ARTIST

Barong Dance & Terang Bulan

Indonesia

Balinese Barong (sacred beast) dancers and kendang (Balinese drum) player created a world of rich resonance and intimate relationship, in collaboration with Japanese gamelan group Terang Bulan (bright moon), at the performance in Tokyo as a part of Sanriku International Arts Festival 2016. In 2019, they reunite in Sanriku region to collaborate with local performers. Those three from Bali are expert members of Çudamani, a world-famous gamelan ensemble.
Barong dancers: I Made Mahardika and Dewa Gede Guna Arta. Balinese dancer: Chizuko Koizumi. Gamelan: I Dewa Putu Rai and Terang Bulan (Motoko Sakurada, I Ketut Suardana, Mami Kohara, Saori Tanaka, Yukie Tanno, Yasuko Watanabe and others). Music and stage director: Motoko Sakurada.