lundi 19 août 2013

KECHAK TRIBUANA EXPERIENCES, MEETING OF THE BIRDS .... in conference


will presenting in Genova,
at Palazzo Rosso,
Tuesday, 10 september 201, 19h30
a short experiences of 
"Kechak Tribuana "
of Balinese tradition


what is Tribuana theater?

 All participants will be invited to participate tribuanicly (=with movement, voice and thought) there will be a short playful introduction of preparation in proposition for those who eager to "participate tribuanicly": physically, voice and movement, in order to share the useful "offering" to the TIME PRESENTation. But if you prefer to be observer in that moment of life, you are welcome to watch, to look, look for  ...something, look after a presentation. Silence, observation is the ticket to be in a performance. Since i am not intend to do a show, but more a way to share, so please take this as a "search", an opening, a possibility. An experience will left in participants "something" that will last long or short, it is depend on parameter:
1: what you offer: observation, silence, voice, movement... to express your meaning of life.
2:what you offer, what you do, ....it can be regarded as element of your expression in tribuana: body movement, voice, and text/thought/interpretation.
3:The quantity and quality of participation, deepness, total or partial, elegant or honest, ...
4: ....etc.
So, happy to share together in a musical mood of Mediterraneo on a plate of Balinese tradition by the way of TriBuana (three worlds of human) digestion & expression.
Let's fly with eagle eyes all over the blue planet earth. Now possible by internet and tablet.
Ahh, observing now, in this time, on earth, our dear blue planet with its mysterious water behavior (solid, liquid and invisible); petrol is excavated from the stomach of the earth, some country have chance to have it, being transform from dessert into human made "paradise" demonstrated exhibition of art of creation; Palm oil tree destroying virgin forest with all creature living there: human and animal, human brain linking itself by internet that need all type of phone and tablet, earth temperature is growing up as human temperament too, anger is spreading easily from your liver, liver's duty to clean wasted cells, human looking for quick-cheap-enjoyment  in sex and drogue; that two last element lead human to addiction and lost control; religion being use in politic to articulate interest, war is inevitable when speech of crystal mind has no more power to transform human need, behavior, habit, character....destiny.
This occasion that is offered by this Festival will give us a mirror of tribuanic symphony orchestra (speaking in concordance of Festival mood: music). Yes music can cool the mind and crystalize thought that may be produce "light", where we may mirroring ourselves in/through each other. This conclusion will be tempted to be present on Saturday the 14th at Palazzo Ducale. Again there, we need your participation, i will be there as servant, as pro-poser, offerer, open a way ...tribuanicly so the winged thought (=birds-human) will fly together to meet their .... queen, king, master, guide, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammad, Ra, X, Y Z, ..... the one that in multiple presentation everlastingly in trans-formation....
smile tribuana
see you
à presto
here are 2 images of space of the Kechak TriBuana experience ground floor Palazzo Rosso
The experienced festival organization will transform the space, of course, for 
chak chak chak ....
yang nggir, yangg nggur, yang ngér, yang sirrrrrrr 
poung poung poung sirrrrrr
Little idea of Chak chorus internocking rhythm:
 Klick here please for an audio/phonic-idea

memories of my Kechak experiences in Balinese Village in 1973
one passage of melody/song,
was like this: klick if you wish to listen





here is a Kechak partition
to listen: klick here please.

2 create 3 and 5



image inspiring and guide formation and choreography of participants Kechak Tribuana Experience for Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo.




