Dancing For The GodsiBooks version

This book is a photographic voyage at the discovery of few Balinese dances; in this country where dance and music are gifts for the gods.



The Balinese liturgy appears by the dance. This very expressive ancient art goes from the intensity of a look up to the delicate and angular position of the hands. The flamboyant choreographies illustrate the richness of Balinese styles that are often related to Hindu rituals. So dazzling dramas where the witch "Rangda" confronts the great beast "Barong" can rub shoulders with the sacred dances of the "Sanghyang Dedari" where "Hyang" spirits possess the dancers in trance.