Mom & Me: Mudita & Rose
dNaga's PEACE Project; finding peace while living with Parkinson's disease.
This dance was filmed in the Fall of 2019 with intentions to present the work as part of an evening length work entitled “Mom and Me.” The shelter in place order due to COVID-19 prevented us from finishing the work. We want to thank Mudita and Rose for their time, energy, and flexibility.
Performed by Mudita Nisker and Rose Nisker
Interviews of Mudita Nisker and Rose Nisker
Artistic Direction by Claudine Naganuma
Original sound by Joel Davel
Filmed at Danspace in Oakland, CA.
Mudita Ostrin Nisker is a recently retired licensed Marriage Family Therapist. She received her B. A. and M. A. in psychology from the University of Minnesota. A strong advocate of lifelong learning, she’s led women’s communication training groups for more than 35 years. She’s also offered training and coaching locally and nationally with private, public, and non-profit organizations for 35 years. Her articles in Tricycle Magazine and The Inquiring Mind Journal explore the Buddhist idea of Right Speech in daily life. Mudita is a musician and founding member of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, a 64 member company of musicians and dancers specializing in the performing arts of Bali. She has performed Balinese music and dance both nationally and internationally since 1980. Mudita is fortunate to share her love of dance with her grown daughter Rose.
Rose Nisker is a performer, teacher, director and arts administrator. At the age of eight, she made her debut with Gamelan Sekar Jaya at the Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, and has performed across the globe including tours to Indonesia, Europe, China and throughout the US and Canada. She received her BA from UCLA in World Arts and has served as the Artistic Director of Les Aerielles, a youth aerial arts company in Oakland. She is the Program Manager of the renowned Balinese music and dance troupe Gamelan Sekar Jaya, and a principal actor in the internationally-touring Iranian theater production, “Feathers of Fire.”