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| - Arja
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
Arja developed around 1880 as an all male dance drama out of the traditional Gambuh; female roles were later added. With more developed plots than other plays, Arja stories are mostly drawn from classical romances of the kingdoms of medieval East Jav - read more...
| | - Baris Dance
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
Baris Just as the Legong is essentially feminine, Baris a traditional war dance, glories the man hood of the triumphant Balinese warrior. The word baris means a line or file, in the sense of a line of soldiers, and referred to the warriors who fought - read more...
| | - Barong Dance
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
The natural world to Balinese is one held in balance by two opposing forces: the beginning beneficial to man and the malign inimical to humanity. The destructive power of sickness and death is associated with the letter force and the evil influence o - read more...
| | - Barong Landung
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
On the island of Nusa Penida there lived an incestuous demon Jero Gede Macaling the tusked giant once be come to Bali followed by a horde of devils. He landed in south Bali in the form of a Barong and waited there while his henchmen went inland to de - read more...
| | - Calon Arang
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
It may be the bewitching hour the first night with the full moon when long shadows spread like phantoms on the ground, that village crowds gather round a clearing near the temple of the dead to watch the drama of Calon Arang the widow witch of Girah. - read more...
| | - Cupak
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
Cupak, a boisterous man possessing a huge belly, is Balis notorious glutton. Cupaks story, performed as a comic dance, is more like an epic drama: it has a kingdom, a mysterious forest and deep ocean, a villain, princess, witch and hero disaster, res - read more...
| | - Balinese Dancer Life
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
Balinese Dance The Gods of these islanders dwells on the summits of the Balinese
mountains, above the clouds they look down on the surrounding countryside and on
the deeds of mankind. No mortal would dare force his way up there, or build a
temp - read more...
| | - Sanghyang Dance
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
In the temple two girls kneel before a brazier of smoking incense. The pemangku priest makes offerings to the deity of the temple requesting protection for the village during the trance ceremony. Behind the girls are seated a group of women who chant - read more...
| | - Jauk Dance
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
The Jauk dancers movements closely resemble those of the Baris, but his manner is more exaggerated and violent. He peers out to his audience like a crouching cat ready to leap upon its prey. Suddenly he lunges, the music becomes frenetic with loud, c - read more...
| | - Kebyar Dance
Last Update : Sunday, March 18, 2007
Like the Baris the Kebyar is a solo exhibition dance, but of a more
individualistic kind. The Baris portrays the movements of a generalized Balinese
warrior. In Kebyar the accent is upon the dancer himself, who interprets every
nuance of the mu - read more...
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