The mountains of Bali and Colorado merge in this beautiful performance of Balinese gamelan.
The highly rhythmic Gamelan music of Bali uses various gongs, drums, and bronze metallophones encased in ornate hand-carved jackfruit wood. will commence with a processional gamelan number that is traditionally meant to cleanse a village of any lingering evil spirits.
Other spiritually inspired pieces presented throughout the evening’s performance include music depicting the nature of a living tradition, rooted in the earth and history, as well as a dance piece meant to illustrate the bird of paradise from Irian Jaya, a benevolent protector of community.I Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena, another gamelan composer, will also debut a new cross-cultural dance piece.
“We actually had this mask carved in Bali,” says Fitts. “It’s inspired by Blucifer, the big bronco horse out by the airport.” The performance, which depicts the horse in a Balinese dance, will represent the mountains of Bali and Denver merging; Fitts calls it “our western edge.”
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