of Sunda; VHS, 23 minutes; Open University, 1999
