Jenkins Article on African-American, Balinese Chants in Jakarta Post
Olivia DrakeRon Jenkins, professor of theater, is the author of an article titled, “African-American Step Dancing meets Balinese “kecak'” published in the March 6 edition of The Jakarta Post. The article highlights a cross-cultural theater collaboration that brought together African-American step-dancers and Balinese “kecak” performers who create interlocking rhythms with choral chants. Jenkins wrote the article while in Pengosekan Village, Indonesia doing sabbatical research. Read the article here.
Jenkins also wrote a book review titled, “Illuminating: The Enigma of Time,” which appeared in the Feb. 24 edition of The Jakarta Post. The book, Time, Rites and Festivals in Bali, is written by Gusti Nyoman Darta, Jean Couteau and Georges Breguet and published by BAB Publishing Indonesia in 2014.
“The reader can get lost for several pages in the flow of its prose recounting a mythical fable, or stop to savor an enigmatic reference to a ‘web of meaning according to which the distinction between people and rice is blurred,'” Jenkins wrote. Read the article here.
James Sims
Editorial Staff
Ziba Kashef