Bamboo to Bronze TOUR 2010 (USA/West Coast) Musicians and dancers in Bali continue to practice and maintain both enduring traditions as well as vibrant creative innovations. Bamboo to Bronze presents the entire arch of these performing genres. Rooted in ceremony and ritual, early genres in Bali took place in both the village temples and the courts of Balinese kings. Village practices ensure deep connections to the spirit world. Temple ceremonies are aligned to the lunar calendar, the harvest cycle and the world of the gods and spirits. In the past villagers may only have bamboo gamelan instruments, while the courts perfected the high art of metallurgy, building magnificent gamelan ensembles from bronze. It is this court patronage that supported the development of dancers and musicians we now associate with Balinese Gamelan music and dance. Çudamani maintains and continues to develop repertoire that spans an enormous range of Balinese music and dance genres. Bamboo to Bronze considers the Balinese contemporary reality by presenting a program that includes the intimate and poetic sounds of a small village as well as the virtuosic, dynamic and technically dazzling sound of the brilliant seven-toned Gamelan Semarandana. Both exist alongside the increasingly complex and sophisticated world of Bali. In Bamboo to Bronze, Çudamani explores their own artistic history working constantly to revive and revitalize Bali’s ancient forms in a way that acknowledges innovation as the most powerful tool of preservation. I Dewa Putu Berata Artistic Director/Composer USA Tour Schedule 2010 All proceeds benefit the Gamelan Cudamani youth program *********************************************************************************************************************************************** TOUR Oct-Nov 2007 (USA & CANADA) Odalan Bali: An Offering of Music & Dance Çudamani, the 26-member music & dance ensemble from Bali, Indonesia presents Odalan Bali featuring cutting edge new works as well as rare classical forms of Gamelan repertoire in 12 cities across USA and Canada Oct-Nov, 2007. Çudamani's Odalan Bali transports the audience with its music, dance and spectacle and brings to life the vibrant world of the Balinese people. 2007 Tour Venues Press "[Cudamani] quietly rebels against the formats that traditionally shape folkloric performances …there is no doubt that the performance brought us closer to the essence of a culture than most touring or touristic performances ever can, making us question and perhaps reject the ways that non-Western or pre-Western traditions are commonly presented on our stages.” Los Angeles Times "… a window on a society where art continually enriches daily activities." Los Angeles Times "… a complex and stunning display of Bali’s creative achievements." Savannah Now "I realized that it (Odalan Bali) had gently gotten under my skin in haunting ways and that I was experiencing something much deeper than entertainment or cross-cultural exchange." Dance View Times |