Enroll

in two special classes in prepara/on for the next

Asian theatre produc/on of Balinese Wayang Listrik.

THEA 426 Southeast Asian Ac/ng: Balinese Wayang

Puppetry and Mask Work (3cr)
T TH 9:00-10:15 LAB

Introduc;on to Balinese
Shadow puppetry and
mask work.
Co-taught by Mad Widana
and Annie Reynolds.

Spring 2015

THEA/DNCE 433(2) Movement

workshop -- Balinese Dance (3cr)
MWF 11:30-12:20 Lunalilo dance
studio

Introduc;on to Balinese dance of male and
female roles. Co-taught by Mad Widana
and Annie Reynolds.

Guest Ar/st Ketut Wirtawan

Mr. Wirtawan has trained extensively in wayang kulit and gambuh, one of Bali's
most dicult and complicated dance-drama forms. Ketut Wirtawan is not only a
powerful dancer, but is an accomplished musician, vocalist, shadow puppeteer,
painter, and director. He has taken over the spiritual and ar;s;c responsibili;es of
his late father, the revered Ketut Kantor and his legendary grandfather Nyoman
Kakul, carrying on the tradi;on of one of Bali's most important ar;s;c lines.
Wirtawan is a sought aWer dalang
(puppeteer) for both tradi;onal and
modern wayang kulit performances,
and one of Bali's most dedicated and
serious ar;sts, who is able to
perform work that even many of
Bali's most acclaimed ar;sts cannot.
He has toured to Austria, Germany,
France, Switzerland, India, Japan
Taiwan, and Singaprore.

For more informa;on on the ar;sts

and program, please contact
the produc;on director
Kirs;n Pauka pauka@hawaii.edu

Guest Ar/st Mad Widana

Mr. Widana holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Balinese Tradi;onal Music from the Indonesian Arts
Ins;tute in Denpasar, Bali. He is a professional musician,
dancer, and composer. When in Bali, Widana teaches
tradi;onal gamelan music in villages throughout the
island
and at several reputable music and dance studios.

As a founding member and musician in the Bali-based

world-renowned performing arts ensemble, udamani,
Widana has par;cipated in tours across the U.S., Japan,
and in Europe. He has previously been in residence at
the University of Hawaii between 2009 and 2013,
during which ;me he taught the UH Balinese Gamelan
Ensemble. He has also par;cipated in numerous community outreach programs in
the Hawaiian islands under the sponsorship of the East-West Center Arts Program,
the Mayors Oce of Culture and the Arts, and the UH-Mnoa Outreach Statewide
Cultural Extension Program.

Guest Lecturer Annie Reynolds

Annie Reynolds has studied tradi;onal

performing arts at the Indonesian Arts Ins;tute
in Denpasar, Bali in 200405, and has since
taken regular trips to Bali to undertake
intensive study of Balinese music and dance.
While in Bali, her primary focus was studying
gender wayang and the music of the tradi;onal
shadow theatre; she was an ac;ve musician
performing accompaniment for various dalang
(puppeteers), as part of many local ceremonial
performances, and in new collabora;ve projects
with Balinese ar;sts In 2009, she assisted in
reestablishing the UHM Balinese Gamelan
Ensemble, and she is its Assistant Director. As
an Asian Theatre PhD student with a focus on
Balinese performing arts, she spent 2013-14 in
Bali conduc;ng disserta;on research and
eldwork on Balinese legong dance.

Asian Theatre Program 2015-16

Balinese Wayang Listrik Large screens shadow puppetry
In our upcoming Bali Focus Year the UHM Asian Theatre Program will
present a Wayang Listrik shadow-puppetry produc;on. The ini;al period of
instruc;on commences in January, 2015 with Balinese guest ar;st Mad
Widana and Annie Reynolds in residence at UHM overseeing classes and
workshops. They will introduce students to Balinese dance, puppetry, and
gamelan music. For the show, students will be trained as dancers, actors,
shadow casters, puppeteers, singers, musicians, and designers. For the
second phase of training (Fall 2015), two addi;onal ar;sts from Bali will join
the produc;on team to collaborate during the rehearsal period. Mr. Ketut
Wirtawan, a master dancer and puppeteer, and Mr. Made Moja, a designer
and painter, will be responsible for crea;ng the puppets, masks, and overall
stage design. The year-long training and rehearsal period will culminate in a
Balinese Wayang Listrik show presented in January 2016, at the UHM
Kennedy Theatre. Outreach performances in the local community will
follow the theatrical run.

Wayang Listrik
Wayang Listrik is a modern Balinese
theatre genre based on tradi;onal
shadow puppetry (wayang kulit)
with accompanying dance and
music, all transferred to a large 30 x
15 foot screen. The show comes
alive with tradi;onal carved leather
puppets, shadow-actors, dancers,
and
gamelan music. The story we

selected is based on episodes from the Indian Ramayana, which has long
been an important source of story material for Balinese theatre. A new
script has been composed by guest ar;st Ketut Wirtwan, who draws upon
many years of experience as a tradi;onal wayang kulit puppeteer and
dancer.