Cheroney Pelupessy - Mama Ku (2025)

For Mama Ku I worked with musicians Wayan Pitriana and Krishna Sutedja on the first day recording samples and phrases with Krishna's gamelan instruments and Vivi's (Wayan) voice. A majority of the score ended up being tuned to Krishna's instruments including the additional synthesizers and layered one-shats that I added later in the studio when working on the compositions.

The theatre piece was also accompanied by a documentary which I scored with new pieces but also adaptations of existing work I already developed with Cheroney in the past.

Photo: Sjoerd Derine

Concept: Cheroney Pelupessy

Choreography: Cheroney Pelupessy in collaboration with Elly Lutan

Performed by: Cheroney Pelupessy & Elly Lutan

Stand-in Performer: Ubit Iskandar

Assistant Choreographer: Prawita Indah

Documentary Director: Sven Peetoom

Artistic Mentor: Shailesh Bahoran & Ryan Djojokarso

Composer: Tom van Wee

Musicians: Wayan Pitriana, Krishna Sutedja, Wulan Dumatubun

Costume Design: Mirjam Manusama

Lighting Design: Jeffrey Steenbergen

Technical Coordinator: Simchah Hoed

Producer & Business Manager: Gi Au-Yeung

Photography & Video: Elia Papilaja & Sjoerd Derine

Produced by: ART&

Residency Partner: Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam

Made possible by: Vfonds, DNA The Next!, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Podium Mozaïek, Theater Rotterdam, Theaterfestival Boulevard, IRC, AYA, Indonesia House, Boby Setiawan