Balinese theatre

Balinese theatre and dramas include Janger dance, pendet dance performances and masked performances of Topèng. Performances are also part of funeral rituals involving a procession, war dance, and other rituals before the cremation of the patulangan. [1] Balinese use the word sesolahan for both theatre and dance.[1]

  • Arja (dance), Balinese dance-opera
  • Barong dance performances featuring Rangda, a dancer with keris, Jero Gede (black masked figures) and Jero Luh (white masked performers)
Barong Ket: lion barong, the most common Barong, it is the symbol of a good spirit.
Barong Landung: giant barong, the form is similar to Betawi Ondel-ondel
Barong Celeng: boar barong
Barong Macan: tiger barong
Barong Naga: dragon (or serpent)
  • Gambuh, plays with chanting and music including the use of long flute like instruments
  • Topèng, masked theatre
  • Calonarang, performances at temples during times of danger or difficulty that involve stories
  • Drama Gong, popular theatre developed in the late 1960s
  • Sendratari, a group ballet form that emerged in the 1960s that includes a dhalang puppeteer giving dialogue and often a gamelan (orchestra), Sendratari or Kècak chant
Gambuh performance in Budakeling, Bali
Gamelan orchestra for a Gambuh performance

Javanese Wayang shadow plays are performed in Bali.

  • Preparing the feast before a Pandan War performance in Tenganan village, Karangasem Regency, Bali
  • Staged battle in Tenganan
  • Actors dressed as giants and evil spirits for a Barong Landung performance
  • Siege of a gate play in Bali (1910-1920)
  • Balinese performance
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See also

References
  1. "About theatre and dance in Bali". Balinesedance.org. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-04.


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