BWW Preview: MAHABHARATA Part 3: Kurusetra War

Kelola Foundation with Teater Garasi/ Garasi Performance Institute will perform Mahabharata Part 3: Kurusetra War in Yogyakarta, September 24-25 and Jakarta, September 28-29, 2016. This performances are supported by Asia Center-The Japan Foundation and Jakarta Arts Council.

Mahabharata Project is a pan-Asia international work by Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project (Tokyo, Japan) with Artistic Director Hiroshi Koike. This 8-years span project is launched in 2013 and will end in 2020. They have performed Mahabharata Part 1 in Cambodia, Part 2 in India, and Part 2,5 in Japan. This year, they plan to perform the Part 3 in Indonesia. There are five actors / dancers from Indonesia, alongside actors / dancers from Japan, Malaysia and The Philippines.

An epic poem Mahabharata has been known all across Asia and contain the most important essence of the philosophical of and Asia sensibility, showing path in life which connects humans against fear and disparaging attitudes with others. Inspired with the history, this cross culture project Mahabharata intend to find a fresh way of view over the past and at the same time to find back what being divided by the cultures of each other and comprehensively created the story of man, not the story of gods.

Combining abstract and factual things, this comprehensive performance creates a theatre which polarizing conventional dance and theatre movement by bringing basic essential in human body movement to the stage through active imagination from many disciplines and cross culture talents.

The conflict arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins, Pandawa and Kurawa. Mahabharata Part 3 is in the point where this long conflict is in their peak, war must be declared. Across time, countries, and religions, this story is written. For us who lives today, they asked, "What is human?"

You can purchase the ticket for Mahabharata Part 3: Kurusetra War here or contact Dewi in (+62) 812 8245167.

Playwright

Hiroshi Koike

Director

Hiroshi Koike

Actors / Dancers

Carlon Matobato (Philippines); Gunawan Maryanto (Indonesia); Lee Swee Keong (Malaysia); Riyo Tulus Pernando (Indonesia); Sachiko Shirai (Japan); Sandhidea Cahyo Narpati (Indonesia); Suryo Purnomo (Indonesia); Tetsuro Koyano (Japan); Wangi Indriya (Indonesia)

Music Director

Peni Candrarini, Kensuke Fujii

Costume Designer

Lulu Lutfi Labibi, Mandakini Goswani

Artistic Director

Agung Kurniawan, Firos Khan

Lighting and Technical Director

Ignatius Sugiarto

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