Indonesia – Negotiating the Local and Global in Balinese Performing Arts (Closed)
Bali, Indonesia
Dates
- Summer 1 Semester - May 17 - June 25, 2012 (tentative)
Application Deadline
- Summer 1 Semester - 2/15/22
Description
Information Session: Friday Oct. 28, 4:30pm, 354 Ryder Hall
Faculty Leader: Julie Strand; ju.strand@neu.edu
This course will explore the arts of music, dance and theater in Bali, and their role in Bali’s negotiation with the outside world. “Discovered” by European and North American luxury tourists in the 20th century, Bali has long epitomized the “exotic” in the Western imagination. Today, cultural tourism thrives alongside a generation of modern composers and performing artists who regularly collaborate with foreign artists while pushing Balinese performing arts into new and innovative directions. Students will take one class that examines the processes of cultural globalization and the various ways in which the Balinese have accepted, rejected, and transformed various foreign influences as it finds its own way of adapting to modern times and new generations. The second course will involve learning to play the Balinese gamelan orchestra, an ensemble of bronze gongs, xylophones, and chimes, and dance instruction will also be available to those interested. The applied course will also involve attending a number of required performances that are integral to the program goals, writing up reactions to the performances that draw upon course material and their own experiences learning to perform the genre.
The Dialogue will coincide with the first half of the annual Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar (~45 minutes from where we will stay). The Arts Festival is the premiere showcase for Bali’s top talent in all genres of Balinese music. We will enjoy some of the performances that are relevant to course topics, in addition to many other performances in the Ubud area, where we will be staying.
Courses
- MUSC 2520 Balinese Performing Arts: Music and Dance
- INTL 4944 Negotiating the Local and Global in Balinese Performing Arts
Host University
Bali Institute
Eligibility Requirements
Students will have to have completed two years (four full semesters) of college at the time that the Summer I semester begins to be eligible for the Dialogue. This typically means that students must currently be at least a sophomore standing at the time that they apply to the Dialogue, and should be “rising midler” status when the Dialogue begins.
Application Procedure
- Online Faculty- Led application (application open 10/17 - 11/18)
- Upload one unofficial transcript
- Upload one copy of passport ID page
- Upload essay questions
- Faculty may require additional information and/or interview (after application deadline)
Cost
$9,460 plus possible additional accommodation charge.
Accommodations
For the majority of the program, students will be housed in guest-house style cabins with roommates. During a portion of our stay in Pengosekan village, students will have arranged home-stays with the families of the artists with which we will be working, in order to experience first-hand how arts, religion, and other facets of culture interact in Balinese daily life.