BIOGRAPHY
I. Nyoman Catra
Oedipus: Ensemble. One of Bali's most renowned master artists of traditional dance/theater; specializes in the Kechak monkey dance and masked temple performances known as Topeng whose clown characters bear a strong resemblance to commedia dell'arte. He has previously visited the United States as a Fulbright fellow at Wesleyan University in 1982. Performed internationally in Canada, Japan, Europe, Asian, India, and Australia. U.S.: appeared with Julie Taymor at LaMama ETC and with Larry Reed at the Henson International Puppet Festival. Has taught Balinese music and dance theater at MIT, Holy Cross College, Rochester Academy of Music, and gives lecture demonstrations and performances. In addition to performing in village temple ceremonies and in festivals around the world, Catra is a distinguished senior faculty member of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar) in Bali, Indonesia. BA and SST degree in dance at STSI Denpasar, MA in Theater at Emerson College in Boston, currently a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, with the support of the Asian Cultural Council of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.