Art of balinese

The arts community in Bali is a complex element that appear to be Bali unique.That looks as though the whole of a society dominated Bali. Bali region is very rich in the arts field. All branches of art grow and develop in the life of the community that includes Balinese art, performance art and art literature.
Sculpture is one of Balinese skill which inherited by their ancestors.Balinese people have experienced a long development, namely (1) sculptures that have the character that comes from megalithic pre Hindu era and is seen as the man with the power of the ancestors and nature, (2) statue of gods, as the media with human deities, and this is a type of Buddhist Hindu influence; (3) theme figures sculpture from the Ramayana and Mahabrata; (4) forms of relief that sculpture on the wall and the pillar of a house or on the door, (5) naturalist sculptures .As well as painting, they have also experienced a long journey. At the beginning their paintings are about a symbolic magical such as painting on parba, palate and ider-ider, than move to the naturalist paintings.

According to the traditional function,Balinese dances are classified into three types: (1) tari wali (sacred dance), dance which is show in a sacred religious, (2) tari bebali, the ritual dance , (3)Balih-balihan the dances that serves as an entertainment. Type of sacred dance is referred to (a)Sanghyang Dedari dance; (b)Rejang sutri dance ; (c)Pendet dance.Literature is the art of noble heritage and is a source of reference and other forms of art.Overall art literature is in the age of Ancient Bali literary , Balinese Hindu, Bali, Bali and New Bali Modern.

Tentang tarian bali

Bali tarian tidak bisa dipisahkan dari setiap kegiatan keagamaan, namun dengan anggapan seperti ini bukan berarti setiap orang Bali bisa menari. Ada yang memang lahir mempunyai bakat ini, biasanya juga bapak dan ibu ataupun kakeknya dulu juga penari.

Tari Oleg (seperti yang tampak pada gambar disebelah), salah satu tarian Bali yang paling terkenal. Tarian ini diciptakan oleh I Ketut Maria atau lebih dikenal dengan nama Mario. Mario yang berasal dari Tabanan ini juga telah menjelajah berbagai negara di kala itu (sekitar 1958) untuk memperagakan kepiawaiannya menari.

Sebagai orang Bali aku tentu saja mencintai kesenian Bali, terutama tarian-tariannya, yang perempuan begitu anggun, kalau yang laki akan tampak gagah seperti pada tari Baris. Nah jika keindahan seperti ini dipagari oleh sebuah peraturan tentang pornographi tentu saja tidak pada tempatnya. Bener gak?

Balinese Arja

A balinese activities by a good ardja ensemble is a social event in the village. It is at ardja shows that young people meet and love affairs are started, helped by the romantic atmosphere of the love stories and the late hours. The performance never begins before midnight, and the villagers wait patiently, gossiping, flirting, listening to music, or munching peanuts until the actors have eaten their interminable dinner and are finally dressed.

The play begins with the appearance of the tjondong, the female attendant of the putri, the eternal princess. The part of the tjondong is usually played by a middle-aged, homely, male actor dressed as a girl, who walks in an effeminate way, singing praises to his mistress and begging her to come out. She is finally persuaded; the curtains of the little booth at the end of the dancing-space part and the much heralded beauty appears.servant occasionally kneeling before the princess, all the while singing and talking in high, wailing voices. After this, they go “ off-stage “ simply by sitting on a mat in front of the orchestra.

Deep hollow laughter is heard from behind the curtain, followed by a song announcing the patih, the prime minister of the great prince, the hero of the play. The patih draws back the curtain and after what seems like unsuccessful attempts to come out, he finally emerges, very impressive and sure of his importance. He struts and grins, singing his own praises, laughing pompously. His abused and browbeaten younger brother Kertalah comes out meekly after him. He is a pitiful little figure dressed in an old football sweater and what look like the old clothes of the patih. Instead of a gold kris, he carries a stick or some sort of agricultural implement. Ills face is crossed with (labs of white paint over his nose and upper lip to indicate that he is a clown.

They hold long dialogues, giving hints of the story to follow. The patih in his hollow, pretentious manner postures and struts like a turkey; Kertalah lisps or stutters. Thev joke about topical and local matters, much in the stvle of circus clowns, with the patih playing “ straight “ and acting as foil for the clown. They are the favourites of the crowd and every time an “ off-colour “ joke is made, it is the women and children who laugh the loudest, while the men blush.

