the Nusa Dua Fiesta 2008, part 2

Now that our family and I are in Bali, me for business and they for a holiday, time is becoming precious.

Don’t have much time except post some photographs I took of last year’s Nusa Dua Fiesta. Hopefully we’ll be able to catch some free performances while we are here!



Young prepubescent girls often are the preferred performers in classical dances. It has something to do purity and innocence, of minds undiluted by carnal thoughts.



I’ve seen teenage students practicing in dance schools and the posture training is rigid. These girls got the difficult poses right.



Dance guilds are coed, but as in any culture, emphasis and stature always seem tob e awarded to the female.



This Sandiya Gita dance relied on movement and song exchanges between the male and female dancers.




The Sandiya Gita dance is a modern creation but using traditional articulations and expressions.



A female gamelan accompanied the Sandiya Gita presentation.



The Tari Gebyar Duduk is dance primarily performed in the sitting or duduk position.



A solo dance, the Tari Gebyar Duduk relies on the skill of the dancer to keep the audience captivated.



Balinese dance is great theatre.


Also check Nusa Dua Fiesta 2008, part 1 for more photographs and stories.