In Search of Taksu: Bridging Cultures in Balinese Performing Arts (via TheatreArtLife)
I Made Sidia is an acclaimed artist and innovator in the Balinese Performing Arts. A fourth-generation puppeteer and the Artistic Director of Sanggar Paripurna.
I Made Sidia is an acclaimed artist and innovator in the Balinese Performing Arts. A fourth-generation puppeteer and the Artistic Director of Sanggar Paripurna.
“…a singular text…this is a fierce work on the topical subject of exile.” – SACD Jury
In Search of Taksu, Jack Paterson shares his insight into the creation and community in Balinese Performing Arts and the core of what art is to Balinese society. Originally published at: TheatreArtLife
“…marvelous and relevant…will amaze both children and adults with a story on the frontiers of reality…” – David Rofé-Sarfati, Toute la culture
Reimagining the Community/ Professional Artist Relationship in a post dramatic process,
Cross Cultural Explorations in Bali
The performing arts of Bali are rich, vast and complex. Virtually every form of music, dance, drama and puppetry has its origin as a function of ritual. Practices such as wayang kulit (shadow puppetry) reach back thousands of years.