Finally it is time for the prince, the ratti, to appear; the patih recites his praises and with clasped hands begs him to enter. He describes the prince's beauty as contrasted with his own ugliness, and flatters him, in standard phrases such as: “ I am so happy to be the patih of such a prince, ha, ha, ha! Come out, Excellency, the road is clear, please come out, I wait for my master.”
The prince appears, glittering with gold and tinsel, singing in kawi, dancing in the refined style. The patih and Kertalah follow every one of his gestures in awe, trying to imitate them, but succeeding

In progressive ardjas she may be a young girl dressed in gold, with a great flower head-dress; but generally beautiful young girls cannot sing very well and in “ good ” ardjas the part is played by a male actor famous for his high falsetto. Slowly the two work their way across the stage, dancing and posturing, the are romantic episodes of memorable love affairs of princes and princesses, generally full of fantastic situations and with a distinct erotic flavour. The distinguished characters speak and sing in kawi, which is translated into common Balinese by the comedians for the benefit of the unscholarly crowd. The comedy is incredibly funny and rough slapstick, sprinkled with all sorts of bawdy jokes.

Besides the traditional stories, there are popular new plays such as Sampik and Tuan Wei, adaptations of Chinese love stories that started in 1924 as bastard performances with actors in European clothes playing on mandolins. Eventually these stories became thoroughly Balinese and were incorporated in the ardja.

Bali Dancer

Wherever you travel in Bali, atmosphere filled by gamelan sound. People play gamelan in the quasi-religious ceremony is underway, in the village hall, and in the streets when the procession went to the temple ceremony, or the grave. Gamelan even sometimes also played for the high government officials who are visiting.

Gamelan usually equipped by some dancers. For the ceremony in the temple dancers, dancers usually represent several generations. Age and does not go through formal training is not a hindrance. In a ceremony in the temple you may only see the women dancing with elderly gemulainya. So you can see a little girl dancing with her mother's mouth is open because too many daub coloring lips. Sons, women, men and women are all dancing. Not all of them through formal education in terms of dancing before able to dance in public. The point they all danced. But why they are dancing?

If we are talking a matter of offering, what is in our mind is flowers, fruit, pastry, and so forth. For the Bali is a dance is also offered. The main purpose of the dance is for God and dedication to the gods, not as a spectacle for the public.

In a ceremony at the temple, to welcome the gods group of dancers (mostly women) danced around the main shrine three times. While dancing in a simple but elegant movement they also carry some supplies such as water sacred ceremony, the fire, the fabric in various colors, and so forth. Dancers, dancers follow this berkitar lap counter-clockwise direction as a symbol of the mountain. Gamelan group gamelannya play follow-dancers and dancers toss some other songs to praise God.

Bali Dance

Art is everywhere in Bali. From the intricate flower decorations in a Barong dancer's headdress, to elaborately carved temple facades and beautiful oil paintings. Bali's performing arts are also an integral part of Balinese culture.

Music and dance play a huge part in significant rituals and religious ceremonies. Known as " the Island of the Gods" hardly a day goes by without a ceremony or festival taking place. Traditional dances with full gamelan orchestras are performed for tourists daily in addition to the day to day religious ceremonies. Definitely worth seeing.

Barong Dance
The Barong is triumphant display of graceful movement and vibrant colour. The dance is basically a contest between the opposing forces of Rangda - chaos and destruction, and Barong - order. (Basically good and evil.)

Performances
Suwung and Kesiman, in the suburbs of Denpasar.
Batubulan: Daily from 9:00 or 9:30 a.m.
Banjar Abasan, Singapadu: Daily from 9:30 a.m.
Puri Saren in Ubud: Fridays from 6:30 p.m.

Legong Dance
The Legong is a very difficult dance requiring great dexterity and is generally performed by young girls. The dance is choreographed to the finest detail, to a set pattern with no improvisation allowed.

Performances
Peliatan Stage, Friday from 6:30 p.m.
Pura Dalem & Puri Peliatan, Saturday from 6:30 p.m.
Pura Peliatan in Ubud, Sunday from 7:30 p.m.
Puri Saren, Ubud, Monday from 7:30 p.m.
Banjar Tegal, Kuta, Saturday and Tuesday from 8:00 p.m.

Kecak Dance
The kecak is a ritual dance which was created in the early 1930's for the movie "Island of the Demons" by the German painter and intellectual Walter Spies. The dance combines the chorus of the "Sanghyang" trance dance with a dance story from the epic "Ramayana."

It is extremely impressive with its circular chorus of sometimes over 100 bare-chested male singers.

