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This is a very popular dance in the villages whose origins go back to the 1930’s. Also called the Love dance, it is performed by 10 young (unmarried) couples, and involves singing and dancing to the Gamelon and flirtatious movements. Janger means infatuation, so the young ladies and men flirt with each other during the dance creating a happy, fun and sometimes humorous connection.
The performers had practised this dance in Pesalakan village , a traditional village about 15 minutes from Ubud centre, for many months before, as many had never danced before.
So this was a revival of the culture through dance which is so important to witness with the many modern influencers impacting culture on the island of the gods.
One of the main aims of the Togetherness Project is to preserve and revive the culture among the younger generation, and this dance is a wonderful example of togetherness, as it brought the youth together to practise and express their culture. +
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The Kebyar Duduk dance, created by dance maestro I Ketut Mario in 1925, is one of the most technically challenging dances of the Balinese repertoire, the movements are inspired by nature and connect the dancer to the Earth. Imbued with elements of great refinement, precision and strength, the dance is a reflection of our own human path seeking a balance between masculine/feminine; strength/softness; bravery/caution. The ability of the solo dancer to match and augment the powerful music of the full gamelan is one of the most demanding and impressive aspects of this dance. +
Japatwan's 'Why Legong' dance is the work of an extraordinary Balinese female choreographer Ida Ayu Wayan Arya Satyani. This work was created as a manifestation of his admiration for the creation of the Legong dance, both for the complexity of the technique or for the timelessness of the Legong dance. Japatwan dance is also a way for Dayu Ani to contemplate the process of creation that she has gone through. As well as a way to objectify her dream to exploring the body. The extent to which body exploration can be carried out, how the body respects its body and soul, navigates emotion or responds to shackles, questions about tradition or modern, ignores male or female gender, because dancing is not about gender, but is soul. The soul that appears through the body, whether he is male or female, to bring out the true character.
Japatwan was inspired by the Japatwan text geguritan which tells the adventures of Gagak Turas and Japatwan when following Ratnaningrat to Shiva Loka, Japatwan also describes the essence of literature in human life. Knowledge (jnana) that should be embodied in order to always meet good karma. The beginning of the story of the journey was the loss of Japatwan who was left by Ratnaningrat, his beloved wife "sakeng ngredani". Ratnaningrat is a grace from Dewa Indra who apparently was sent to test Japatwan's intelligence in carrying out his abilities and knowledge regarding "the entry and exit of the soul in the body, the path to kamoksan (liberation)".
In a matter of seven days after the joyous period of marriage, Ratnaningrat returned to Indraloka, supposedly to ‘ngayah ngelegong’. In the gaguritan chant, and the nuances of palegongan drum music, hopefully this simple dance gets the beauty of the story that has been poured by the writers in gaguritan texts. +
