The Bates Gamelan Ensemble performs a Javanese shadow puppetry show based on Mahabarata, one of

Javanese Shadow Theatre: “Ontran-Ontran Alas Kaniyaka (Chaos at the Forest of Kaniyaka)”

The Bates Gamelan Ensemble performs a Javanese shadow puppetry show based on Mahabarata, one of the sacred Hindu epics from India, with Artist – in – Residence, Darsono Hadiraharjo (puppeteer).

The Bates Gamelan Ensemble (Performing Musical Arts of Indonesia S25) collaborates with a Javanese dalang (puppeteer) to bring a Javanese wayang kulit (shadow theatre) to Lewiston! The Lakon (main story) will be based on one of the episodes from Mahabarata, one of the Hindu epics from India, about a dispute over the reign of the Astina Kingdom between the Pandawa family and Kurawa family. 

Mick Burden

Kay Cochran

Jackson Donahue

Maddy Ewell

Ben Hoffinger

Amelia Ingersoll

Imogen Mickelwhite

Will Schinabeck

Piper Strunk

Jackson Williams

Puppeteer: Darsono Hadiraharjo

Director: Maho A Ishiguro

Guest Musicians: Anne Stebinger (Kusumo Laras, NYC); Phil Acimovic (Smith College)