Performance, Philosophy, History, and Culture
Traditional Balinese Performing Arts
Topeng (Mask-Drama)
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Wayang (Puppetry)
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Philosophy, History, Culture
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Balimodule offers (but is not limited to) the following courses in performance, philosophy, history, and culture. The training also include visits to cultural centers, ceremonies, and performances. International students are given the unique opportunity to work directly with local artists and other students from ISI Denpasar - performing together in nearby villages and the Bali Arts Festival.
Performance Classes / Workshops
For performance classes, Balimodule has three box of Wayang Kulit puppets, several sets of dance costumes, Gamelan Gong Kebyar and Semarpagulingan music orchestras, and several sets of Gender Wayang metallophone ensemble.
Performance Classes / Workshops
- Introduction to dance, music, drama forms and their context
- Wayang puppetry
- Puppet Making: drawing, carving, and painting
- Dance practice (posture, movement, expression, theme/character)
- Selected dance movement/type
- Topeng masked theatre
- Mask making: demonstration and practice
- Selected masked dance character/type
- Kecak (dance, movements, narration, sung lines, numerous patterns of chanting rhythms, and sung music)
- Music introduction to various types of Gamelan ensembles
- Music practice: Gong Kebyar, Semar Pagulingan, and most challenging Gender Wayang metallophone orchestra.
- Sung Arja “opera” dance drama
- Prembon: Demonstration and Practice (similar to commedia dell' arte)
For performance classes, Balimodule has three box of Wayang Kulit puppets, several sets of dance costumes, Gamelan Gong Kebyar and Semarpagulingan music orchestras, and several sets of Gender Wayang metallophone ensemble.
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Academic Courses in Philosophy, History, Culture
- Basic history of Bali (local, overseas connection, and contemporary global extension)
- Religion and basic philosophy of Balinese people
- Culture: introduction to art, politics, and religion
- Art Management in Contemporary Bali
- Introduction to Balinese architecture
- Theatre in a Time of Terrorism: Renewing Natural Harmony after the Bali Bombing via Wayang Kontemporer
- The Lore and Philosophy of Balinese artists
- Bali Aesthetic Concept and Culture in the Current Global Context
- Theory of Bali Creative Arts and Performance
- Theory of Puppeteer Creativity (Playwright)
- Taksu, the ultimate aesthetic power
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Cultural Centers, Ceremonies, and Performances
Students immerse themselves in the Bali arts community. In addition to studying in the Balimodule studio - meetings may take place in other places like GEOKS Singapdu, Puri Agung Kesiman Palace, Sanggar Citta Usadhi Mengwi-Badung, Puri Agung Gianyar Palace, Puri Taman Sabha-Blahbatuh-Gianyar, Campus ISI Denpasar, Campus IHND, Grya Tegallantang Ubud, D’Topeng Museum Kingdom-Kuta, and SMK3/KOKAR Art Conservatory.
- Attending Odalan temple ceremony
- Ubud visit and selected aesthetic experiences
- Cultural visits to various performances: Mask and Puppetry Museum, Uluwatu sun-set Kecak and fire dance, etc.
- Collaborative seminar, workshop, and performances with students from ISI Denpasar. Performances presented in campus, village, and the Bali Arts Festival.
Students immerse themselves in the Bali arts community. In addition to studying in the Balimodule studio - meetings may take place in other places like GEOKS Singapdu, Puri Agung Kesiman Palace, Sanggar Citta Usadhi Mengwi-Badung, Puri Agung Gianyar Palace, Puri Taman Sabha-Blahbatuh-Gianyar, Campus ISI Denpasar, Campus IHND, Grya Tegallantang Ubud, D’Topeng Museum Kingdom-Kuta, and SMK3/KOKAR Art Conservatory.
