Learning from the Master

Despite his youth I Made Karyana is a very respected artist from Padangtegal, a district in the heart of Ubud. Made is a dancer since ever. From his very early years he has devoted his entire life to Bali culture and arts. Nowadays he dances both at the community temple ceremonies and on the stage. Made Karyana has been to India teaching traditional Balinese dances. He often goes abroad to perform either to Western or Asian countries. Besides being a great dancer he is also an imaginative choreographer. When he was younger was a Baris specialist. Now he specialises in Topeng dance. While dancing Topeng the dancer wears a mask. In his spare time Made Karyana carves the masks he uses for dancing. He has already a nice collection. My first time to meet Made was many years ago. He was no more than 16 years old. I remember going with him to Denpasar for teaching Balinese traditional dance to kids. I was seating on the back of his gorgeus Tiger Honda bike. In this video we see Made Karyana teaching in his family house, located in Padangtegal. For the first 5 minutes the video shows Made instructing two young boys. The youngest one is I Putu Prayudi, 5 years old. The other one is I Adi Uparanah. Adi is 7 years old. Both kids come from Bentuyung, a village about six km north of Ubud. When I shooted them, they were in their second lesson of Baris dance. Probably Baris (dance of the Warrior) is the most popular dance in Bali island. Every single Balinese male some day have danced Baris for sure. From minute 05:06 the video shows I Kadek Ana and I Wayan Jimy, both from Kutuh Kaja, taking their first lesson of Barong Macan (Tiger Barong) dance. Barong is a sacred creature in the Balinese mythology. He is the king of the spirits. Each Barong for each region is modeled after a different animal. There is a boar, a tiger, a dragon (or serpent) and the traditional lion. Both friends were learning Barong Macan dance because after one week they had to perform the dance in the temple of their village, Pura Penataran. At Butayadnya ceremony, to honour Butakala through the ritual of "caru". /------/
A pesar de la seva joventut, I Made Karyana és un artista respectadíssim pels seus coetanis. En Made Karyana és fill de Padangtegal, un barri, o "banjar", al cor d'Ubud. I Made Karyana ha ballat dansa tradicional balinesa des que va començar a caminar. Que el seu pare sigui músic i escultor de talles de fusta probablement el va influenciar a l'hora d'escollir el seu camí a la vida: dedicar-se en cos i ànima a les arts i la cultura del seu país, Bali. En Made balla tant a les cerimònies religioses que se celebren als temples del seu "banjar" com en escenaris freqüentats per turistes. Va anar a l'Índia per ensenyar dansa tradicional balinesa. També va sovint de gira artística a l'estranger, tant a països occidentals com asiàtics. A més de les seves indiscutibles qualitats com a ballarí també exerceix de coreògraf. A Ubud, vaig assistir a l'estrena d'un muntatge del Ramayana signat per en Made; potser excessivament carregat d'efectes i coloraines per al nostre tast, però digne i molt del gust dels balinesos. De petit i adolescent, en Made va arribar a ballar tantes vegades la dansa del guerrer -Baris- que va esdevenir-ne un autèntic especialista. El Baris és probablement la dansa més popular a Bali. Gairebé no hi ha un sol mascle a l'illa que no l'hagi ballat en un moment o altre de la seva infància o adolèscencia. En Made balla sovint la dansa Topeng. El Topeng es balla amb màscara. Les màscares que utilitza les talla ell mateix. Ha après l'ofici del pare. A hores d'ara, en Made té una bona col·lecció de màscares. Vaig conèixer en Made fa un munt d'anys. Recordo que havia anat amb ell assegut al darrera la seva poderosa Honda Tiger, una moto d'un volum enorme, desproporcionat al cosset que tenia en Made quan era adolescent. L'havia acompanyat a Denpasar. Malgrat la seva edat, en Made ensenyava dansa a nois i noies fins i tot més grans. Als primers cinc minuts del vídeo veiem en Made ensenyant la dansa Baris a dos noiets de Bentuyung, un vilatge a uns sis km. al nord d'Ubud. El nen més petit té 5 anys. Es diu I Putu Prayudi. El més gran es diu Adi Uparanah. Té 7 anys. Al moment de gravar el vídeo rebien la segona classe de la seva vida de Baris. A partir del minut 05:06 en Made ensenya la dansa Barong Macan (Barong Tigre), a dos joves de Kutuh Kaja. Són l'I Kadek Ana i l'I Wayan Jimy. Havien d'aprendre de pressa. Al cap d'una setmana la ballarien en un dels temples del vilatge, el Pura Penataran. Una dansa sagrada per honorar Butakala, durant la cerimònia dita Butayadnya.

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• Dance
• Made Karyana
• I Made Karyana
• Barong
• Barong Macan
• Padangtegal
• Ubud
• Bali
• Indonesia
• Barakasin
• Jaume Mestres

[TheBridiexxx]

what a load of shit

[narendraproductions]

Now THIS is how a teacher is supposed to teach!! To be attentive to one's pupil....Wish there were teachers like that in the US.....

[davidfntau]

It looks so tough but the result is awesome!

I wonder if my boy is tough enough to learn that?

[dreamingdragon77]

brings me back memmories, i had to walk for hours like them at my guru's house to learn the tari telek, and my shoulders alway's hurting after the trainings, but every one who wants to learn a balinees dance has go trough these movements hahahaha lol :-) keep up the good work