Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Music Intensive: The Art of Kotekan

Taught by Wayne Vitale

Hands-on experience playing a gamelan gong kebyar, Bali’s most popular bronze percussion orchestra. Composer and gamelan expert Wayne Vitale will teach the complex melodies and rhythms of Bali, revealing the interactive, interlocking techniques that helped make the music of this island famous. Experience the fun of synchronizing parts like pieces of a puzzle, combining them to form a seamless whole.
Artist Bio
Wayne Vitale is a composer, performer, and scholar whose work has focused on Balinese music for the past thirty years; he is also the composer of Makrokosma Bali which will be premiered at the Asian Art Museum in May, 2011.

Balinese Dance Classes

taught by Ni Luh Estiti Andarawati 

Sundays 2:30-4pm
Dates: Sept 18th — Nov 20th (no class on Oct 9th)

An introduction to the dynamic, musical, and meditative dance of Bali, Indonesia. Classes will introduce basic techniques of male and female Balinese dance, and will include warm up and discussion. Students learn the most fundamental movement vocabulary for Balinese dance through the study of pieces created by master teachers. Develop your strength and flexibility through this art form that is both performative and meditative.

Artist bio
Luh Estiti Andarawati, from the Balinese village of Banda, began her study of Balinese dance at the young age five with Ketut Sumantra, and has studied with many master dance teachers including Ni Ketut Arini, Tjokorda Istri Putra Padmini, I Wayan Budiarsa, I Nyoman Wenten, and many others. She is currently a leading company dancer in the Balinese performing arts group Gamelan Sekar Jaya.

Fees To join a class, please contact the office at 510-655-1227 or email us at: info(at)gsj(dot)org.