Rumput will perform traditional and experimental music, including a new crankie art roll about the exploits of the tobacco industry from Virginia to Indonesia. Richmond ukulele artist Stu Kindle will perform a 30-minute opening set.
Combined show of traditional wayang (Indonesian shadow theater) with Balinese master dalang Gusti Sudarta and gamelan accompaniment, followed by Rumput's crankies and keroncong, also featuring Pak Gusti. The full premiere of our new Nicotiana crankie! Two shows: 7pm and 9:30pm.
Our Spring 2020 tour Nicotiana premieres a new crankie (scrolling panorama) on the ongoing deadly colonial history of tobacco. Featuring Balinese master musician, dancer, and dalang (shadow puppeteer) Gusti Sudarta.
Our Spring 2020 tour Nicotiana premieres a new crankie (scrolling panorama) on the ongoing deadly colonial history of tobacco. Featuring Balinese master musician, dancer, and dalang (shadow puppeteer) Gusti Sudarta. $15, students $10.
Rumput opens for Malian griot Check Hamala Diabate
Premiering two newly commissioned artworks from central Java: wayang beber (scrolling panorama) by Dani Iswardana and musical compositions by Rumput's sometime guest artistic director and master teacher Danis Sugiyanto. The darkness seeks the light of the sun as All the Saints Theater Company explores versions of hell while holding space for our childhood selves with … Continue reading Rumput @ Firehouse w/ All the Saints Puppet Theater
Premiering two newly commissioned artworks from central Java: wayang beber (scrolling panorama) by Dani Iswardana and musical compositions by Rumput's sometime guest artistic director and master teacher Danis Sugiyanto. Featuring stories and crankies by visual artist Katy Dement, including a collaboration with poet and novelist Alex Rainey Ward. Java and the rest of Indonesia are … Continue reading Rumput @ Wilkins School Comm Ctr Pittsburgh w/ Katy Dement & Alex Rainey Ward
Premiering two newly commissioned artworks from central Java: wayang beber (scrolling panorama) by Dani Iswardana and musical compositions by Rumput's sometime guest artistic director and master teacher Danis Sugiyanto. Featuring stories and crankies by Baltimore's beloved Katherine Fahey. Java and the rest of Indonesia are suffering record high deaths from COVID-19. Performers are barred from … Continue reading Rumput w/ Katherine Fahey @ Le Mondo, Baltimore
Outdoor concert with Bulgarian-style female vocal quartet Orfeia and crankie artist Maura Dwyer. Catering by Java Cove Orfeia is a woman’s vocal ensemble dedicated to preserving and sharing traditional music from Bulgaria and Eastern Europe. Orfeia’s repertoire spans the rich and diverse musical heritage of Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia and their neighbors. From traditional … Continue reading Rumput @RhizomeDC w/ Orfeia and Maura Dwyer
Continuing our fall tour featuring newly commissioned artworks from central Java: wayang beber (scrolling panorama) by Dani Iswardana and musical compositions by Rumput’s sometime guest artistic director and master teacher Danis Sugiyanto. First Friday, a monthly opening-night reception for artists featured in the library's galleries: "Ellis Island Immigrants: Faces of America" by Sandra Nardone "City Street … Continue reading Rumput @ Richmond Public Library, Main Branch