ROBERT WILSON I LA GALIGO
 
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Singapore
Esplanade
Theatres on the Bay
12 - 13 March 2004

Amsterdam, Holland
Het Muziektheater
12, 14, 15 May 2004

Barcelona, Spain
Forum Universal de les Cultures
Teatro Lliure
20 - 23 May 2004

Madrid, Spain
Teatro Espanol
30 May-2 June 2004

Lyon, France
Les Nuits de Fourviere Rhone
8-10 June 2004

Ravenna, Italy
Ravenna Festival
Teatro Alighieri
18 - 20 June 2004

New York, USA
Lincoln Center
13 - 16 July 2005

Jakarta
Teatr Tanah Airku
10 - 12 December 2005

Melbourne
Melbourne International Arts Festival
19 - 23 October 2006

Milan, Italy
Teatro Arcimboldi
12 - 17 February 2008

Taipei
 Metropolitan Hall for Taipei Arts Festival
7-10 August 2008

Makassar, Indonesia
23-24 April 2011

"I like working with an epic of this scale because the memory of the heroes is still present in the people of the village. It is a surreal world but yet it is real. The eyes and the hands of the performers become a concrete translation - with the colours, the sounds, the whispers, the perfumes - of the mystery and the divine. It is sensuality and beauty. There are very modern themes in the myth but the spectacle is mainly about the explosion of creativity. It is images, dance and music. The words are few: they are in the chant of the Bissu priest, the one who holds the secrets of the oral tradition of Sureq Galigo which guides the events between the sky and the earth." (Robert Wilson)

Theatre, dance, music and poetry unite when the Bugis epic, I LA GALIGO, comes to the stage in a new visionary work by Robert Wilson. I LA GALIGO features a cast of 50 Indonesia's finest performers. The music has been researched and composed by Indonesian master Rahayu Supanggah. The theatre work is inspired by Sureq Galigo, an epic poem of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Longer than the Mahabharata and comparable to the adventures of Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey, the epic tells the story of the creation of the Middle World and the first six generations of its inhabitants.

The wild adventures of the main characters illuminate the cosmology of the ancient Bugis world, much of which is still alive in music, costumes, architecture and ritual of the Bugis people today.

Sureq Galigo was brought to Robert Wilson's attention for the first time four years ago by Rhoda Grauer and Restu Kusumaningrum and since then has been developed thanks to the continuous efforts of Change Performing Arts and Bali Purnati Center for the Arts supported by an international group of co-producers working on a large range of development activities. The projected have been assisted by a team of scholars, from Sulawesi and abroad, who have advised on the development of the epic for the theatre.

The challenge of the project is not only the creation of a spectacle that merges the traditions and folklore of the Bugis people with Wilson's contemporary and visionary theatrical language but to also open doors to future study and awareness of this unknown work of extraordinary literature and imagination.


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I LA GALIGO

A music theatre work inspired by Sureq Galigo
An epic poem from South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Direction, set design, lighting concept Robert Wilson
Text adaptation and dramaturgy Rhoda Grauer
Music Rahayu Supanggah
Artistic coordination Restu I Kusumaningrum
Costume designer Joachim Herzog
Co-director Ann Christin Rommen
Lighting designer AJ Weissbard
Collaborator to set design Christophe Martin
Textile design and costume coordination Yusman Siswandi and Airlangga Komara
Dance master Andi Ummu Tunru
Assistant director Rama Soeprapto

Cast
Abdul Murad, Amri Asrun, Ascafeony Daengtanang Maladjong, B. Kristiono Soewardjo, Coppong Daeng Rannu, Didi Annuriansyah Hasyim, Erythrina Baskorowati, Faizal Yunus, Herry Yotam, I Gede Sudiarcana, I Ketut Rina, Ida Ayu Putu Widianingrat, Indra Widaryatno, Iwan Wiyanto, Jusneni Fachruddin, Kadek Tegeh Okta WM, Muhammad Agung Kordova, M. Gentille Andi Lolo, Murniati, Musdalifah Rizal, Ni Ketut Sujani, Ni Made Sumartini, Ridwan Anwar, Samsari Hatipe, Satriani Kamaluddin, Sefi Indah Prawarsari, Simson Lawari, Sitti Aisyah, Sri Qadariatin, Taufiq Ismail, Tenri Lebbi, Wangi Indriya, Widyawati, Yusan Budiawan Nadjamuddin, Zulsafri Nurdin

Musicians
Rahayu Supanggah (music director), Abdi Bashit, Anusirwan, Arifin Manggau, Basri Baharuddin Sila, Darsono, Hamrin Samad, I Wayan Sadera, Imran Rauf, Rafiloza Bin Rafii, Solihing Bin Dorahing, Sukesi, Zamraful Fitria and Puang Matoa Saidi

Technical director Richard Gravel Stage manager Sue Jane Stoker
Assistant lighting designer Iskandar Kama Loedin; Assistant stage manager Toto Arto; Assistant props designer Djanti Soekirno; Movement coach B. Kristiono Soewardjo; Company manager Dolly Sosrowardoyo; Stage master Jean-Francois Bisson; Stage technician Onil Brusseau; Master electrician Marcello Lumaca; Electricians Fabio Bozzetta, Markus Erlandson, tbd, tbd, Board operator tbd; Sound master Peter Cerone; Wardrobe Julie Putri, tbd. ; Hair and make up Andriani Gunawan, Olivia Maria; Mr Wilson's personal assistant Christof Belka

Fabrics and costumes realised by BIN House, Indonesia
Set realised by Globefair Florence, Altitech, Jean Francois Touzin Inc

Produced by
CHANGE PERFORMING ARTS
Producers Elisabetta di Mambro and Franco Laera in partnership with
BALI PURNATI CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Commissioned and co-produced by
ESPLANADE - THEATRES ON THE BAY SINGAPORE, LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL NEW YORK, HET MUZIEKTHEATER AMSTERDAM, FORUM UNIVERSAL DE LES CULTURES BARCELONA 2004, LES NUITS DE FOURVIERE, RHONE-FRANCE, RAVENNA FESTIVAL ITALY in collaboration with OTELLO/ELSINOR BARCELONA, POLIMNIA PARIS and CRT ARTIFICIO MILAN

Under the auspices of Ministry for Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia, Embassy of Italy in Jakarta, Italian Cultural Institute of Jakarta