[CW-Grad] Fwd: acclaimed West Sumatran-based company Nan Jombang makes LA debut at REDCAT, October 10-11 & 13-14

[robin russin]

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> From: Diana Wyenn <dwyenn at calarts.edu>
> Date: October 4, 2012 12:18:49 PM PDT
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: acclaimed West Sumatran-based company Nan Jombang makes LA debut at REDCAT, October 10-11 & 13-14
> Reply-To: <dwyenn at calarts.edu>
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> We are thrilled to invite you and your students to REDCAT next week for the remarkable performances by Nan Jombang. 
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> Under the artistic direction of Indonesian choreography Ery Mefri, the West Sumatran-based company makes their West Coast premiere with an intoxicating work that incorporates elements           of traditional martial arts—drawing on the Randai with movements based on pencak silat (a self-defense art)—and modern Western movement, while touching on current issues faced by Minang society. 
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> [watch video excerpt]
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> The work's live soundscape is created by chants, claps and body percussion of the performers, and also incorporated is Tari Piring (Plate Dance), which originated as part of the paddy harvest party and tests a performer's adroitness and skill.
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> Students receive up to 20% off on tickets, and additional discounts are available for groups. For tickets & more information, call 213-237-2800 or visit www.redcat.org
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> Cheers,
> Diana Wyenn & team REDCAT
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> REDCAT with Center Stage presents
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> Nan Jombang
> Rantau Berbisik (Whisperings of Exile)
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> October 10–11 & October 13–14
> West Coast premiere
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> Revered Indonesian choreographer Ery Mefri brings his acclaimed company Nan Jombang to the U.S. for the first time with an intoxicating work that incorporates coiled bodies, exacting feats of balance and spellbinding control—punctuated by bursts of chanting, clapping and body percussion.
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> “Simply put, it blew the audience away... It is a mesmerizing play of a changing, fluid form.” —Jakarta Post
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> “A moving and profound evening of dance. If you can still get a ticket, do so.” —Glam Adelaide
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> Rooted in the spiritual and martial arts traditions of West Sumatra’s Minangkabau ethnic minority, the company—consisting entirely of members of the Mefri family—incorporates elements of modern Western movement, while touching on current issues faced by Minang society. The resulting dance drama, Rantau Berbisik (Whisperings of Exile), resonantly enacts a time-honored rite of passage: the bittersweet journeys of young men who must leave their native villages to seek fortune out in the wider world. In the long-standing custom of this matrilineal society where inheritance accrues to daughters, sons are expected to leave home and earn the means necessary to support a wife and children before settling down. 
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> Performances:
> Wednesday, October 10 at 8:30 pm
> Thursday, October 11 at 8:30 pm
> Saturday, October 13 at 8:30 pm
> Sunday, October 14 at 3:00 pm
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> Tickets:
> $20-25 [$16-20 students/members]
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> REDCAT | Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
> 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles CA 90012
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> 213-237-2800
> www.REDCAT.org
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> These performances are presented as part of Center StageSM, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, in cooperation with the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, with additional support from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
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