The dance drama performed by frangipani-crowned girls is an emblem of this tiny Southeast Asian island province Legong is a “balih-balihan”, or secular, Balinese dance form meant “purely for ...

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Entering the hectic backstage area of Taman Ismail Marzuki’s playhouse in Jakarta, I was immediately greeted by the big motherly smile of Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik. Bulanstrina is direct descendant of ...

Darting eyes. Flashing fingers. Shimmying shoulders. Fast footwork. Serene yet intense. A young and ornately attired female Balinese legong dancer mesmerises the audience, moving in sync to the tune ...

Dewa Nyoman Irawan, a 30-year-old Balinese dancer, expertly twirls a fan in his right hand while performing intricate finger movements with his left, captivating his audience at the Viceroy Bali ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iconic: Balinese dancing is inseparably identified with the island. ( Iconic: Balinese dancing is inseparably identified with the ...

Young as nymphs are the temple dancers in Bali. At 12 they are too old for the temple, retire and usually marry. But when Temple-dancer Devi Dja (pronounced Davy Jah) was dancing the Legong in ...