Performances
Arts Center, Denpasar, daily from 6:30 p.m.
Banjar Buni, Kuta, Sunday from 8 p.m.
Banjar Tegal, Ubud, Sunday from 6:00 p.m.

Fire Dance
This dance is an exorcism dance form against spirit possession, where barefooted girls in trance dance among glowing coals.

Performances
Bona Kangin, Gianyar, Friday. Monday and Wednesday from 6:30
Bonasari, Gianyar, Friday, Monday and Wednesday from 7:00 p.m.
Batubulan, daily from 6:30 p.m.

Ramayana Dance
This highly entertaining dance form plays out the epic legends of the Ramayana. There are occasional performances in Banjar Buni, Kuta

Gopala Dance

The Ghopala Dance

This dance provides the audience with an interesting insight into the lives of people who live in a simple and pure manner in an environment of blissful tranquillity. This dance originated in 1984 and usually performed by five boy dancers. The characters of the Ghopala dance are especially funny and will draw laughter from the audience.

The Ghopala theme depicts the world of children herdsmen who gleefully meet and play along the boundaries of rice fields while tending their cows. Their lives are filled with happiness as they dance and play in a way which highlights their individual characters. They never tire of their duties as herdsmen, faithfully defending the lives of their cattle. Thus the audience are transported to a distant time when people lived in peace and contentment, an age which had not yet become influenced by the bustle of business which now constantly steals our time.


The Semarayana Dance

As we know, there exists many art forms such as music, painting, poetry, drama, sculpture, etc. and, of course, dancing is yet another and is a popular form of expression. Artists will take a certain aspect of a medium, build on it to form another. This is the case of the Semarayana dance developed in 1994 as a subject for a thesis submitted by Ms Ni Nyoman Sri Armita to the Indonesian Arts Academy of Denpasar for her graduation.

The main character is Dewi Chandra Kirana, a princess from the kingdom of Daha who disguised herself as a male youth so she could venture out and seek her beloved who had disappeared without a trace.

With shoulder length hair, commonly used centuries ago throughout Java and Bali, the princess was unrecognisable as a female. The symbol of manhood which fooled people she met on the road, was the use of the Balinese male headgear called the Destar. It is made from material that wraps around the head and has an artistic formation of bunched material at the front.

Balinese males still use the destar when attending ceremonies. The feature of the destar is the decorative use of gold lines.

Dewi meets her beloved but due to her disguise and the fact that he is partly obscured when they meet, a fight develops. In the ensuing melee, the princess's destar is knocked from her head and her sweetheart, Raden Inu Kertapati, recognises her and rushes to her side to embrace her.

And, of course, they lived happily ever after.

Bali Dance Competition

Move Your Body, Expression Your Talent, And Show It Here…… Dance competition yang diselenggarakan 12 Juli 2008 kemaren membuka kesempatan bagi orang-orang yang berkompeten di dunia dancer. Ajang ini baru pertama kali diadain kampus kita STMIK Stikom Bali yang dilaksanakan serangkaian dengan Diesnatalis ke-6. Dance Competition ini di peruntukkan untuk umum, acara ini disambut dengan baik terbukti dengan jumlah peserta 11 tim yang mengikuti kompetisi ini dan tentunya antusias penonton yang menyaksikannya.
  Acara dimulai pukul 15.00 para peserta mulai menampilkan perform mereka yang sangat aktraktif sehingga juri-juri merasa agak kesulitan untuk menilai penampilan mereka dilihat dari score yang di peroleh berbeda tipis. Juri-juri yang didatangkan sudah sangat berpengalaman tentunya terbukti yang menjadi juara memang peserta yang sangat perfect diantara peserta lainnya yaitu Juara I : U.V dancer, Juara II : Lil Funky dancer, dan Juara III diraih oleh Cappoera dancer, banyak hal yang dinilai disini baik segi kostum,keserasian lagu dan gerak, namun yang terpenting adalah expresi mereka pada saat perform mereka.
  Acara ini tidak sebatas kompetisi semata, kompetisi ini bertujuan memberikan kesempatan bagi mereka yang berbakat. Acara ini juga dimeriahkan dengan game-game seru, para penonton juga bisa mendapatkan hadiah dari sponsor yang mendukung acara ini. Penampilan dari RX-C band, Voice 69, dan Guest star dari Tissue band diiringi oleh model-model yang menggunakan busana dari Mama & Leon yang merupakan puncak acara dance competition kali ini.
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