organized by 
Davide Ferrari 
from "echoart" of Genova
in the program of 
and
In this Program of Festival Mediterraneo of Genova, international fruit of culture is declared in festival meeting by the musical way,



at Palazzo Ducale, salla minor
Saturday 14 September 2013
16h00
The birds of ATTAR and Tribuana way in "conference".
During this "conference" i will try to introduce a bit of Conference of the bird of ATTAR from Persia, the Theatrical form i did participate as actor in 1979-1980 with world tour to New York, Australia and many country of Europe. 
here is a video link in youtube, when we were in Australia performing in open space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHCpTBQQxhs
Tribuana is a way that spring from my Balinese tradition+personal life experiences.
I remember during the creation in Paris/Festival Avignon 1979, Peter Brook, the Director, said to us:" one day, when we get old, very old, we will perform again this Conference ......"
But now, thanks to Festival Musicale de Mediterraneo, Davide Ferrari invite me to come to share with you all,  a taste, a need, a moment of life that hope can spring inner smile.... in you.
I will bring 4 theatrical texts of Conference written by Jean Claude Carriére (translated in italian) .. may be, not to be read integrally ... but as reference, a launching plat form to fly in search of .......  SIMORGH
one self
one in all,
all in one.
So i beg you all, please be ready to participate, it is just a new opening toward a search: what type of performance, of enjoyment, of sharing we need to create for human on earth, while seeing other side of this round turning planet earth is possible also by technological eye-bird of internet connection.
thanks tablet.
steve job & Mac Apple. etc.

A bit of wondering, wandering, pondering:
What is Kechak Tribuana experiences? and meeting of birds & Tribuana in conferences ?
Every body present as "usual/habitual/common spectators" is invited to participate, as this experiences will be a party of participants, inspired and guided/built by us all, so it's progression depend on us, depend on what we offer to this present-time. This very present time in our era of democracy, it is moment to declare in action, speech, thought how to live and to feed that democracy (Greek invention, like Olympic games, ...etc).
Sharing what is your intension to offer, to make a concert together, where everything is being questioned, being mixed, the meeting of means, the meeting of played instruments in concert. Where is the musical partition, It is.... biologically present, to be discovered freshly and smilely to interlock with other's rhythm ....chak , chak , chak. To enjoy and to taste the immediate product, the expression, the sound, movement/dance, the voice, ... to ponder and to consider the criteria of satisfaction. To understand the aim, the search.
So: observe the means, understand the aim and examine the criteria of satisfaction.
Let it be, flow with the moment. Drive and enjoy together.
Ok, here is a bit of story of Kechak i know, as i am Balinese born and grew in balinese tradition; origin from Denpasar (born in 1945, sept.21st.);
Once, in ancient time of Balinese tradition, when a village was threatened by illness, contagious illness, bad spirit, crops/plantations gives no fruits, so all the village member gathered together in village temple, there they ....chak chak chak ..... From the sound, just with one sound (CHAK) that they offer to their community gathering will make a "cosmic concert" of joy, awaken the happy energy to share, it can be like an action of vaccination, dream-party, healing ritual, .....etc, why not;
 It is up to us, NOW, participants to move our inner understanding, our knowledge, energy, means, to a celebrated moment of sharing. Time is TIME, we can not buy time even in hyper super market.
Our third millennium need a brain concert-symphony, as all thought lodge now inter-net-ly joined in common understanding into action, one moment of action, for peaceful way, even just a few minutes in rhythm and harmony, if there are inner smile, can be an everlasting memories.
Where there is a will there will be a way.
Memories never get old, for memories contains no time. So to make it so, let's create together a moment of life, a "painting of phonetic memories", or a "bio-CD recorder", that can be reproduced in life time, by remembering, the member,  in a hand's clap, or fingers click. Yes, be modest and be happy as far as hands can grasp, hand to comprehend.
Enjoying the balance of the moment present is aware of past and future now in action.
21st september is declared by UNITED NATION
as worlds peace day.
There must be a moment where internationally we celebrated it together in a space, and when we will have a Palazzo Rosso, in Genova, on 10th september 2013, it can be a moment to celebrate together, for september was charged by strong memories too.
So if by chance we meet together, glad to share, and as a glance looking for the moment to share, before looking after our Kechak experiences, please see in some youtube video CHAK, KECHAK of Bali, you will find how to CHAK your voice/sound to produce a voice/phonic-offering and share during that meeting, that can be a celebration, if you'll make it so, together.
Another sound to remember, may be:
yang, nggir, yang nggur, yang nggér, yang sirrr.
tit, poung, tit, sirrr,
But those just some Balinese syllables, of a song that can be not Balinese, you are invited to offer your sacred syllable, invented one, in that moment, since sound has no passport if you sing it as music. So hope to share and enjoy together, I'll be there as "servant", guide, or what ever you regard me, i'll try to let you get what you want .... but, remind us a song:" you can't always get what you want. So, may be changing the criteria of  satisfaction, with gentle adaptation: you can always get what you want.
As the birds in conference in an opening sunny morning day, for a journey, long or short, a space of Mediterranean festival is offered. Mysteriously, promising something to rejoice. Mystery is incomprehensible as mysteriously we are in it.
When our mind has wings, then like birds will tell us a story of a journey.
Tribuana at Caroman 1
Tribuana at Caroman 2
this link below, a quick look in story telling
Conference of the birds as F.U.Attar wrote, a Persian Sufi master.

