Çudamani: Odalan Bali
I Dewa Putu Berata, artistic director
Friday, October 19, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
| Main Floor | $38 · $34 · $30 · $20 |
| Mezzanine | $34 · $30 · $10 |
| Balcony | $24 · $20 · $16 · $10 |
The Balinese music and dance ensemble Çudamani (pronounced soo-duh-MAH-nee) makes its UMS debut with Odalan Bali, providing a unique window into the spiritual and cultural source of Balinese performing arts. Inspired by Bali’s timeless cycles of ceremony and ritual, Çudamani’s work transports the audience from the everyday world with its virtuosic detail, emotion, and energy. An exquisite synthesis of music, drama, and movement, Odalan Bali captures the exhilarating splendor of the Balinese temple festival, bringing to life vivid tales of gods and heroes of Balinese mythology and history. From the clamor of villagers working at dawn to the calm of prayer and worship, and from the meditative resonance of voice and flute to the breathtaking dances for which Bali is famous, this original work traces the life of a ceremony, from the awakening of the ritual site to purification, and, finally, to spiritual union.
The performance features dazzling dancers, glittering costumes, and the shimmering polyrhythms of gamelan music, a living tradition in Bali. Beyond mere aesthetic entertainment, Balinese arts capture and amplify the shifting dimensions of human emotion, nature, the spirit world, and the cosmos.
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Funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund. |