Wayang Bali: An Evening with Balinese Shadows | Berkeley

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Award-winning, internationally acclaimed Shadow Master, Larry Reed, presents a great event for all ages. Featuring a stunning array of intricate, handmade shadow puppet figures silhouetted on a backlit screen, the ancient stories blend religious mythology, historical events and humorous improvisation. The combination of shadow puppets, live music and the sense of humor and fun in the stories themselves, make this an evening no one should miss.

Featuring vocalist Katie Harrell and ShadowLight Gamelan Gender Wayang: Carla Fabrizio, Lisa Gold, Paul Miller and Sarah Willner. Larry Reed will be assisted by I Made Moja and Monali Varaiya.

Wayang Bali, the Balinese Shadow Play, is one of the most revered traditional art forms in the world. Plots for Wayang Bali are drawn from the Mahabharata myth cycle, in which five brothers are pitted against one hundred jealous cousins in a struggle for power involving gods, demons, magical weapons, and the inevitable beautiful princess. Larry and the Gamelan musicians make it possible for Western audiences to enjoy this classical form of storytelling.

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