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 ...

East met West on neutral ground Friday evening at the University of California's Zellerbach Hall, where the world premiere of the frequently ravishing Balinese dance drama "Kawit Legong: Prince ...

Entering the hectic backstage area of Taman Ismail Marzuki’s playhouse in Jakarta, I was immediately greeted by the big motherly smile of Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik. Bulanstrina is direct descendant of ...

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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 ...

In the tradition of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s 1927 “Chang” and F.W. Murnau’s 1931 “Tabu” comes the Milestone Collection’s latest exotic archival discovery, the fascinating 1935 ...