Ta’na Nirau – Apr 26-27
World Premiere
“It was magical!!!!! Thank you for sharing your culture with me.”
– Mickela Mallozzi-Barefoot PBS
“Amalia and Saung Budaya are the ambassadors of Indonesian culture! She has been educating and promoting Indonesian culture for the last 20 years.”
– VOA Indonesia
ABOUT
Amalia Suryani’s Ta’na Nirau is rooted in the dance, music, and storytelling traditions of the Dayak tribes of Borneo, Indonesia, who are grappling with multiple existential challenges. These tribes are struggling with environmental destruction, land theft, illegal logging and palm oil plantations. Forests are destroyed by unchecked greed, with no regard for the suffering of earth’s creatures. This performance gives voice to the Indigenous resistance striving to restore denuded forests against all odds.
CREDITS
Maria Curry (Dancer-Assistant Choreographer)
Putri Kumalaratri (Dancer)
Nella Zaini (Dancer)
Supriyadi Arshad (Artistic advicer)
Anusirwan (Music Composer)
Julia Santoli (Musician- Music Arranger)
Namirah Zihniah (Stage and Production Manager)
Prameswari Mrajabwana (Videographer)
BIOS
Amalia Suryani is the founder and choreographer of Saung Budaya Dance LLC. Born and raised in Indonesia, Amalia has been exposed to traditional dance since she was seven years old. Through the University of Indonesia’s dance league, she learned a wide variety of Indonesian traditional dances from master artists to strengthen her creative work. In 2005 she moved to New York and founded Saung Budaya Dance with a mission of introducing Indonesian culture to American-born Indonesians. Over the years, Amalia Suryani has become an important part of the Indonesian diaspora in New York in actively promoting Indonesian culture in and around New York. Her creative work has been highlighted in numerous venues such as the American Museum of Natural History, The Met Museum, Meet the artist at Lincoln Center, the Children’s Museum of Art, and the Asia Society. Her piece Nihau tintu and Naiak Padi has been curated and performed at the Inside/Out festival at the Jacob’s Pillow.
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival
20th Anniversary
Click here to see list of shows for La MaMa Moves! 20th Anniversary.
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue.
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