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 ...

Mysterious forces drew Bonnie Simoa to Bali, Indonesia to study the legong dance, which she has now been practicing for two decades. Simoa founded a dance company in Davis, California, and as the ...

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 ...

Reportedly among the last films made in two-strip Technicolor, this 1935 exploitation film by French aristocrat Marquis Henry de la Falaise depicts Bali as an exotic paradise with spectacular natice ...

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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 ...

Ekspresi Tarian Legong (Expression of Legong Dance), 1990 Oil on canvas Painting 145 x 145 cm (57⅛ x 57⅛ in) Signed Estimate Realized Price +11% above mid-estimate Auction Venue/Sale Sale Date Mar 29, ...

LEGONG: DANCE OF THE VIRGINS was one of the last silent films to be released. It did have a musical soundtrack though and was shot in two-strip Technicolor. Filmed entirely on the island of Bali (in ...

145 x 145 cm. (57.1 x 57.1 in.) ...