Balinesedance
Photo Gallery Open Air Performance at Collias July 2008 |
In July 2008 the community of Collias under its new Mayor, M. Raymond Aparis, organized a performance of Balinese Gamelan and Dance. The gamelan was the Gong Kebyar Tiga Bintang owned and led by Gaston Sylvestre under the musical directorship of Andy Channing, with Ni Madé Pujawati, who danced Baris Tunggal, Topèng Lucu and the Pig in a Kraton. For more details of Gong Kebyar Tiga Bintang, click here.
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Kècak - Balinese Vocal Chant performed by the assembled gamelan players |
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A Kècak chorus to open the concert |
Baris Tunggal - the solo virtuoso warrior dance |
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Ni Madé Pujawati dancing Baris Tunggal |
Baris Tunggal |
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Baris Tunggal |
Baris Tunggal |
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Baris Tunggal malpal - the strong male walk |
Baris Tunggal |
Topèng Lucu - a comical masked dance, here depicting a young man who fancies himself as strong and macho, but who is in fact lazy and unfit |
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He strutts his stuff |
So what's going on? |
Lighting up a cigarette |
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Smoking and looking cool |
Too far to walk to the corner, he rides his motor-cycle there |
Feeling like an argument? |
Pig in a Kraton - the story of a pig who wanders into a Javanese palace (kraton) - story and music by Andy Channing, danced by Ni Madé Pujawati |
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The Pig snuffles his way into the palace |
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The Pig looking around in astonishment at all the beautiful things in the palace |
The beautiful backdrop including the river valley at Collias for the afternoon rehearsal before the evening performance |
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The whole gamelan |
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Réong and drum (front) calung and jègogan (rear from left to right) |
Andy Channing on drum |
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Kempli (left) and two rows of gangsa |
Andy Channing (drum) and Gaston Sylvestre (rear playing ugal) |
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The two drums and kempli with the ugal (rear) |
The réong, drums and gangsa |
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Ni Madé Pujawati rehearsing Baris Tunggal with gamelan (note the attentive gaze of the drummers in order to keep time with the dance) |
Rehearsing Baris Tunggal |
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Rehearsing Baris Tunggal |
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These photographs may be downloaded and printed for study, educational and private use provided copyright is properly acknowledged. No commercial use is permitted with prior approval in writing. Photographs © Mark Hobart 2008 |
