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I Made Bandem

I Made Bandem (born ) is a Balinese dancer, artist, author, and educator.

Bandem served as the director of the Indonesian College of the Arts in Denpasar for 16 years. He was also the rector of Indonesia's oldest cultural institution, the Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta. He is currently a professor of Balinese dance and music at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he teaches music and dance dealing with the Bali-Gamelan.

As an artist and as a visiting scholar, Bandem has taught and performed Balinese dance throughout the world. In a 1980 profile, ''The New York Times'' described him as "the Joe Papp of Bali."

Bandem's contributions to arts and culture include achievements in ethnomusicology, educational administration, arts and culture management, and politics. Provided by Wikipedia