2010 Cudamani Summer Institute

Learn Balinese music & dance with Cudamani in Bali.

Intensive study with 6 master artists and a team of 12 assisting teachers using pedagogy developed collaboratively by Ibu Ni Ketut Alit Arini, Bapak I Nyoman Cerita and Çudamani; lectures and demonstrations by internationally renowned scholars and artists; observation of rehearsals, 'backstage' preparation and performances; visits to sacred sites and ceremonies. Participants engage with Pengosekan's community of artists, well known as weavers, painters, dancers and musicians.

For the very first time, Çudamani will offer elective courses on the fine arts of making masks, bamboo instruments and offerings.

With the success of the 2007, 2008 & 2009 summer programs, Çudamani invites you to participate in a rigorous study of Balinese music and dance in the village of Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali. Çudamani has provided gamelan and dance instruction to hundreds of youth and adults over the past eleven years. The company's technical accomplishments on the seven-toned Semarandana are unparalleled.

Background
In the village of Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali, across the street from the temple, is a family compound that is the home to Çudamani, comprised of young virtuoso musicians and dancers. The company is famous for teaching, performing and preserving the rich and rare classical Balinese repertoire. Çudamani has provided gamelan and dance instruction to hundreds of young people over their eleven years of work in Pengosekan. To their credit they are one of the few organizations in Bali that teachers gamelan to girls--a realm that until recently, was reserved for males. The company’s technical accomplishments on the seven-toned Semaranandana are unparalleled and their musical versatility is respected in educational circles and sought after by major American composers. Çudamani and its members have toured Italy, Greece, Japan and the U.S. In 2001, Çudamani received a grant from the Ford Foundation for their work in preservation, innovation and education. In 2007, the company toured their critically acclaimed production: Odalan Bali to 12 cities ( USA & Canada). Cudamani's latest production BAMBOO to BRONZE will tour the US (west coast) in Fall 2010.

Artistic Team
I Dewa Putu Berata: Director, Gamelan Çudamani
Emiko Saraswati Susilo: Director, Summer Institute

Click here for a video from the 2008 program

Tuition Fees $1,950: 3-weeks tuition includes instruction, shared housing, breakfast, lunch, excursions. Group Discount Available!
All proceeds benefit the Gamelan Cudamani youth program

CONTACT: UCLA
Center for Intercultural Performance.
cip@arts.ucla.edu
310-206-1335

Application due Feb 15, 2010 or until enrollment fulfilled!
For more info and to apply, www.cudamani.org