Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Gamelan Sekar Jaya's Balinese Dance Fundamentals class, taught by master dancer and artist I Made Moja, starts a week from today! Celebrate springtime by signing up to learn traditional masked dance today at www.gsj.org/classes.

A shipment of beautiful new flutes made by craftsman I Wayan Karta (Cover) just arrived in Berkeley, with plenty of time before for our upcoming online class. Here is a video of Pak Cover playing one of his flutes in Pengosekan, Bali. Suksema, Pak Cover! And thanks to our volunteer, Monali, for picking the instruments up and shipping them.

Registration is still open at www.gsj.org/classes for Dance Fundamentals AND Family Kecak (session 2, beginning April 16). Don't forget to register before they fill up!

We're hiring a Program and Administrative Assistant! Visit www.gsj.org/careers to learn more and apply. Share the news with your Balinese arts loving friends, too.

Show your love for Indonesian cinema by registering for a free screening of "Impetigore" and Q&A with director Joko Anwar! Hosted by Asia Society. Free streaming available April 2-5, and the Q&A is April 5 at 8pm Eastern. https://asiasociety.org//e/asia-society-movies-impetigore

Spreading the message from @oaklandasiancc and @politicalinheritance about this creative community forum in response to anti-Asian hate crimes, to be held virtually this Friday.

For this week's Throwback Thursday, we have a post-concert group picture from March of 2011! . . #tbt #tbt #sekarjaya

Proud to have Bapak Dewa Berata representing Gamelan Sekar Jaya at this virtual roundtable. Thank you, Nusantara Arts and KBRI Washington DC. #gamelan #community #Indonesia #kbri

This week's throwback Thursday is a group picture after a concert back in March 2009! . . . #tbt #tbt #sekarjaya

This week's throwback Thursday we have a picture taken at the end of a show in the Stern Grove Festival back in July 25th, 2004. Picture taken by: David Hermeyer

GSJ's home base, our "banjar", is located on Ohlone land, now better known as the City of Berkeley. If you live in North America, on whose land do you live? http://native-land.ca/ Happy Indigenous People's Day! #IndigenousPeoplesDay

There are still spots open in GSJ's November-December session online classes! This dance class with guest dance director Shoko Yamamuro is only one of four unique Balinese dance and music classes. View all class offerings and register at www.gsj.org/events.

Today is Gamelan Sekar Jaya's 41st birthday! Deepest gratitude to Bapak I Wayan Suweca, Ibu Rachel Cooper, and Bapak Michael Tenzer for taking the first steps on this incredible journey. What an honor and a treat to receive these birthday greetings from Pak Suweca! We hope to grow into the next 41 years, with your incredible support and energy. Know that we (the office team) are always open to input and insight as we adapt to these turbulent times.... https://www.facebook.com/100003041093720/videos/3138391482938857/

From this Thursday forward, we will be doing a weekly throwback Thursday! Our first throwback Thursday is a picture of Eugene Cash during the Bali tour in 1985! Picture by: Lisa Gold Tomorrow, GSJ turns 41! Thanks to our amazing community of master artists, members, and supporters, we're still going strong. Stay tuned for more vintage photos tomorrow!... . . . . . #throwbackthursday #tbt #tbt #bali #baliindonesia #balitour #gamelan #sekarjaya See more

It's Wednesday, which means another Bali's Living Arts video is now up on Youtube! Enjoy Pak Made Moja's presentation on his artistic family history and his own work over the years. Coming soon: Bahasa Indonesia subtitles. Unfortunately, the zoom recording didn't catch the first few minutes.... https://youtu.be/HWVtWCYHXy8

Live performance lives on in the East Bay! Get your tickets for the final weekend of Neighborhood Stories to see members of Gamelan Sekar Jaya and a variety of incredible Oakland musicians, dancers, and actors. https://piedmontexedra.com//neighborhood-stories-lets-you-