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 ...

It is the hour before sunset, high above the cliffs guarding the Java Strait, and hundreds of people are gathering at Uluwatu temple for the day's kecak performance – Bali's famous "monkey dance".

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 ...

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In Bali Beyond The Postcard art and everyday life come together in an intimate story about a Balinese family whose gamelan music and Legong dance tradition spans four generations The documentary ...

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 ...

The Legong Dance and Ramayana is performed in Ubud palace in Bali, Indonesia on January 17, 2012. (Henk Kosters /Flickr) ...