Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia.
The Los Angeles based ensemble tours nationwide, featuring a variety of music,
theater, and educational presentations. Bali & Beyond is directed by Maria Bodmann and Cliff DeArment. This site is an introduction and supplement to
Bali & Beyond performances and workshops.
We hope you enjoy your visit.

*****News*****

Summer 2008

See Bali & Beyond videos on YouTube.com

Gamelan Music

Wayang Kulit Bali

Alice in the Shadows

The Art & Craft of Shadow Theater

We're so excited to work once again on Alice in the Shadows for the fifth annual Celebrate Puppetry Festival coming up on June 7th. Maria is co-producing the festival together with the Foothill Optimists of Sunland at the beautiful McGroarty Arts Center in Tujunga. The FREE festival is funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles!

The Festival starts at 4pm and be sure to be there at sunset with a blanket, cushion and sweater to
enjoy Alice in the Shadows under the stars.

Bali & Beyond is so pleased to present the Music & Shadows of Bali on Sunday, September 14th at 2pm for the World Festival of Sacred Music at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.

Be sure to save the date to see, hear and learn about Gamelan Music and Wayang Kulit Shadow Theater. This project is sponsored in part by Free Concerts in Public Sites funded by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, along with the generosity of the Arroyo Arts Collective, the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock and The World Festival of Sacred Music.

Stay tuned for these other offerings on our Calendar.

Other News and Places to Visit on our Website:

We were honored to be part of Images of Singapore on Sentosa Island, and we wanted you to see our involvement. Be sure to check out Bali & Beyond's work on in this History of Singapore through state of the art video projections of multi media including shadow play. Worth stopping by Sentosa Island to check it out if you happen to find yourself in Singapore!

*Audio examples in the Gamelan Music section are online again!*
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Have you been to the WAYang KULit Shop lately? Be sure to check it out! Our hard to find CDs, including the very popular Degung Sangkala, are all back in stock, as well as new CD's such as, Gender Wayang featuring our dear teacher I Wayan Loceng, Beleganjur Processional Music and much more!

We also carry the best Shadowcraft supplies and Wayang Kulit (shadow characters) on-line! New to our shadow puppet stock is a lovely articulated Naga Snake Dragon.

The Alice Shoppe is open for business. It's the newest addition to our online sales offerings with Alice related blank cards and new Alice in the Shadows t-shirts!

We accept credit cards or can arrange optional methods of payment.

Other points of interest:
Visit mariabodmann.com to follow Maria's favorite Gamelan, shadow & photos album links. Check out our portfolios at Carbonmade.com and the photo gallery from Maria's trip to Bali and Singapore in 2006.

Shadow Characters for BRC Imagination Arts for Singapore Adventure at Sentosa Island
Bali & Beyond respresented at the Festival of Masks
Pretty pictures of Bali & Beyond in Yosemite
The family [family pg2] in Bali
Who in these photos is not like the other ones?

Please send your comments and suggestions. We always like to hear from you!

On a more somber sad note,

on October 17th, 2006, with tremendous grief we observed the passing of our gamelan teacher, father and friend Pak Wayan Loceng.

Anyone who was privileged to study or spend time with Pak Loceng knows the warmth and humanity of his wonderful spirit.

The world lost a treasure that day.

And we mourn deeply.

We also continue to mourn the loss of the innocence of Bali.
09/11/01
10/12/02
One year, one month, and one day later.

To our good friends and colleagues, especially those on the Legian strip, we extend our deepest condolences and heartfelt despair.

The Sari Club and the Kuta/Legian area is the world trade center of Bali in more ways than one. Proportionally, the devastation to the island and the nation of Indonesia is broader still.

Please help your Balinese friends if you can. They need you now more than ever. If someone in Bali was ever nice to you, it's time to return the favor.

To our Australian and European compatriots who lost so many, we are saddened and sickened and can only hope for a quick end to this insanity.

...Aum Swastiastu...

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