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Power
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Theatrical Bodies and Persons in Contemporary Bali |
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Monday
April 17
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2:30
- 3:45 P.M. - Lecture / Demonstration
From Page to Stage: Improvisation and Narrative in Balinese Arja Theater W.L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, Room 208 |
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7:30 P.M. - Full length performance of
dance and theatre
Legong and Arja: Balinese Dance and Theatre in Performance Iincluding a rare legong and a 40 minute Arja segment performed in Balinese with English translation. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue |
| Tuesday April 18 |
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9:30 - 11:20 A.M. - Lecture / Demonstration
Gender and Embodiment in Balinese Performance The representation of the three Balinese genders in dance and a detailed comparative look at the embodiment of gender in Java and Bali. W.L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, Room 208 |
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2:00 - 4:30 P.M. - Come and Learn
"Kecak- Ramayana Monkey Chanting and Balinese Movement Workshop" Come and learn how to perform the exciting interlocking patterns of monkey chanting and try out some of the basics of Balinese dance. Theater Studies Ballroom, 220 York Street |
| 5:00 P.M. - Workshop performance of Kecak in the Common Room of Jonathan Edwards College, 68 High Street |
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Professor I Wayan Dibia is perhaps
Bali's most celebrated dancer and a famous Panasar (senior servant);
also Professor of Dance and Choreography at ISI (the Institute
of Arts) Denpasar, and currently a visiting Professor in the Theatre
Department at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA Ni Nyoman Manik Suryani is
a senior instructor at ISI. She is known for both her range as
a virtuoso dancer and as a professional Arja singer-dancer,
including the role of Mantri Buduh, the mad king, which she plays
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| Co-sponsored by Yale University's Department of Music, Asian American Cultural Center, Department of Theater Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jonathan Edwards College, and the Council on Southeast Asia Studies |