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Samsara – A Cine-Concert by Garin Nugroho featured at the Perth Festival
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Posted by: Zooey Cheng
Pitched at ISPA’s 2024 Perth Congress, Samsara A Cine-Concert by Garin Nugroho has since had its premiere at The Esplanade Theatres on the Bay and also appeared at the 2025 Perth Festival in February.
A black-and-white silent film accompanied by live music, Samsara features many traditional Balinese performance elements such as a gamelan, traditional dance, masks and wayang wong - classic form of mask theatre, layered with a digital electronic music soundscape. The film and live performance stars two Asia-Pacific luminaries of the stage and screen: Indonesian film actor Ario Bayu and Indonesian Australian dancer Juliet Burnett.