| "I become effusive and teary and also jubilant and excited whenever I think, talk, dream or breathe about Bali...It was the most precious and most visceral and most illuminating experience of my life and everyday, it becomes more so."
Liz Garrott, MFA, U. Penn
 FEBRUARY 8 - MARCH 24, 2009
Check out the Bali Blog 2007
by School Director Joan Schirle Since 1996, Dell'Arte International has invited students, teachers, designers, directors, and artists to immerse themselves in the traditional arts of Bali and encounter the profound spirit of the Balinese people. In this unique and wonderfully successful program participants study traditional Balinese performing arts and crafts with village masters, as well as Dell'Arte mask and movement techniques led by Dell'Arte's Founding Artistic Director Joan Schirle. Bali is an extraordinary island where creativity is ordinary. In Bali, art serves the community, the religious practices, the economy and everyday living. The trip introduces students to Balinese performing arts in a way that allows them to experience how the Balinese live and create, and how family life and religious customs are woven into the creation of art. We are often asked if it is dangerous to go to Bali. Every single one of our trips has been peaceful --even during the year of the Kuta bombing --and without incident. We have only increased our dedication to assist the Balinese people by k eeping our dollars going to their island.
 The program begins with three days of orientation to the language, customs, and ceremonies of Bali, as well as informal meetings with Balinese teachers to observe their work. Introductory work will include a symposium on masks with local carver I. B. Anom, visits to the studios of several mask carvers and puppet makers, and attendance at a shadow play (wayang kulit) and dance performances. During the next four weeks of formal study, classes meet five days a week. All students will study kecak, a rythmic vocal chant, as well as participate in regular Yoga/Alexander Technique sessions, block printing, and symposiums on the links between Balinese and western mask performance traditions.  Sometimes our study will take place in a classroom setting, sometimes outdoors, and often in its traditional setting at village and temple ceremonies. The core of the program is designed so that each student spends a large percentage of their class time on one area of interest most important to them. Students will choose between:
• Mask Carving
• Balinese Dance (masked topeng and legong)
• Shadow puppetry (wayang kulit)  All along there will be time for recreation such as mountain hiking, beaches, scuba, nightlife and shopping, including guidance on how to buy Balinese crafts. Massage and revitalizing body treatments are available at extremely low cost.
Single or double occupancy rooms are available, all with private bath, and breakfast included. There is a pool and a covered, open-air studio where some of our classes will be held. Other meals are available in nearby restaurants at very reasonable costs. Vegetarian food is easily available.
Academics may apply for a shortened version of the program (10 to 14 days). Address inquiries to the Bali program director.
FEES SHOWN ARE FOR THE 2007 PROGRAM. 2009 PROGRAM FEES MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON AIRLINE COSTS, ETC. AND WILL BE ON THIS SITE MID-2008. Fees ('07) include roundtrip airfare from San Francisco or Los Angeles, tuition, materials, and accomodations (including breakfast): If you book your own transport to Bali, the cost of the program is $3850. Rates are based on double occupancy, two persons sharing a room with private bath. Single rooms are available for additional $300.
Fees quoted are subject to adjustment at time of ticket purchase. Flight dates are approximate until 90 days prior to travel.
You may apply for a shortened version of the program (10 to 14 days).
Address inquiries to the Bali program director, Joan Schirle at joans@dellarte.com | 
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