Balinese Dance

Tari Bali

Puspa Mekar

A welcome dance, which is inspired by the sacred dance, Performed during a temple ceremony. In the temple, the women would be carrying holy water or ceremonial offerings

In this dance the girls carry flowers. At the end they give prayer or pass flowers to the audience, as an expression of blessing and welcome greeting, thus this is known as "Welcome Dance".

Tirta Sari

Lambang Sari

Welcome dance

Choreographer: Guruh Sukarno Putra
Choreographer: Ir. A. A. Gde Oka Dalem
Penata Karawitan : Composer: I Wayan Darya, Ssn

Tirta Sari

Pendet

Welcome dance

Genta Bhuana Sari
Mekar Sari

Puspa Sari

Welcome dance

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Baris Tunggal

A brave man's Dance

It depicts a hero departing for a battlefield. Striking actions and acute alertness of a noble warrior, detecting the sign of hidden enemy and stepping into the unknown world of horror, are really interesting.

The dancer is required not only of speed and strength, but also aristocratic elegance and sophisticated movement. His expressive countenance should also be one of the vital factors in performing "Baris".

Genta Bhuana Sari
Tirta Sari

Baris Wirayuda

Soldier's dancing

Mekar Sari

Kebyar Duduk

Tirta Sari

Kebyar Terompong

Kebyar Terompong was created by Mario. Having no particular story, a dancer performs striking with sticks a set of 10 gong (called Terompong, a kettle-like instrument) placed on the front stage. Thus the name of "Terompong" dance comes from the instrument itself.

Kebyar Terompong is a solo exhibition dance. The dancer sits cross-legged throughout most of the dance.

By deemphasizing the legs and decreasing the space to a small sphere, the relation between dancer and gamelan is intensified. In Kebyar Terompong, the dancer actually joins the orchestra by playing a long instrument of circular knobbed kettles called the Terompong, as he continues to dance and twirl the Terompong sticks between his fingers.

Kebyar originated in North Bali around 1920, but the man most often credited with its creation is the late Mario, a dancer whose superb performances of Kebyar remain unparalleled.

Tirta Sari
Genta Bhuana Sari

Tari Kelinci

A new choreography depicting rabbits at play.

Genta Bhuana Sari
Mekar Sari
Tirta Sari

Tenun

Tenun dance often performed by three or more girls. This dance shows us how Balinese preparing threads to be clothes.

They start with spinning then put it into a loom. At the last process, they show how they weave. Usually they do it in happily and full of happiness.

Genta Bhuana Sari

Jauk manis

This is a basked dance where the dancers have to imitate the character represented by the mask.

jauk manis

Genta Bhuana Sari
Tirta Sari

Jauk Keras

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Genta Bhuana Sari
Tirta Sari

Trunajaya

"Truna"or "Taruna" means a youngster in Balinese. Created by I Gede Manik, an eminent musician-dancer. This work came from Buleleng, North Bali. "Trunajaya" dance is brimful of happy and gay mood of a young hero successful in war as well as in love affairs. This dance is dynamic and thrilling.

Tirta Sari
Genta Bhuana Sari

Nelayan

A fisherman's dance

Mekar Sari

Tari Kupu Kupu

Abstract dance depicting the gracefully movement of butterflies in a garden.

Mekar Sari
Genta Bhuana Sari

Cendrawasih

Cendrawasih a beautiful bird from Irian, which is known as "The bird of Paradise".

The choreography depicting it?Õs arrogance, behaviors, and beauties, in Balinese way.

Genta Bhuana Sari
Tirta Sari

Oleg Tumlilingan

"Oleg" means an action to sway the body, and "Tambulilingan" represents bumblebee.

One maiden is flirting from flower to flower in a garden, and then a young male bee appears, Struck by her beauty, he tries to move forward. First startled at his sudden entrance, she soon fall in love. The woman dancer, with scarf fluttering on her waist, circles on quickstep lightly but sometimes violently.

oleg

Tirta Sari
Genta Bhuana Sari

Topeng Tua

A masked dance where the dancers have to imitate the character represented by the mask.
Topeng means pressed again the face as with mask. The Topeng Tua is a classic solo dance where the mask is that of an old man and the dancer has to dance like a creaky old gentleman.

Genta Bhuana Sari

Topeng Nikko

Nyoman Budiana Ssn created this dynamic and humorous masked dance for grand opening of Hotel Nikko in Nusa Dua.

Niko means humorous or comical in Japanese, and this gave Ir.A.A.Gd.Oka Dalem the idea to create a humorous masked dance to celebrate the opening of the Hotel.
This idea was communicated to Nyoman Budiana, who created the dance, and to Dewa Made Brata, who composed the music. Four or five dancers usually perform this dance, each of them wearing a deferent mask. The masks were made by Nyoman Muka from Mas.

Topen Nikko

Genta Bhuana Sari

Margapati (Kings of the Lions)

Margapati is a dance, which depicts a male character but is performed by female dancers.

Between 1925 and the early 1950's Balinese choreographers created a number of new dances for women in Kebyar style. They require masculine interpretation and expression, which is quite hard for female dancers.

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Genta Bhuana Sari

Wiranata

A king's dance

wiranata

Genta Bhuana Sari

Srikandi

Usually performed by about five dancers, this dance was created by Cokorda Istri Padmini Ssn for the Balinese Arts Festival a few years ago.

This dance is based on the character Srikandi from the Mahabarata legend, which demonstrated that she could be a capable and strong warrior as well as possessing the gentle and feminine characteristics of a woman.

Choreographer: Cokorda Istri Padmini, Ssn,Msn
Composer: I Wayan Darya, Ssn
[2000]

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