UPCOMING EVENTS
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May 18 & 19, 8pm
Balinese Music & Dance Spectacle
GAMELAN GITA ASMARA
as part of
GONG! The Gamelan Festival
Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU
(149 W. Hastings St.)
Tickets $15 advance / $20 Door
Family Pack (two adults and children) $30
And at Highlife (1317 Commercial)
& Banyen Books (3608 West 4th Ave.)
PRE-SHOW TALK: 7:15-7:45 EACH NIGHT
INDONESIAN FOOD FOR SALE 6:30PM-8PM
Gamelan Gita Asmara’s annual concert this year brings an ambitious mix of classical, modern, rockin', and sweet music and dance, all highlighting the growing virtuosity of Vancouver’s own 25-piece gamelan devoted to the best traditional arts of Bali. This year they are joined by guest musician I Dewa Made Supartha, and guest dancers Keiko Ninomiya, and direct from Bali for the first time, 14-year old Ni Putu Suci Pramesti, led by dance director Ni Putu Widiantini.
WORKSHOPS:
Gamelan Music Workshop - Saturday May 19, 4:30 - 6pm
Balinese Dance Workshop - Sunday May 20, 4:30 - 6pm
TO PRE-REGISTER: Call Meris at 778-772-1121
A CO-PRESENTATION WITH SFU WOODWARD'S
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDONESIA
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also part of GONG! THE GAMELAN FESTIVAL:
Sunday May 20, 8:00 pm
Contemporary Music for Javanese and Sundanese Gamelan
featuring Gamelan Alligator Joy and VCC’s Gamelan Si Pawit with Full Performing Bodies
Music by John Cage, Jon Siddall, Michael O’Neill, Mark Parlett and Sutrisno Hartana
Choreography by Henry Daniel
Tickets $15/$12 students & seniors at Banyen and Highlife,
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June 13, 8pm
Balkan Beats Master
SHANTEL
Anarchy and Romance DJ Session
With Special Guests
BURINATO DUO
LADY RA
and Special Guest Bellydancer
RAHEL
RED ROOM ULTRABAR
(398 Richards St.)
Tickets $20 advance / $25 door
Order by phone 1-800-838-3006.
Or at Highlife (1317 Commercial), Beatstreet, Zulu, and Boemma Deli (Burnaby)
COMBO ticket for this show and the Jill Parker-Luciterra Tribal Belly Dance show on June 16th (see below) for $35 ($5 discount)
Famed for his Bucovina Club in Frankfurt, Germany, which he founded following a trip in search of his family roots in Bucovina - a region now split between Ukraine and Moldavia – Shantel has spearheaded the revival of Gypsy Music and Balkan Beats all around the world.
A BBC World Music award recipient, he has performed from Glastonbury to Roskilde and from East to West in Europe, with residencies in Istanbul, Rome, Vienna and Zürich, as well as several German cities. His new brand of pop music covers the sounds of Central Europe, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and beyond.
Also performing are Vancouver's Turkish DJ's Burinata Duo, and Beats Without Borders Lady Ra (a long-awaited return appearance!), plus the talented belly-dancer Rahel! A night that won't be forgotten soon!
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Saturday June 16
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm
VELVET SMOKE
A Gala Evening of Bellydance
featuring from San Francisco
JILL PARKER
PLUS over a Dozen Guest Dancers
Tickets $20 Adv / $25 door
Call 1-800-838-3006. Or at Highlife (1317 Commercial)
Luciterra Dance Company presents Jill Parker (San Francisco), the momma of the modern Tribal Fusion Bellydance movement. Gala show will be headlined by Jill Parker herself, in the flesh, and will be featuring Luciterra, and a stellar line up of the finest professional bellydancers in British Columbia.
Line up includes:
Ala Nar
Tha Fae
Tamara
Belly Belly Hip
Candace Aldridge Sanchez
Dounia Dance Collective
Lisa Marie Allen
Floreo
Dahab Dance Collective
Rahel
Scarlet Lux
Luciterra
and
JILL PARKER