here is the text i arrange for public accompany to the presentation at Palazzo Ducale, translated and realization Antonio Cargnello.


(to be updated soon, more information/transformation will be put in coming days) 

Tribuana workshop in Montevaso for Grundtvig 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8EPk2oqrak

Tribuana way, tribuana lessons, tribuana school, tribuana workshop

Tribuana theater of life - Workshop:
"To awaken and to cultivate the expression
of the Three Worlds of human:
Thought, Energy of life, Body "
up dated 5 May 2013
Tribuana Way in French, klick here please.

My opinion: in Bali, the actors behave like servants. They serve "something", they bring into life a story, or a character, or an object, which must be honoured. In Tribuana way, an actor also gives life a song, a movement. This means that the story (or other “served thing”) is more important, more interesting, contain higher value than themselves. The story/the “thing” has already a “life”. The “hi-story” includes a better knowledge, wisdom, as well as a natural path (visible or invisible, comprehensible or incomprehensible) to follow, to celebrate, to honour.
In order to reveal this life (this mystery), the actors must mobilize all their resources, their capacity to give life, to re-incarnate those things into performed living presentation.
The work consists to wake up, to be aware, to cultivate and to unify the expression of the three worlds (body, energies of life, and thought) in order to arrive to a total expression through deep solution, cleverly intellectual, scientific and also sharply intuitive, analytical and global at the same time. Of course we cannot always reach those ideal-parameter, but important to be in the path that lead us to ideal destination. To be understood, that a destination will lead to the next one, and so on and on.
The history must be carrying the three natural, creative and generating ingredients:
1. It cultivates the intelligence in a creative way in the way of the harmony; therefore, it must make people more intelligent, a bright clear brain quality.
2. It gives a long life to its essence, its existence will last beyond its presence, longer than its physical life, beyond the emotion, beyond this earthy energy of life.
3. It must have the transforming (magical) effect, it transforms the actor/ the actress, the spectators and the surround (the world, "three worlds")

The field of exploration includes 27 lessons:(from n°: 0-26)

lesson n°0 is PREP. About PREP, klick here please.

