Presented by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UHM and the East-West Center (EWC) Arts Program
Curated by Mohamed Effendy bin Abdul Hamid, Emiko Stock, and Michael Schuster
20 January – 28 March 2010, East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI

This exhibition illustrates visual aspects of Cham culture and how the Cham have preserved their identity through ritual and religious practices, art and architecture, writing and language, and everyday life experiences. Join us this week for the following free events at the EWC Gallery:

1:00-4:30 p.m., Friday, 22 January 2010
Cham Symposium: Cham culture and history will be discussed by six Southeast Asian scholars from Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and Hawai’i

2:00-3:30 p.m., Sunday, 24 January 2010
Opening Festivities including reception and walk-throughs by the curators

12:00-1:00 p.m., Monday, 25 January 2010
Visual presentation by visiting curator Emiko Stock, Cambodia, ”Visualizing Cham Diversity in Cambodia”

2:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday, 7 February 2010
Visual presentation by UHM Assistant Professor of Art Dr. Paul Lavy, “An Introduction to Ancient Cham Sculpture and Architecture”

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A (Balinese) Tempest

Directed by Larry Reed, Artistic Director of ShadowLight Productions, San Francisco
Musical Director: I Nyoman Sumandhi, Bali

Production Director: Kirstin Pauka,University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Jan 25, 26, 31, Feb 1, 2, 3 2008

This unusual adaptation of Shakespeare’s most musical and magical play is about a sorcerer and dethroned Milanese duke (Prospero), who has been banished with his daughter Miranda to an enchanted island.

Guest artist Larry Reed fuses Balinese and Elizabethan elements with his hallmark shadowcasting method, which utilizes a giant screen and live performers to create a magical shadow theatre performance. The production will also feature live musical accompaniment by the UH Balinese Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of guest artist I Nyoman Sumandhi. 

For more information go to hawaii.edu/theatre

Act I of Luck and Loss: Manandin’s Gamble

Luck and Loss: Manandin’s Gamble

Traditional Indonesian Randai
Directed by Kirstin Pauka
Guest Master Artists: Mohamad Halim and Saparman Bin Jamaludin

Jan. 28, 29, Feb. 3, 4, 5, 6 2005

A traditional West Sumatran Randai folk play featuring martial arts, dance, singing, music, and pants-slapping percussion, Manandin’s Gamble is a traditional coming-of-age story about love, gambling, and adventure. Master artists from West Sumatra, Mohamad Halim, internationally renowned master of traditional Minangkabau music, and Saparman Bin Jamaludin, master-teacher of Randai dance, acting, and silat (martial arts) will provide specialized training. UHM is the only university in the world that produces Indonesian Randai in English.

Luck and Loss: Manandin’s Gamble

Traditional Indonesian Randai
Directed by Kirstin Pauka
Guest Master Artists: Mohamad Halim and Saparman Bin Jamaludin

Jan. 28, 29, Feb. 3, 4, 5, 6 2005

A traditional West Sumatran Randai folk play featuring martial arts, dance, singing, music, and pants-slapping percussion, Manandin’s Gamble is a traditional coming-of-age story about love, gambling, and adventure. Master artists from West Sumatra, Mohamad Halim, internationally renowned master of traditional Minangkabau music, and Saparman Bin Jamaludin, master-teacher of Randai dance, acting, and silat (martial arts) will provide specialized training. UHM is the only university in the world that produces Indonesian Randai in English.

Annie Lokomaikaʻi Lipscomb, a student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, discusses her experience with Randai in 2005.

Dr. Kirstin Pauka, a professor of Southeast Asian Theatre at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, discusses music within Randai.

Gilbert Molina, a student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, discusses his participation in the 2005 Randai performance at Kennedy Theatre.

Dr. Kirstin Pauka, a professor of Southeast Asian Theatre at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, discusses dance within Randai.

KHON News coverage from 2005 about the local production of Luck & Loss: Manandin’s Gamble.

For more information vist hawaii.edu/theatre

Umbuik Mudo & The Magic Flute
Produced and Directed by Kirstin Pauka

Feb 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, & 11 2001

Martial arts, songs and instrumental music, dance, acting and storytelling combine in this unique West Sumatran theatrical form. Rarely performed outside of Indonesia, Umbuik Mudo is a tragic love story that unfolds amidst the wild jungles of Sumatra complete with magic flutes, robbers and dangerous quests. UHM students will train under guest artists in preparation for this production.

For more information vist hawaii.edu/theatre