Lit by torches and candles, sip languidly from a glass of wine. Toast the rushing waves, the envious stars. Lie back on the pillows as the enchanting Legong dancer and Gamelan musician serenade you with tales of love and passion from the old times of Bali...
On July 29, 2012, on the sandy beach of Batu Bolong, an artistic spectacle unfolded that once in the 19th century would have been only seen at the courtyard of the Royal Balinese Palace.
STORY OF PELEGONGAN
Wildly popular in the early 1900s, the Pelegongan performance helped lured the world’s leading artists to Bali, including Belgian painter Le Mayeur, Canadian musicologist Colin McPhee and famous painter-choreographer-writer Walter Spies. The first Pelegongan gamelan recording in Bali was made in 1928, which was organized by Spies and orchestrated by I Wayan Lotring.
With the passage of time, unfortunately, the classic Pelegongan style has been amalgamated and diluted into more modern streams of gamelan performance.
ABOUT MEKAR BHUANA CONSERVATORY
Today, the tradition of Pelegongan is kept alive by the Mekar Bhuana Conservatory. Mekar Bhuana is dedicated to preserving traditional Balinese music and dance and has re-popularized court gamelan and dance traditions through education and awareness.
The dances accompanying the music are no less rare. Conservatory director, Putu Evie Suyadnyani, was the last Legong Condong dancer to learn with dance maestro, Ni Ketut Reneng.
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