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Original Indonesian fairy tale is dance drama
In November, the College’s theatre department presented
Mimpi, an original dance drama, in Fenwick Theatre. The play,
which means “dreams” in Bahasa Indonesian, is
a collaboration between writer-director Lynn Kremer, and
composer Desak Made Suarti Laksmi, both of the theatre department.
The production utilized Indonesian fairy tales and poetry
to tell the twin fables of a covetous husband and a self-sacrificing
wife, and an ogress who sets her evil eye on a pair of happy
children. A versatile cast, which includes Tom Layman ’06
and Mel Ruiz ’06, portrayed a range of human and animal
characters. Gita Sari, the Holy Cross Gamelan ensemble, was
joined by professional musicians playing western instruments
to underscore the performance. Kremer, who spent two months
in Bali doing research for the play, is chair of the theatre
department.
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