TAKSU MASK IDA BAGUS ANOM: 2008 BALI. Design by Per BraheYOU SHALL LOVE
Beyond Hearing and Seeing YEATS, MASK and TRANSFORMATION
14th of June to 30th of June 2026
This TWO-WEEK retreat is created for performers, artists, practitioners of all kinds including actors, directors, dancers, and researchers alike. We help you create an established, grounded, artistic base within yourself and a drive to explore and experiment.
For artists who are seeking more knowledge from the Art of the Ensemble and Art of Mask among other benefits.
From the Primary Mask, to the Passage Masks, which represent the antithetical aspects of your life.
You will learn to take the jealousy colossus within and replace it with YOU SHALL / MUST LOVE This is the performer’s imperative.
Retreat Details Dates:
14th of June to 30th of June 2026 Cost: 2.500€ Euro or $2,900 US
Payable in instalments that fit your budget.
Just Ask!
We want you to benefit from this work, not feel the financial burden.
Max 9 Actors/Artists Age 24 and up
(If younger, please contact us for a Zoom interview)
In your retreat cost not only will you get TWO WEEKS of Balinese Mask Workshops but also:
• Each participant lives in a PRIVATE, single room
• ALL MEALS are included (breakfast, lunch and dinner) • Stress-free Airport Transportation, Pick-up and Drop Off.
• Outstanding study facilities; clean, comfortable and in the most inspiring location.
“Desa Evergreen”
• A suggested packing list will be sent to you with everything you need to feel prepared
• Guidance on different Visas you may need and suggestions for respectful dress code in public spaces around the country versus on retreat grounds.
Flight tickets and private car rental are NOT included.
The heart of this retreat is to ensure every guest feels deeply connected, comfortable, inspired, and nourished by the experience they never want to leave but are also confident to take what they have learned back home.
A little about our Masks: These strong, sensitive Masks “come alive” when introduced to the actors in the assembly room. We have built a creative space named JOGLO, it’s inspired by Central Java and has an undeniable spiritual power if you are open to it. JOGLO.
The powerful spiritual Theatre house Our newest masks, called Icon, powerfully support the actor’s imagination and enhance their presence on stage. They give the actor and audience an ultimate interaction by way of expression and empathy.
Supported by material drawn from WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS: A Vision, a power script and spiritual source document created in 1925. In the final days of your training, you will share a response to the material you have explored. The suggested text material for further exploration is ‘The Only Jealousy of Emer’ by WB YEATS.
All masks are rooted in the Balinese mask culture and environment, which the Bali Theater Work Centre has supported for the last 36 years. Every mask has been uniquely designed by Per Brahe and are not copies of others’ work.
Joglo. The powerful spiritual Theatre house
Stay to the Truth. Teach the Truth. Act on the Truth.
The wood used comes from sustainable sources. Please check out the rest of our site for descriptions of The Bali Theatre Work Centre’s background, professional artist material, Mask collection, use of TAKSU, and more.
Faculty Ni Wayan Sukanti Born in Batubulan. At a very young age, she danced the famous Balinese Legong dance and has performed outside Bali for years. She graduated from the Balinese Art School ISI Denpasar in 2004. Sukanti continues to perform and teach regularly. She will teach the power behind the Legong Dance and you will see for yourself, the importance of female energy in Legong Dance.
I Kadek Budi Setiawan S.Sn Born to a family puppet masters in Sukawati. Besides being a Dalang, the Puppet Master, musician, and also a dancer, he has been hired to perform abroad, such as Japan, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and Hong Kong. Besides all his activities as an artist, Setiawan has also worked in the Balinese Cultural Department in Denpasar since 2021. Clowning. The ground elements from the male Baris dances. The four expanding voices from the Wayan Kulit puppet show.
Declan Drohan An Irish Theatre Artist/Practitioner with a special understanding of Michael Chekhov Material and its connection to the plays of WB Yeats, which he has been actively researching for the past ten years. As a theatre director and teacher, he will guide you around Yeats’ universe and open the door to the antithesis universe. He will help you free yourself from habits, cliches, and burdens that aren’t useful anymore.
Per Brahe A Danish-trained theatre director with a specialty in Antonin Artaud and his Balinese impression of the Balinese dances. His search for Artaud began in Bali in 1988, where he collaborated with Bali's finest mask maker, Ida Bagus Anom. Together they created special masks as instruments to remove the shroud to what we know today as TAKSU, the Balinese word for Charismas! It has proven to be a portal to something more gigantic and refined in the Balinese dancer. He is the first to discover that Michael Chekhov's acting material lies hidden in the Balinese masks, both in the original masks and the masks Per Brahe and Ida Bagus Anom created over the years. Anom’s death in 2020 has created a rareness to his finite collection of 600 or so masks. These special masks are solely dedicated to the development of actors and are one of the world's largest private collections of masks designed for and by Per Brahe.
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With heartfelt pleasure
I Wayan Erik Wahyudi