Full Day Incursions
Aaron Hall and Nita Rahayu are delighted to offer the following workshops and performances, which will support your Indonesian, music or arts program. They are a series of authentic cultural experiences that will give your students a real taste of Indonesian music, arts and culture.
Nita was born in the cultural haven of Yogyakarta, and Aaron has spent 4 years there,1 1/2 years of which was spent studying gamelan full-time in Institut Seni Indonesia - Yogyakarta. Both are accredited LOTE teachers, which puts them in an ideal position to provide for your needs.
Workshops will be run by Aaron or Nita, or one of their contacts with specialist expertise.
Gamelan
The real thing. A central Javanese gamelan brought to your school. Your students will actually learn to play a genuine
gamelan song on a genuine gamelan orchestra. Aaron offers
gamelan workshops for schools and colleges.Instruments include
Saron, Bonang, Bonang penerus, Kendang, Kempul, Kethuk, Kenong and Gong. Enough instruments to seat 20 students at a time. Workshops are adjusted to suit the particular age level of the students.
- Upper Primary & Secondary students will actually learn to play a genuine game song
- Mid Primary will learn a simplified version
- Juniors will experiment with the fascinating sounds that the instruments make, to create their own patterns.
Nita has been immersed in Indonesian dance since a child, and now runs workshops for schools. The dances are chosen to suit the age level of the students, and will choose from Tari Topeng (mask dance), the Kecak dance (a chanting monkey motif dance), Tari Satria (warrior), Tari Kijang (deer), Tari Kupu-kupu (butterfly), Tari kelinci (rabbit), Tari Blek dik dot (Indonesian clown motif), Tari Saman (from Aceh), Tari Rampak (funny group dance from Java), Tari Gembira (the dance of joy) and Tari Lilin (candle dance). Tari tempurung (coconut), Tari Bamboo gila (bamboo dance) and Poco-poco (a modern aerobics style of dance) from Ambon.
Pencak Silat
Indonesian martial arts. Workshops start with a performance of pencak silat dance, then the students are taught some pencak silat self defence and tenaga dalam, a meditative style.
Kendang
West Javanese (Sunda) style drumming workshops. A class set of drums are brought to your school so that your
students may explore the scintillating rhythms of Sundanese drumming.
Students use the traditional wax on cloth
method to make a piece of batik
Village games
Students play some of the games commonly played by
Indonesian kids.
Angklung
Bamboo music from Indonesia. Students will play an
Indonesian song on the angklung.
Village life
We use a traditional Maduranese sate cart to involve the
students in a sate buying role-play. Also jamu equipment
for a jamu buying role-play and a kentongan for a ronda
role-play.
Cooking
The students will cook dadar gulung or one of the delicious Indonesian sweet snacks.
Mask making
Students will make an Indonesian mask out of cardboard. Everything provided except textas.
Kasti
Students will play the Indonesian game kasti, similar to
softball.
Wayang kulit making
Students will make a wayang kulit puppet from cartridge paper.
An original becak from Yogyakarta plus a mini becak (that even the preps can ride) are available for hire.
Wayang kulit performance
The delights and imagery of the Wayang brought to your school. The traditional stories of the wayang are adapted to be accessible to your students. The stories come from the Ramayana or Mahabarata (the Indonesian epics originating in India) or the cheeky and clever kancil (mouse deer). Recently received the ultimate accolade “Better than T.V.” (Sean, grade 1, Dawes Rd. Primary School). The length of the performance may be adjusted to suit your needs, but 30 - 45 min. is a common length.
The program
A popular format for the day is to run 45 min. (sometimes less for Junior Primary) workshops in the morning followed by a performance in the afternoon. The performance typically involves a Wayang kulit performance by Aaron then performances by the students of the gamelan piece and dances studied earlier in their workshops (students in full dance costume). Parents are often invited to the latter part of the performance to watch their children perform their dance or gamelan. An ideal way to finish off a successful Indonesian day.
Cost
Workshops (full day, gamelan, dance etc.) $450.00 per day per facilitator, plus travel.
Wayang kulit performance costs an extra $100.00.
Becak hire is $100.00 per day.
Travel costs. $50.00 per 50 km from Bendigo, first 100 km free. Melbourne schools - NMR, WMR $100.00, SMR & EMR $150.00.
Please note! These prices do not include GST, please add 10%. GST component not taken from LOTE budget, but from school GST fund.
For example, if Aaron and Nita were to come to your school to run gamelan and dance workshops, plus Aaron was to perform the Wayang kulit, plus you were to hire the becak for the day, and your school was in the Northern Metropolitan Region (making travel $100.00), then the cost would be: $450.00 + $450.00 + $100.00 + $100.00 + $100.00 = $1200.00 + GST $120.00 = $1320.00.
For bookings or inquiries, please contact Aaron or Nita:
Bagus kan! phone/fax : (03) 54392678
Box 821 email : info@baguskan.com.au
Strathfieldsaye, ABN : 81 931 871 013
VIC, 3551
