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EXPERIENCE TALKS 1/17 @ 8 AM PT:
MARIA BODMANN – Bali Shadow Play (Wayang Kulit) Performer | Teacher
with host CYNTHIA FRIEDLOB
EngAGE, in conjunction with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, is delighted to have MaRia Bodmann in residence for 10 weeks at NoHo Senior Arts Colony to present classes in and public performances of Bali shadow theater (Wayang Kulit). Classes begin on Saturday, January 17th, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The community is invited to enjoy and participate! All ages are welcome (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.) Call (818) 837-9485 or click here to get more information.
MaRia Bodmann: An artist, musician, performer and business manager, MaRia Bodmann earned her BFA and MFA in Multidisciplinary Art and Music from California Institute of the Arts. She studied music at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin, Germany, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Gamelan at the Indonesian Academy of Performing Arts (ASTI), and shadow theater in the village of Sukawati, Bali. The Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, has awarded numerous grants, including the prestigious COLA grant, to MaRia to produce and present traditional Wayang Kulit and creative performances and residencies. Other awards include support from the Brody Arts Fund, California Community Foundation, California Council for the Humanitites, the Durfee Foundation and Puppeteers of America. MaRia’s shadows are featured in Disney’s “Camp Nowhere” and MGM’s “Wild Bill,” as well as theme parks in Singapore and Jakarta.
MaRia is a faculty member of the California State Summer School for the Arts, and past president of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry. With her company, Bali & Beyond, her featured credits include the Getty Museum, LACMA, the Huntington, Eastman School of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory, Oberlin, University of Calgary, Swarthmore, USC, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, New West Symphony, Ventura Chamber Music Festival, National Geographic, Paramount’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the Hollywood Bowl, and many more.
MaRia’s specialty is shadow theater. As a shadow artist she tells stories, sings, plays gamelan music, makes shadow figures of all kinds and choreographs traditional, contemporary and experimental shadow performances.
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