Name : Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik

Address:
1) 2350 Wilbur Way, Auburn, Ca 95602 Ph 1-530-210 1910 Fax 1-530- 888 6833
2) PPR ITB no E-17 Bandung 40135 Indonesia
E-mail: btrisna at gmail.com

Born in Deventer Netherlands, 8 September 1947 as first daughter of Dr AA Made Djelantik and Astri H Zwart. Re- married to Tom Soejoto since March 2003. Children: Krishna (34 yrs), married with two daughters (7 yrs and 3 yrs) living in Jakarta; Bismo (30 yrs) single; Asmara (29 yrs), married with one son (2 yrs) living in Pau, France.

Education:
High School: SMAN Denpasar Bali, 1962-1965
Dokter (MD), 1975, Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung
ENT Specialist, 1985, Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung
Doctor Medizin ( S2/Dr Med), 1989 LM Universitat, Munich, Germany
Doctor in Medical Sciences (S3/PhD), 1996, Antwerp University, Belgium.

Employment/ Positions:
1974 – 2004: lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran , Bandung
2000 – present:Part-time medical consultant for Prevention of Deafness programs, World Health Organization and CBM; President, “South East Asia Forum for SOUND HEARING”

photo: Bulantrisna performs Sitarasmi, a dance about a woman’s effort to overcome her worldly emotions. (JP/I Wayan Juniartha)

Involvement in Balinese dance:
I began studying dance in the court of Karangasem from the age of 7 yrs and later went to villages to continue my studies with some of Bali’s greatest dance masters: Ida Bagus Raka Bongkasa, I Kakul, I Mario and Gusti Biang Sengog. I mostly danced Oleg and Condong Legong for the well known Gong Peliatan under leadership of Anak Agung Mandera. I also was invited to dance for other groups in Bali until I moved to Bandung to pursue studies in Medicine in 1965. From 1960 on, I was often invited to dance at the state presidential palaces in Tampaksiring and Jakarta, and perform in cultural missions to other countries all over Asia and Europe. I was a dancer of the Indonesian Pavillion for a three month period at the World Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. Several heads of state like Kaisar Hirohito, Prince Akihito, Kim II Sung, Queen Sirikit & King Bhu Mi Bol, Prince Sihanouk, President Bill Clinton and Hillary (during their visit in 1994), Queen Beatrix (1995) have all seen my dance and been able to appreciate art as a medium for cultural understanding between nations.

Bedaya Legong Calonarang at Esplanade Theater Singapore, February 2007.

My grandfather, Anak Agung Bagus Djelantik, the last king of Karangasem, East Bali, was known to be a serious lover of art and architecture. While my grandfather of mother’s side, Piet Zwart, was a Dutch avant-garde designer in his times. These two facets of art – the traditional and the contemporary, East and West – inherited from my two grandfathers are always features of my interest and choreography.

Bedaya Legong Calonarang at Esplanade Theater Singapore, February 2007.

Although busy in the profession as a doctor with postgraduate research and involvement internationally in community ear and hearing health, I have continuously make efforts to introduce Legong, my favorite dance, to a wider audience. Teaching dance, especially the Legong Peliatan style, has always been my passion. I was one of the first teachers of the Indonesian Dance Academy (STSI) in Bandung. I taught children and the youth through Gita Saraswati Dance Course in Bandung and privately. During post graduate studies in Munich, Germany, I was active as teacher and dancer with the Cara Bali Gamelan Gruppe (1985-1988) and now I am a guest dance teacher of the Gamelan Sekar Jaya in El Cerrito/Berkeley ( since 2006).

Bedaya Legong Calonarang at Esplanade Theater Singapore, February 2007.

Finally in 1991, established my own group, Bengkel Tari Ayubulan (Ayubulan Dance Workshop) in Bandung, West Java. Here, besides teaching traditional classical Legong dance forms, I have the opportunity to find expression for experiments in movement. Lately I have been studying and choreographing as a solo mask dancer.

Bedaya Legong Calonarang at Esplanade Theater Singapore, February 2007.

I have been active as board of the World Dance Alliance, Indonesian Chapter (1994 -1996). In 1997 active member of the executive board of the Indonesian Society for Performing Arts (MSPI), and chaired the MSPI Mileniart seminar and workshop in Tirtagangga Bali, Sept 1999. Since 2001 until now appointed as member of the MSPI Board of Trustees.

Some of my performances were:
- Legong Appreciation: Dances, Photos and Painting exhibit, Bandung 1994
- Classical Legong performance in Nagoya and Kobe, Japan 1994
- Legong Styles at the Walter Spies exhibition, National Museum Jakarta 1995
- Join as dancer in the contemporary Panji Sepuh, choreographed by Sulistyo and Gunawan Mohamad, Jakarta and Seoul, 1995
- Choreographed ”Energi Legong” , Sharing Time, a collaboration with composer A. Dea and painter Teguh Ostenrik, Solo 1996.
- Choreographed Legong Dance Drama “Asmarandana” in collaboration with the composer Wayan Sadra and visual artist Krishnamurti, for performances in Bandung,1996. Later in 1997 with a 20- persons group this piece was performed in Moskow, St Petersburg and Paris on invitation of the Indonesian Embassies.
- Performed String of Legong Pearls and Kecak Legong in Bandung, 2000
- Produced and performed Legong Dance Drama “Witaraga” in Bandung NuArt Center and Jakarta Ismail Marzuki Art Center, September 2002. This was a collaborative piece with Made Suartini and Sang Putu Suwecana, both dance lecturers from the Indonesian Art Institute in Bandung
- Adapted Janger Hip Hop, with dancers from San Jose and gamelan Anak Swarasanti from Santa Cruz, for Indonesian Day at Union Square, San Fransisco , August 2005, and Janger Anti Stress with SF dancers and Gong Suling, August 2006
- Performed at the Asian Festival in Eugene, as member of the Indonesian Consulate team, February 2006
- Choreographer and lead dancer of Bedaya Legong CALONARANG, a collaboration with Retno Maruti, at TIM Jakarta, April 2006, and at Esplanade Theatre Singapore, February 2007
- Choreographed and dance the solo Sitarasmi Mask Dance: Quest for Global Healing Conference, Ubud Bali, May 2006 and at Galeri Cemara Jakarta, November 2006. This new piece is choreographed together with Wayan Dibia, costume design by Harry Darsono, gamelan composition by Putu Putrawan from Munduk Bali.

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