the history of gopala dance in bali

Gopala was a term written in Kawi language which means cow. The shape of the dance group, and is usually performed by 4 to 8 people, son of Gopala dancers describe the behaviour of a group of cow herders in a pengembalaan field. It contains a humorous motion-motion with motion material which is a mix of Balinese dance gestures that already exist that have been developed with new motion-motion. This dance is a joint creation between I Nyoman Suarsa (dance arranger) and I Ketut Gede Asnawa (as stylist accompaniment).

Dance is a dance-themed Gopala populist who performed a group of children or adolescent Son, where the dance is done by I Nyoman Suarsa as Director of dance and I Ketut Gede Asnawa, MA as a stylist tabuh, taken from episodes of the story pragmentari: "STRI ASADHU" The work of Mother Ketut Arini, s. St. this dance was created in 1983. Gopala was a term written in Kawi language which means cow. 

gopala dance

This dance is a dance group, and is usually performed by 4 to 8 person dancer son. In the dance tells the Gopala activity carried out by the shepherd in the fields of agriculture/rice fields. All the activity of the last poured into forms of dance such as: studies of animal motion cow, mow the lawn, keep out the birds, ploughing rice paddy, rice harvest and motion, etc. related to the activity of the farmer.

The above motion in sports into a pattern of work on the new aesthetic nuance with the smell of the present. This dance movement comes to life when done with earnest and uplifting.