
18 & 25 July 2026
About the Performance

Jala lan Jana is a visual performance rooted in the dialogue between object and body, presenting the river as a living entity which constantly evolving, shifting, and responding. Through fabrics, light, and an immersive soundscape, the stage gradually transforms into a moving stream that surrounds and interacts with the body within it. Without dialogue, the performance invites audiences of all ages to experience the delicate meeting between gentleness and subtle disturbance, between playfulness and the loss of balance. Materials transform into currents, creatures, and unstable surfaces, blurring the boundaries between performer and environment.
This year, Jala lan Jana will be presented in Kampung Budaya Piji Wetan, Kudus, Central Java followed by Workshop with Lumbung Baca on 18th July 2026. Then we present the works in Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta.
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“I love the show. It is amazingly crafty. Very organic material, heartbreaking, very deep soul searching concept.”
Thomas Dang Vu
Painter and Director of Fine Arts SCAD Hongkong
Team
Production


Meyda Bestari
Rangga Dwi A
Meyda Bestari
Jefri Mugi
Trexorier/Khoirul Anwar
Rangga Dwi A
Jefri Mugi
Yoga Nugraha Usmad
Muhammad Abdurahman Rais
Trexorier/Khoirul Anwar
Jefri Mugi
Panji
Our performance will be held at
Galeri Lorong
Special Region of Yogyakarta
Process and Development
Jala lan Jana,
Throughout the Years
2018
Sori in the Land of Lembuna was the beginning of Jala lan Jana. It was a collaborative work with Gwen Knox for Pesta Boneka 2018. It narrates the tale of an unlikely friendship between a human and a river creature Lembuna - a bull headed snake - that lives in the river way before human existence.

2023
We transform Sori in the Land of Lembuna to Jala lan Jana the Everlasting Dance. It was presented during Southeast Asian Arts Forum 2023, NAFA, Singapore. Exploring the idea that humans are not the exclusive focus of existence. Recognizing the interdependence between humans and rivers within a larger, complex ecological network. Pemali River has agency and contributes to owning its flow, patterns and dynamics
2026
Jala lan Jana now transform into a puppet performance that invites audiences in all ages to imagine and experience rivers through its creatures, streams, and stones.

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