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Dances

Bakti Marga is a welcoming dance created by I G. A. Ngurah Supartha in the 1970s. Welcoming dances are used throughout Indonesia for various functions from welcoming the audience at a performance to welcoming visiting dignitaries at the airport.

Bakti Marga

Sekar Witalit is based on a scene from the Balinese classical dance Legong Keraton in which two young girls go into a trance and, although untrained, are able to perform astonishing dance movements. I G. A. Ngurah Supartha composed and choreographed Sekar Witalit especially for his two daughters.

Sekar Witalit

Composed and choreographed by I G.A. Ngurah Supartha in 1983, the music and dance of Kidang Kencana (Golden Deer) portray the  movements of deer in a forest.

Kidang Kencana

Jauk Manis is one of the many traditional Topeng mask dances from Indonesia. Here the dancer portrays a mythical giant king who hears strange noises while surveying his kingdom.

Jauk Manis

This piece combines traditional West Javanese and Balinese music and dance styles with Jaipong, a popular contemporary Sundanese dance.

Bajidor Kahot

The Rantak dance, which originated in West Sumatera in the early 1960s, explores the dynamic movements of the Minangkabau martial art form.

Rantak

Yapong

Composed by Bagong Kussudiardjo in 1970, this dance is based on folk dances of the Betawi people of Jakarta.

Yapong

The dance comes from Betawi, the former name of Jakarta, Indonesia's Capital. The folk art of the people living in this gateway to Indonesia was influenced by many different foreign cultures. Among them are Arabic, Indian, Dutch and Chinese. Renggong Manis Dance, representing the beauty and a gaiety of young girl making merry together, is an adaptation from the movement and music of the folk dances of the Betawi ethnic group.

Renggong Manis

 The Tari Merak or Dance of the Peacock is a female dance. Merak means peacock and the choreography is inspired by the beautiful movements of a peacock.

Merak

Ngarojeng

This dance is from Betawi (Jakarta). The music and movements being reminiscent of the Topeng and Ajeng dances, this dance depicts adducent girls in realizing that they are soon becoming adults.

Saman

More dances to come!!

A traditional dance from the Acehnese people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, the Saman dance features intricate hand movements performed with call-and-response singing. The Saman dance is also known as "the dance of a thousand hands" because the hand movements become faster and faster toward the end of the dance, ending in a flurry of movement.