Jl. Katrangan Gg. 5B/6
Denpasar 80235
Bali, Indonesia
Phone/Fax: (62-361) 246-216
Mobile Phone: (62) 8123 947-811
Curriculum Vitae
I Nyoman Sumandhi, M.A.
Balinese Dalang
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Jl. Katrangan Gg. 5B/6 Denpasar 80235 Bali, Indonesia Phone/Fax: (62-361) 246-216 Mobile Phone: (62) 8123 947-811 |
I was born in Bali, Indonesia, December 31, 1944, in a family of dalangs or traditional Balinese puppet masters. My father was a famous dalang, and I have followed in his foot steps. Becoming a dalang involves a mastery of traditional Balinese music, dance, and choreography, as well as the repertoire and theatrical techniques associated with the wayang kulit or shadow puppet theater, which is regarded as the pinnacle of the arts in Bali. I am thus an expert performer of the gender wayang, the topeng dance, and other forms of Balinese music and dance, as well as shadow puppetry.
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Education
1979 M.A., Theater, Wesleyan University, under grant from the Ford Foundation.. Thesis: "A Performance of Wayang Clonarang."
1972-74 Study of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, with Dr. Mantle Hood, under grant from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund.
1970 Advanced study at the Akademi Seni Tari Indonesia (Indonesian State Dance Academy), Bali. Subjects: Balinese music, choreography, dance notation, Balinese theater.
1964 Diploma, Music and Dance, Konservatori Karawitan Indonesia (Conservatory of Indonesian Music and Dance), Bali, 1964. Subjects. Balinese music, dance, and shadow puppetry.
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Mr. Sumandhi Teaching Gamelan Angklung at the Museum School
Teaching PositionsIn Bali
1991-99 Principal, S.M.K.I., High School of Performing Arts, Denpasar, Bali.
1965-91 Instructor, S.M.K.I., High School of Performing Arts, Denpasar, Bali
1987-99 Instructor of Balinese music and dance at the Naropa Institute (U.S.A.) Summer Program in Ubud, BaliIn Bali, in addition to my formal duties as teacher and principal at S.M.K.I., I have for many years taught for village performing arts associations throughout Bali. I have as well tutored a number of foreign students of Balinese performing arts, such as Mr. Larry Reed (now a leading exponent of Balinese shadow theater in the U.S.), Dr. Michael Tenzer (now at the Univ. of British Columbia), and Dr. Hideharu Umeda (now associate professor at Okinawa University, Japan), who became a dalang for Balinese shadow theater. I was the first dalang in Bali to begin to train women in the art of shadow theater.
Abroad
1993 Regent Professor, Music Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
1988 Instructor of Balinese music and dance at the Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado
1987 Visiting Fulbright Professor, Wesleyan University
1986 Conducted, with Larry Reed, a Wayang Kulit (puppet theater) workshop at the Institute de la Marionette in Charlevil Mazier, France
1974 Instructor, Center for World Music Summer Program, Berkeley, California
1973 Instructor, American society for Eastern Arts Summer School, University of Washington, Seattle
1972-74 Artist in Residence and Instructor, Balinese music, dance, and shadow puppet theater, University of California, Los Angeles
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Mr. Sumandhi dances Topeng Tua
International Performance Experience
1999 Taught with his wife, Putu Sutiati, on the SS Universe Explorer, a "floating campus" of Semester at Sea and the University of Pittsburgh. Classes included Balinese gamelan angklung, Balinese dance and kecak. Organized a student music, dance, and theater concert for the last week of the voyage and presented two performances of Balinese shadow play for the entire shipboard community of 700+. Visited Malaysia, India, Turkey, Croatia, Italy, and Morocco. Gave a lecture demonstration for graduate students and faculty of Madras University.
Gave 5 month performance and residency tour of United States, including residencies at SDSU, UCSC, Hamilton College, and Bard College. Performed at numerous venues in California, Colorado, and New York. Taught and performed for Children as part of the Center for World Music's "world Music in the Schools" program.
Performed "Wayang Kulit Bali" (Balinese puppet theater) in Tokyo, and topeng masked dance, in Yokohama, Japan
1998 Shadow theater/topeng dance tour of U.S.A., with performances at Colorado Univ., Colorado College, Univ. of Wyoming, Naropa Institute, and for the Tunas Mekar Group, Denver
1997 Art director of Tabanan artist tour group to Cheju, South Korea
Leader of Balinese music and dance group from SMKI to Adelaide Festival, Australia
1996 Leader of a Balinese performing arts tour group from SMKI to Denmark
Performed wayang kulit in Tokyo
1992 Leader of Balinese performing arts tour to Okayama, Japan, to inaugurate a relation between Bali and Okayama as a sister province
1986 Toured with 40 Balinese artists in Australia for the Indonesian Department of Tourism
1984 Performed wayang kulit at the Indian Ocean Festival, Perth, Australia
1982 Leader of a group of 45 musicians and dancers performing in Belgium, Holland, France, and Switzerland
1980 Performed for the Asian Theater in New York, under a grant from the International Communication Agency
Leader of Balinese Cultural Mission to Italy, with performances in ten cities
1979 Worked with filmmaker Larry Reed on film Shadow Master
1974 Leader of Balinese wayang kulit (puppet theater) tour in the U.S.A., with performances at a number of U.S. universities including Wesleyan, Brown, Michigan State, Yale, Cornell, and Washington State
1972-74 Numerous performances and lecture-demonstrations at University of California, Los Angeles, under grant from the JDR 3rd Fund
1972 Performances in Singapore with a group of ten musicians and dancers
1969 Member of Indonesian Cultural Mission performing for arts and music festivals in Iran and India
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Other Professional Experience1975-present Organizer and President, Yayasan Pewayangan & PEPADI (Association of Balinese Shadow Puppeteers)
1981-present A coordinator of the yearly Bali Arts Festival
1989-present Judge, Bali Arts Festival puppet and dance competition
1982 Organized Sekar Djepun, a Balinese gamelan orchestra for Japanese musicians in Tokyo
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ReferencesDr. Robert E. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Department of Music, San Diego State University: 4417 Shade Road, La Mesa, CA 92401, email: rebrown@mail.sdsu.edu.
Dr. Linda Burman-Hall, Professor, Music Department, Music Center 293, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A., email: lbh@cats.ucsc.edu, phone: (831) 459-4648; messages: (831) 459-2804, fax: (831) 459-5584.
Dr. Lewis Peterman, Professor, School of Music and Dance, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, 92182-7902, U.S.A., email: peterman@mail.sdsu.edu, phone (619) 594-2431, fax: (619) 594-1692.