1. Silat Tribuana (based on martial arts from Indonesian Pencak Silat, I translate it as the art of survival). To foresee for this lesson, preferable to dress in white (white trousers and white T-shirt if it is possible). My Silat vocabulary come from memories of my uncle guru silat : I Nyoman Siki (younger brother of my father) in the 1950's, in Denpasar, and later I started Silat PGB Bangau Putih (White Crane Silat of Bogor, Indonesia, Subur Raharja) with Rendra Bengkel Teater Jogjakarta in 1970's, when we were preparing for Macbeth, where i played Macthbeth that time. I continued PGB Bangau Putih with Palisandra Finger , one of the 18 international heirs if PGB from French, designed by Master Subur Raharja, the founder.)
2. Tai Chi Tribuana (awareness of the movements, profound attention, carrying out to the conscience of the physical articulation and energy = chi=prana=Ki in a natural flow). Klick here among some video I made.
3. Chi Kung Tribuana (of the exercises: physical and mental carrying out to the conscience of precious fine yet powerful energy and very subtle which animates life and cosmos)
4. Koukoul Djagat, the work of percussions inspired by the Kodo (Japanese drum) to exert the work a ritualistic manner on rhythm, endurance, force, voices of the Three Worlds. The instrument KodoTribuana must be built. Klick here to see a video.
5. Yoga Tribuana: being in a static posture, to wake up sensitivity and be aware of breathing and sensation, which makes it possible to feel the first natural interior impulse, which carries out an actor to the action and the realization. Yoga tribuana can lead into exposing the statue of your divinity or demonity, vegetal, animal, spirit.
6. Pranayama Tribuana, exercises of breathing; inspiration and expiry of energy (to perceive and try out various kinds of energies);
7. Daily practice of some exercises of Taoist health. This exercise engages: the image, the movement, the sound and mental activities in link with the energy of life such as emotions, the organs of digestion, the 5 elements, the colours... etc). Klick here for a video.
or this one, to klick, six healing sound. 
8. TongkatTribuana:The work of the stick; the actors handle the stick and play with by repeating some precisely determined movements. The exercise of the stick is inspired by the martial arts for the aim of warming-up, health maintenance, work in group, meditation, and to awaken the feeling to be "ready to follow" (in the direction where the actor must serve, follows and gives life to a character or a story). The participant invited to bring with them a stick (of wood ) 35 mm in diameter, a length equal to that which separates the feet from the eyebrows (third eye).
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=3II-2qjWoH0
Other video, klick here.
etc. 
9. Mask work. Mask is considered as personal belonging, personal instrument of expression and considered as sacred object. Participants are suggested to bring their personal mask. 
A Ritual of taking off a mask: klick here.http://tapasudana.blogspot.fr/2006/01/mask-ritual-balinese-approach-i-gede.html
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yowOVbF7FE
Mask ritual (taking off) inspired by my Balinese tradition, see video. 
10. Puppet, Objects (props), like tools of expression or accessory to tell a history.
11. Work with the musical instrument /percussion
12. Kéchak: The story of kechak from Bali was a vocal chorus of all the villagers who take part in this dance/ trance of Bali, for goal to move away the contagious mortal diseases, negative/ destructive energy, or the natural disaster who threaten to destroy the life of the people, animal or vegetal. This "chorus/ dance" in Sanghyang “dance ritual” from Bali, will give the possibility to the actors to work on the voice, on the collective rhythms, on the conscience and the energy of the group. It is a work on the harmonization, wakes up personal cosmic energy in a group for cures, for joy, for healthiness, for happiness of the life. Nowadays, this Kechak dance has become a very popular tourist attraction.
Here kechak use in film BARAKA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-b895UdLzc
Kechak as public animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9J0YSk11Ac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzrLypRnDPA
As choreographic research http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNOSo85kNTM
As trance dance of Bali tradition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05p6GcX1i-U
Kechak tribuana at Granara, Italia, klick. 2010. 
13. Ethnic music. The actor is moved, danced and by ethnic music, by singing songs from various countries could be developed into improvisation. Ethnic song as theme of improvisation for movement and story to improvise. The sound of an ethnic instrument carries ethnic treasure, ancient seeds to taste and to grow.
14. Bayu Swara, a work on the sacred syllables - the sound – personal inner voice: to find, to give birth to a syllable each day. A syllable corresponds to a sound and is made up of only one vowel and 1 to 4 consonants. The progression of this work, the composition of the syllable, develops in such a way that the first day syllable will give birth to the syllable of the second day; the syllable/ the reality of the second day gives life to the syllable/reality of the third day, etc.To feel the "magic power" of sacreed syllable is to recite it repeatedly, to "che" it well, to move it in the body in an intense meditative way/celebration; space, time and situation/micro climate of working space is determinat parameter for the awakening of tha magic power.
See video Bayu Swara Tribuana, klick here.
15. Autumn leaves or crystal thought tribuana. To meditate on (to contemplate) short sentences which are to be regarded as the crystal of the thought, fruits of contemplation. To reflect and exchange opinions, to discuss subject/ problem in a group, all these activities are the field where the thought can be cultivated and involved in order to produce a common theatrical language, a common creation based on common understanding/comprehension, clarify the common destination/goal in action.
Here some video i made in french http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MR2vtcWzXQ&list=UU5xw1uvzrjiZIyri1I6i0AQ&index=1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErLfNm4Vhkg    
Cristal thought in english-text http://tapasudana.blogspot.fr/2006/01/cristal-of-thought-for-acting-haloo.html
Cristal thought in Italian, english, spanish, french http://theatretribuana.blogspot.fr/2006/04/sparkling-italian-words-spanish-words.html
