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Balinese Dance
with Kompiang Metri - Davies



Balinese Dance for Children
Tuesdays 5:00 - 6:00PM
Tuition $35/month

Balinese Dance for Adults
Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:00PM
Tuition $12/class or $45/month

Classes begin on February 5th, 2008.

Kompiang Metri - Davies was introduced to Balinese dance at the age of five in her village of Ngis in Eastern Bali, Indonesia. She was a lead dancer for, and plays music with the premier American Balinese dance and music ensemble Gamelan Sekar Jaya for a number of years. She has also been involved in a number of cross – cultural and cross - media collaborations, including: Chitresh Das’ East as Center (2003) and Ahbinaya Dance company’s production of Ramayana (1997) both of which mixed Balinese and South Asian Indian dance; and Shadow Light production’s Sidha Karya (1996) and In Xanadu (1997) which incorporated dance and shadow puppetry. In 1998, she worked with Yasmen Sorab Metha on a piece entitled The Piper, and 1996 she choreographed an original dance piece with composer Dudley Brooks called Lithe Spirit.

Kompiang was a featured dancer in the presentation of the vintage film Dance of the Virgins at The World Trade Center in 1999. She was also finalist for the Isadora Duncan Dance Award in 1999 for both individual and ensemble performance.


Kompiang has been invited to dance with the University of British Columbia’s Balinese Gamelan ensamble, Gong Gita Asmara in Vancouver in 2001, 2003, and 2004.


She dances for the San Francisco Consul General Of Indonesia for various events.


In 2006 Kompiang created and performed a one-hour long autobiographical multimedia dance-theater piece,” Liku Liku Hidupku” directed by Joyce Lu .


She has appeared in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival as a featured performer several times.

In addition to dance performance and instruction, Kompiang designs and constructs dance costumes.


She offers private traditional Balinese dance lesson for adults and children. She also gives dance classes at San Francisco Konsul General of Indonesia.
 
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