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THEA231

Theater and Dance in Balinese Culture THEA231 SP

Crosslistings: ANTH231

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       14      0         14

Next Offered in 9899 SP

Bali, a small island in Indonesia, has a unique culture, which is marked by a profusion of interesting, strange and beautiful types of theater and dance. The shadow puppet theater, masked dance drama and a dozen other genres will be examined with respect to their central place in Balinese life. Some aspects of the effects of Balinese performance on Western artists and of the West on the Balinese artists will be considered.

MAJOR READINGS

I Made Bandem and Fredrik deBoer, KAJA AND
KELOD; BALINESE DANCE IN TRANSITION
Fredrik deBoer, "Plays from the Theater of Bali" (n.d.)
Beryl deZoete and Walter Spies, DANCE AND DRAMA IN BALI
(Oxford University Press, 1938)
Various handouts, mainly from ethnographic and historical
sources.
J. Belo, TRADITIONAL BALINESE CULTURE (Columbia University
Press, 1970) (selected passages)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and final examinations, one 10-20 page term paper or project of comparable effort and difficulty. Certain obligatory film and video viewings will be scheduled outside the regular class time.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

While this course has no prerequisites, it is recommended only for students with some basic acquaintance with world geography and the history of the modern world. The course may be of interest to students of anthropology, linguistics, colonial history, ethnomusicology or studio art, as well as to theater and dance majors.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA THEA

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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Reference:

Ramseyer, Urs. THE ART AND CULTURE OF BALI, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977

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