16. A work in the group and on the group: aware of oneself being member of a group, to remember, serving the centre of the common interest of the group, it is necessary to know "the magic and mysterious thing which binds us together", to feel the common energy, the common impulse/ common intension, which will give rise (realise) a story to tell, which will be then shared publicly. Aware of one common “thing/energy/story” to develop; at the same time the actors remain open, alert, sincere, essential, therefore simple and direct. To understand/to comprehend "theatrically" is to be, is an action (with or without accessory) of a definite comprehension/interpretation that being expressed in a living way. A tribuanic-actor who says, "I understood", they must be able to make it, to carry out their comprehension into action.
17. A work on improvisation, common creation, that relate with the work in/on a group. In this work 3 steps must be considered well: 1, knowing/comprehending the participants, 2, creating a common theatrical language and 3, choosing/working on “subject” in common to serve/to feed it together that link the member of the group, that must be honoured, that is more important then themselves during that improvisation.
18. Story telling, story which are told by participants, or by myself, who will give place then to improvisations. To find a common language to explore and build together. To give life to a story consists in finding together the inner impulse of the story inside us, a work where the sharing is experienced.
19. TOTEM Tribuana A totem is a material composition, in tribuanic manner which one develops by adding object/something to the previous composition; the work is like feeding everyday reality. Totem will be visited any moment, could be presented the last day of the workshop in open door session. The totem can be personal or collective. The totem can be made inside or outside in the nature. A totem can find its origin or/and initiated by a place or by an idea, which needs objects to make it real. It is a work to find the spirit of the objects, the energy of a place, the magic of a building, a charismatic present.
To see video and image of totem tribuana, klick here.
Visiting totem out side at Ermocolle tribuana 2012, video...klick.
20. TRIPASS. When the spirit of the totem concentrates on a piece of paper, it becomes an image, a drawing in one page and series of syllable in the next page, which is built with the passing days by daily adding a form or a line of colour and a sacred syllable. It is what is called: the Compact Disk of the personal identity or Diskette or Tribuana Passport (Tripass).
Klick for a video.
21. An introduction to ritual, by honouring the instruments of work, workspace and environment. A place where we work will be called and transform into:DO JO in Japanese way or MARGA PURA in Balinese words. The place is regarded as a place where one cultivates a way of life/a path of life, cultivate a way / manner of being. Each one takes care the place of work, and share/ participate its maintenance, to clean it, to put it in order before and after the work together. The preparation Marga Pura is depend on the work/lesson to come, and it will develops the work of group and awaken the sense of awareness and responsibility.
22. Bayu Panah, is inspired by Kyu-Do of Japanese ceremonial archery. This work needs bow (Japanese bow of bamboo ideally) and arrow and target, or we may use elastic to replace the present of bow. Students need to bring those instruments. There are some sequences of movement to be repeated every time in a ceremonial and intense-concentrate way. Total awareness is to be developed.
Once, i did used Kyu Do in my one man show in Roma 1992. Klick to video.
23. Questionnaire-Tribuana: working on expression (in writing) of three parts of life-time: PAST (what are your ancestral heritage, c.v, education, important workshop being done, important accident, past important experiences); Present (job for living, what are you doing now in present living-time, what do you like to explore among 26 "lessons"); FUTURE (what are you like to be in the future, your dreams, your ideal goal in life .... have the courage and sincerity to express not being afraid or shy to write if your were able or not able to reach it).
The past will make you sure to be present, and the future will attrack the present, hopefully with joy, naturally. For that, there are work to do, to find, to create together. Describing what you carry, is opening oneself to others? How much, how deep, what part of you is being opened-shared (please take off the judgement beforehand). To know others is wisdom, to know oneself is awareness/illumination. Little opening, little sharing. Superficial opening (expression) = superficial sharing (perception). Questionnaire must be sent by mail before the workshop to me, so I can accompany participants to prepare the "meeting", and to serve better each other. This lesson n°23 naturally will lead the creation of lesson n° 25: Post Notes tribuana in progression/ evolution, step by step, as Quest TB too.
24. Dialogue (Mekekawin) with Tapa, mirroring, personal exchange, speak about your personal question, personal quest, or speak and work about whatever you feel that Tapa can be useful for you. Not an obligation, but Tapa would like to honor your present and exchange opinion, hint of life, work on specific subject. What to be said during dialogue or multilogue is in preference to do it with attitude of "offering", to offer a sentence, a speach, with awareness that others will accept it or not. This attitude was ispired by my Balinese tradition: mehatur = to offer = also means to speak. ... Time of Dialogue, to be decided during the workshop during the pose/break.
25. Post-note tribuana. This field/lesson tribuana was born after Easter Retreat at Casa Natura Alpenise, Cima Grappa, Italia, 28 march-1 april 2013. 
Here one exemple, klick.
26. Gerak nuraga, Olah Nuraga, Gerak Pranatman, ... Microcosmic dance ?
This field to explore as lesson, as exercise, as ritual, as food, tribuana food, seems to me came from my past research in Jogyakarta, with Bengkel Teater Rendra, that time, 1970, Bengkel called it "Gerak Indah" = "Artistic/beautiful movement" for the first groups, and then with Rendra's second group we explored "Gerak Nurani", Inner voice movement. In my memories, may be i have introduced and have done exploration on this work in Athens, in an archelogical ancient ruin, late afternoon before sundown, with tribuana participants. For this work space climate/ambience is important as part of the guide. Every participants will bloom their atmic-bud, grain, in their own spring time. To start this work , we need to initiate it from lesson n° 0: Prep, a kind of Zero state mind meditation. Vegetarian is a step to maintain, and has been started before, to purify the fine inner impulse that open-spring a posture, into movement, into voice, into image, into word .. sentences ... it is a celebration. The 5 vows is mastering the moment. The criteria of cosmic symphony is being formed at that very moment, in evolution, togetherness. (to be continued) 


