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When Nan Jombang Dance Company dance training center in Padang, West Sumatra, 30 September 2009, an earthquake measuring 7.6 shook the city's SR. The disaster was then pushed ery Mefri and the dancers develop new work titled Dance Night. A choreography of the robustness of the human soul in the face of adverse effects of natural disasters. Berkelindan woman wailing call and response with the beating drum dancer full of energy and arouse feelings.
Dance Night questioning again the concept of sin and the position of women as mothers and caregivers earth harmonious world. Earthquake that spoil everything was seen as a sort of punishment for the sins of men and women whose duty it back to order again. This choreography is a co-production Powerhouse Brisbane, Darwin Festival, Australia, and the Esplanade-Theaters on the Bay, Singapore.
Ery-motion Mefri expand vocabulary and voice from the rich tradition of the Minangkabau. As martial arts movement in Randai, Dance Platter, and poetry in Petatah musikalitas-saying. With the principle of "the flared nature to be a teacher" it was absorbing and refreshing traditional Minangkabau dance while enriching it with modern dance elements.
Since its establishment in 1983, Nan Jombang Dance Company has been producing a variety of choreography and staged at art events in the country and abroad. For example, The Big Question on the Indonesian Dance Festival (1994), Ratok Dishes and Sarikaik at Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia (2007), and Region whispering in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany (2011).
Cast and Creative team for Tarian Malam at Komunitas Salihara
Nan Jombang Dance Company (Padang, Indonesia)
Choreographer: Ery Mefri
Choreographer: Ery Mefri
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