Telling Other Tales Experiencing the Balinese Mask World

1 Introduction: Circulating Experiences in the Topeng World, Irving Chan Johnson  I. Form, History, Text  2 Speculations on the Origins of Topeng Pajegan, Bruce W Carpenter  3 “Playing with the Past”: Visitation and Illusion in the Mask Theatre of Bali, John Emigh   4 Jelantik Goes to Blambangan: A Topeng Pajegan Performance by I Nyoman Kakul, John Emigh  5 Topeng as Performance, I Wayan Budiarsa  6 Personal Reflections on Topeng and Hinduism, I Gede Adhinata  7 A Theatre of Cruelty: The Contexts of a Topeng Performance, Hildred Geertz  8 Topeng “Tuan Tepis”: A New Form of Theatre, I Wayan Dibia  II. Practices and Materialities  9 Sidha Karya: A Balinese Cultural Icon, I Made Bandem  10 Circulations of Knowledge in Topeng Mask-Making, Kristian Vincent Gunawan  11 The Music of the Topeng Theatre, I Nyoman Kariasa and I Gde Made Indra Sadguna  12 The Variable Careers of Topeng Masks: A View from Bukit Poh Village, Ni Wayan Pasek Ariati and Laurel Kendall  13  “To be Human is to Sing”: A Masked Performance of Sarawati’s Sacred Wisdom, Ron Jenkins  14 Experiencing Adult Topeng Classes in Bali, Kaori Fushiki  III. Genealogies and Biographies  15 I Ketut Rinda as a Topeng Master, Adrian Vickers  16 Cokorda Oka Tublen and the Palace Mask-makers of Singapadu, Cokorda Alit Artawan  17 The Many Lives of I Dewa Putu Kebes: An Ethnographic Biography, Irving Chan Johnson  18 I Nyoman Kakul: An Autobiography of a Topeng Dancer, I Ketut Wirtawan  19 Becoming a King: How I Learnt the Topeng Dalem Arsawijaya Dance, Ida Bagus Gede Surya Peradantha  20 I Wayan Tangguh: Maestro of Traditional Balinese Topeng Carving, I Komang Sudirga   21 Topeng Sidha Karya: An Interview with Ida Bagus Alit, Rucina Ballinger  22 The Story of Dancer and Mask-Maker I Made Regug, I Wayan Suprapta  IV. Global Encounters  23 A French Artistic Journey through Topeng, Joanna Belloni  24 Being a Woman Being a Man: Gender and Balinese Topeng Performance, Margaret Coldiron  25 Talking to Lydia Martin, an American Topeng Dancera Martín, Topeng Dancer, Monali Varaiya  26 “An-other” Learning Experience: A Journey in Topeng Characterization, Carmencita Palermo

Biography

Irving Chan Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University in 2004. His research interests span issues of personhood, circulation, borderlands, artisanship and traditional performance in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Irving is the founder and artistic director of Eka Suwara Santhi, a Balinese dance group based in Singapore.