rumput – rumput

New video: Raden Panji

New release of a composition we commissioned from our teacher and sometime guest artistic director Danis Sugiyanto, to accompany a contemporary wayang beber (scrolling artwork) by Dani Iswardana, with narration by dalang Sigit Setiawan.

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Demo Reel 2021

We’ve taken the COVID-19 downtime to develop new shadow theater techniques, applying them to new and existing crankies and music. Coming soon!

Silver Dagger

https://youtu.be/kF8dfdp6VDw

New crankie + shadow-puppetry video for our langgam keroncong arrangement of the traditional song Silver Dagger. Crankie and arrangement by Hannah; shadow theater by Andy McGraw, Jess Zike, and Noel.

Voice of America Indonesia: Kolaborasi Dalang Bali dengan Pemusik Amerika

Indonesian press covers our collaboration with Balinese wayang master Gusti Sudarta.

https://www.voaindonesia.com/a/kolaborasi-dalang-bali-dengan-pemusik-amerika/5573439.html

Dalang Gusti Putu Sudarta pentas di sebuah studio di Richmond, Virginia. (Foto: Gusti Sudarta)

CANCELED due to Covid-19! Spring 2020 Tour: Nicotiana

Featuring Balinese Shadow Master Gusti Sudarta and a new crankie on the ongoing deadly colonial history of tobacco in the Americas and Southeast Asia.

See our full listing of tour dates.

New video: Gado-Gado

We got together with some of our local Indonesian friends for food, fellowship and filming!

Video produced and edited by our own Nat Quick, with location and cinematography provided by Piperbear Properties and HD Bros.

Rumput with Endah Laras and Danis Sugiyanto at Smithsonian — complete show on video

Watch the full show on Facebook live video from the Smithsonian Freer Sackler Gallery.

Jali-Jali on Line Today

Social media aggregator Line Today reposted our video of Jali-Jali, calling it “luar biasa fasih” (extraordinarily fluent). It soared past 100k views in a week!

Check out the thread on facebook but be sure to check out the full-resolution version below.

Akar video: live performance with crankie & shadow puppets

US premiere of Akar at The Roundhouse, Richmond VA, September 2 2018.

Last September was the US premiere of Akar, our intercultural retelling of Jack & the Beanstalk, here in Richmond Virginia, following our tour of Java.