Renowned Indonesian transgender dancer Didik Nini Thowok returns to New Zealand to perform with the Javanese "Gamelan Padhang Moncar":/contributor/performer/1452 and Balinese Gamelan Taniwha Jaya as part of the 10th Birthday Celebrations of Te Papa.
Amongst other items, he will dance Rona e te Marama - the story of Rona and the Moon - to music by Gareth Farr for the combined forces of both gamelan. This work was premiered at the 2007 Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival.
Start time
February 16, 2008 2:30PM
Location
Te Papa
Wellington
New Zealand
