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Narasasu, Tsukuru, Odoru - Let's try it! Gamelan and Mask
Yokohama Gamelan House Summer Special Workshop 2025
2025/08/09(sa.) 14:00 Starting
We will do it again in the summer of 2025!
Sound a seven-note gamelan instrument made of bronze!
Using paper, tape, and other easy-to-handle materials, freely make masks (headgear) of imaginary ikimono!
Everyone performs as the transformed objects!
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 12:15 Doors open 12:30 - 16:00
12:15 Registration starts
12:30-13:20 Perform gamelan instruments
(10 min. break)
13:30-15:00 Make masks (with a break in between)
(10 min. break)
15:10-15:30 Dancing
(10 min. break) 15:40-15:55 Performance!
15:40-15:55 Performance!
16:00 Group photo, dismissal
Venue: Forum Yokohama (Gender Equality Center) Hall
435-1 Kamikurata-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama City
5 min. walk from JR and Yokohama Municipal Subway Totsuka Stn.
Lecturer: Motoko Sakurada (Gamelan performer, composer, leader of Gamelan Turan Burlan, lecturer at Toho College of Music Graduate School)
Kotoe Arauchi (Balinese dancer, artist, leader of Naga Jupang)
Mask making and dance instruction by Naga Jupang (Rui Shinkai, Ai Naito)
Demonstration performance and performance guidance cooperation:
Gamelan Turan Bulan (Mami Obara, Erika Naito, Teruko Nishikiori, Yasuko Watanabe)
Capacity: 30 people
Profile
◉Kotoe Arauchi
Born in Tokyo in 1974, Arauchi is a Balinese dancer who graduated from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 2000 with a degree in sculpture. She began learning Balinese dance while still a student at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 2000. She studied Balinese dance at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Indonesia from 2004 to 2006. She is the leader of Naga Jepang, a Balinese dance group.
Motoko Sakurada
Motoko Sakurada is a musician and the leader of Gamelan Terang Bulan. She performs and composes gamelan music, collaborates with dance, creates cross-disciplinary art, teaches music work, and produces international performing arts exchanges. He has been frequently invited to present his works at the Bali Art Festival in Indonesia. Part-time lecturer at Toho College of Music Graduate School. Author of "Gamelan, Fluctuating Tones" and others, and CD "ASIAN MUSE - Asian Goddess" (Toshiba EMI) and others.
Program
Performer
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Motoko Sakurada
Planning, producing, gamelan performance and teaching
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Kotoe Arauchi
Bali dance and mask making instruction
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Terang Bulan
Gamelan performance and instruction
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Naga Jupin
Bali dance and mask making instruction
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Admission and ticket purchase
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Admission fee
All of them include 1,000 yen per person for materials to make masks.
For the performance from 16:40, children (5 years old to high school students) are free of charge.
Free for children (5 years old to high school students)
General admission (for those who are not accompanied by a parent or guardian): 300 yen
Payment will be made by bank transfer (bank transfer only). （Payment will be made by bank transfer. Please note that bank transfer fees are to be borne by the customer.)
However, for general public who only wish to watch the performance, please pay in cash at the reception desk on the day of the event.
(Parents accompanying their children do not need to pay for the performance.) -
Admission of a preschool child
Only family members of participants 5 years and older may bring their preschool children. Please indicate this on the registration form.