It is impossible to do all these 27 lessons (0-26) during the workshop, but we may explore and taste each of it during the first 2 days, and then you are free to work deeper on one or some of them. How? We will decide it together with the time, space, and instruments.

In a retreat tribuana (different from workshop tribuana) participants will actively participate the cooking of the "lesson" to invited. Together prepare the food, cleaning and preparing the space, the instruments of the work to bring and to share, ..... together to open to share, step by step. Please be aware of the ripeness of your opening, the manner how to link with others, observe the means, understand the aim (step by step), examine the criteria of satisfaction (of right or wrong momentarily);

If the theatre is the "diamond of the life", its goal should be to crystallize the experience of life into luminous shared memory. Memory creates vocabulary, language and instruments of expression. By awaken and cultivating the expression of the "three worlds" (tribuana = body, energy, thought), we follow the way of the harmony with nature, adapting their reality to the needs of the space, time and situation. Situation, micro climate that we create together.

An actor (Tri Buana) must be in good health (tribuanicly), in the way of harmony, in order to be able to animate the story (which animates them) and to offer it to the public that came to share the authentic account of the hi-story.

Brahman signifies the imperishable supreme. The realm of the SELF is the pure clear liberated essence of ones being. To ACT is to be on the way of the manifestation of the creative process, which leads the invisible BEING to existence.
Inspired by Bhagavad Gita, song VIII, 3.
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