Articles tagged ‘Legong’

Han Snel’s Retrospective Exhibition: Ubud

By Barrie | May 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Numerous foreign artists have made Bali their home and created their own themes and styles in painting the Balinese and their culture and religion. Bali became an artist enclave for avant-garde artists such as Walter Spies, Rudolf Bonnet, Arie Smit and the most famous being Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur who married Ni Pollock, a renowned legong [...]

 

Enjoying a Balinese traditional dance performance

By Nick | September 21st, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Balinese dances can be separated into 2 classes, dances for the gods and dances for the people. Balinese temples (pura) have 3 courtyards (outer, middle and inner) representing the transition from the domain of humans to the domain of the gods. The most sacred Balinese dances take place in the jeroan (inner courtyard) far away [...]

 

Legong Dance in Ubud Bali

By Nick | December 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Visitors to Ubud usually end up at a temple dance. By that I don’t mean dressing sexy and grinding on the dance floor, I mean watching Balinese people perform traditional Balinese dances. On the main street, Jl. Raya Ubud, touts are out all day long, catching flies. I’ve never gone for it before, as I’ve [...]

 

People in Balinese history - Bob Koke & Louise Garret

By Nick | May 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Bob Koke, a young photographer from Hollywood, and Louise Garret, his future wife, came to Bali in the Dutch East Indies in 1936, to spend a few weeks painting and taking photographs. Very soon after arriving they decided to open a small hotel on ‘the most beautiful beach in the world‘, Kuta Beach. Leasing the [...]