10 June 2016, 7.30 at LPAC

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Panyembrama

Panyembrana Danceisone of popular welcoming dance in society of Balinese. This dance is danced by two young women or more, the important is even.

The name panyembrama, from the Balinese word sambrama, means “welcome”. This is reflective of its purpose as a welcoming dance.

TopengKeras

A “topeng” Is a mask and the word “keras” literally means hard, forceful or aggressive. To represent a tough character, dark brown and black-ish red are the dominant colours on the mask.

This is a one-man show, which tells a story about a very strong and powerful Governor, Knight or King. Topeng Keras dance is usually performed in events and cultural arts appreciation nights.

Topeng Kencana Wungu

Is one of the characters in Topeng Priangan play. Ratu Kencana Wungu was one of the queens in Majapahit dynasty. She’s known as a beautiful, elegant and very sophisticated lady, who believed to be a re incarnation form of Goddess Shinta.

The dancer wears mask of the beautiful woman, dress up in golden purple colour costume, and wears at all three layers Binokasih crown. The gesture and hand movements are elegantly subtle, dance along into the music which is dominantly played by rebab and kendang (drum) instrument.

TopengTua

Topeng Tua features a dancer dressed in magnificent costume and wearing mask.

Represents an elderly courtier. Still very dignified but troubled by the vicissitudes of old age. The choreography depicts the old man that was fond of his youth.

Bajidor Kahot

Bajidor Kahot is a new dance in Jaipongan style that sprang up in the early 2000s in West Java.

It is very lively and dynamic with brightly coloured costumes and makes imaginative use of the dancers’ fans and scarves.

Trunajaya

The Trunajaya dance describes the emotions of a younger man by love and passion. The dance movements replicate the theme of courtship and love. Truna which means “single” and jaya which means “towin” immediately offers an understanding of the dance.

Dancers:

Ni Madé Pujawati is Artistic director of Lila Bhawa Indonesian Dance Company. She started dancing in her village of Tegallalang in Bali when she was 6 and has been dancing ever since. A graduate of the Institute of Arts in Bali, as well as performing Balinese and Javanese virtuoso dance, she is also a renowned performer of the Balinese dance-opera, Arja.  She has performed widely in Europe and the USA.

Dewi Ariati is originally from Blitar in East Java and has been performing Balinese and Javanese dance  with Lila Bhawa since 2013 at LSO St. Luke’s, the Southbank Centre, Festival Asia and Discover Indonesia.

Saryani Asmayawati  was born in West Java and began learning and performing Balinese dance at Sanggar Tari Gita Saraswati in Bandung at the age of ten. She also learned Sundanese dance and was a member of Lingkung Seni Sunda at Institut Teknologi, Bandung. Since coming to the UK she has danced with Lila Bhawa at events in London and around the UK.

Margaret Coldiron trained as an actress at the Drama Centre, London, and toured the US playing leads with the National Shakespeare Company but became entranced with Balinese masks and studied Topeng in Bali with Ida Bagus Alit. She has been dancing with Lila Bhawa since 2001 and gives workshops and performances in the UK, Europe and the US.   She is associate director of Thiasos (a theatre company specialising in intercultural performances of Greek classics) and plays with Lila Cita gamelan. She is the author of Trance and Transformation of the Masked Actor in Japanese Noh and Balinese Dance Drama (Edwin Mellen Press, 2004).