Balinese Dance as Offering
Balinese dance was created and has been performed as the
offering to the Deities of Bali. This is still the case today. Every
temple anniversary is celebrated with sacred dances that are
performed with certain religious preparation. Dance is also
irreplaceable entertainment in otherwise rather plain Balinese
village life. Balinese people grow up watching the same dances
again and again at numerous religious ceremonies and rites of
passage rituals. Hence, dance is an integral part of their spiritual
life.
While self-expression is highly encouraged in Western dances,
Balinese dance begins with emptying “self” (letting go one’s ego),
so that archetype of the particular dance is accommodated and be
given form in the dancer’s body. For the Balinese, dance is a
medium for traveling between “Sekala” (the world of form) and
“Niskala” (the world of spirits). It is the alchemy of body and spirit.
Balinese dance was created and has been performed as the
offering to the Deities of Bali. This is still the case today. Every
temple anniversary is celebrated with sacred dances that are
performed with certain religious preparation. Dance is also
irreplaceable entertainment in otherwise rather plain Balinese
village life. Balinese people grow up watching the same dances
again and again at numerous religious ceremonies and rites of
passage rituals. Hence, dance is an integral part of their spiritual
life.
While self-expression is highly encouraged in Western dances,
Balinese dance begins with emptying “self” (letting go one’s ego),
so that archetype of the particular dance is accommodated and be
given form in the dancer’s body. For the Balinese, dance is a
medium for traveling between “Sekala” (the world of form) and
“Niskala” (the world of spirits). It is the alchemy of body and spirit.
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