Indonesian performance

A blog on the performing arts of Indonesia - performances, films and videos, meetings, noteworthy discussions and ongoing research into Indonesian performance from a transnational perspective.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Gamelan Ibu-Ibu in a Nineteenth-Century Javanese Manuscript

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It has been some time since my last blog post - but this one is too good not to post on Indonesian Performance. Thumbing through Yale Uni...

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Collaborating Balinese Gender Wayang and Shadow Puppetry at SOAS, 27 November 2016

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After a hiatus of more than 2 years, I am finally prompted to return to blogging. It's not that I haven't seen or been involved in I...

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Rastika, RIP

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I have just been informed by a friend from the town of Gegesik that the great pelukis kaca (painter on glass) Rastika from Desa Gegesik ...

Monday, July 14, 2014

Wayang in the British Museum

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It's been a long time since my last blog post - almost exactly a year in fact - and I think it is high time for me to get back to blo...

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Gamelanathon

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Last weekend (6-7 July) was the Gamelathon, described as 'a weekend of Indonesian music, dance and puppetry across the Southbank Cent...

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Wayang at the Museu da Marioneta, Lisbon

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I was at the Museu da Marioneta, Lisbon's puppet museum, today to see their permanent exhibit. While there was nobody on hand to give...

Wayang at the Museu Nacional de Etnologia

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I am in Lisbon, Portugal now for the EUROSEAS conference, delivering a paper on the beginnings of kethoprak and randai in late colonial I...

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Matthew Isaac Cohen: London, England, United Kingdom; I am Professor of International Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, with research interests in Indonesian performing arts and traditions of puppetry around the world. I also perform as a shadow puppeteer (dalang) on occasion - see http://kandabuwana.wordpress.com/

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