Young Balinese male dancer steps back cautiously in warrior dance
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1986
- Location
- Peliatan, Bali, Indonesia
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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- Traditional performing arts in Bali: Photographs and text illustrate traditional performance in Bali, including music, theater, and dance. (Page 21)
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A brightly costumed boy stands with outstretched arms and fingers in the Balinese warrior formation dance known as Baris. Here he is looking cautious and stepping back, probably in a moment of retreat.
This is a classically male style dance where boys or men carefully control their body positions and facial expressions to show caution, fierceness, and a startled response to dangers in the world.
