SangHawa (Eve) + Rantau Berbisik (Whisperings of Exile)

PERFORMED BY NAN JOMBANG COMPANY FROM PADANG, INDONESIA AS PART OF TARIAN BARU DARI INDONESIA (NEW DANCE FROM INDONESIA)

When Nan Jombang Company first performed at Brisbane Powerhouse in 2007 it was their first time to perform outside of their home country, Indonesia. Since, they have performed at the Tokyo Performing Arts Market, Dans Festival (Singapore), Chang Mu international Dance Festival (South Korea) and Theater der Welt (Germany), and are now about to embark on an Australian and UK tour with their new double bill by choreographer Ery Mefri. 

SANGHAWA (EVE)
In SangHawa (Eve), Choreographer, Eri Mefri contemplates Eve, the first woman in the story of creation shared by Islam, Christianity and Judaism. In matrilineal Minangkabau culture, property is owned by women and passed from mother to daughter.

Abstract and beautiful, the dialogue in the dance is performed by the company's senior artists, showing how the interaction between Minang men and women in relation to property, family, religion and love is unique in the world.

Choreographer  Eri Mefri
Dancers  Angga Mefri and Rio Mefri
Lighting Designer  David Walters
Head Electrician/Board Operator  Matt Strachan

RANTAU BERBISIK (WHISPERINGS OF EXILE)
This piece is inspired by the long tradition of Minang men migrating across the archipelago to make their fortune before returning home. In Rantau Berbisik (Whisperings of Exile), Eri Mefri brings together the physical, the spiritual, the ancient and the contemporary in what can only be described as a dance "tour de force".

Choreographer Eri Mefri
Dancers Angga Mefri, Rio Mefri, Gaby Mefri, Ririn Mefri and Intan Mefri
Lighting Designer  David Walters
Head Electrician/Board Operator Matt Strachan

”Choreographer Eri Mefri always keeps the tradition in his creation that is rich of musical concept and the purity of the stage” Kompas (indonesia) 

Duration 1hr 30 mins including interval 

TARIAN BARU DARI INDONESIA (NEW DANCE FROM INDONESIA) 
The Minangkabau region in Indonesia is famous for food and dance and is home for the countries most important choreographers. 

Its unique alchemy of martial arts, folk dance, spiritual discipline, social formality and a penchant for migration, creates the nucleus for this breathtakingly beautiful and original marriage between ancient tradition and modernism. 

The two choreographers featured in Tarian Baru Dari Indonesia, Hartarti and Eri Mefry, both have their foundations in the coastal highlands of West Sumatra. 

The Brisbane Powerhouse Tour of Contemporary Indonesian Dance Companies is supported by the Commonwealth through the Australia-Indonesia Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.