Kebyar Duduk dancer
Kebyar Duduk dancer
The Kebyar Duduk dance comprises a single male dancer, seated cross-legged in the middle of the orchestra who nimbly undulates his very supple upper torso and hands to the music. The Kebyar Duduk dancer is responsive to the orchestra, projecting every mood and nuance of rhythm. The sitting posture indicates his dependency on the orchestra.
Accessories may include a fan and an extra length of narrow gold cloth wound around his torso, the train of which the dancer may pick up and flick around with his hands. He has a headcloth, with a red hibiscus flower over the left ear and wears make-up such as powder and painted lips.
Kebyar Duduk, like Baris, is a solo exhibition dance. In Baris, it is the dancer who dominates the gamelan orchestra. In Kebyar Duduk, the dancer is dependent on the gamelan orchestra, as typified by his sitting posture throughout the performance. The dance is set to a single musical composition and progresses through a sequence of moods of an idealized Balinese youth who is just at the point of reaching full maturity. He expresses a gamut of emotions, ranging from sweet flirtatiousness to bashfulness, melancholy and angry bravado.
Many of the basic poses, gestures and longer phrases of movement have been adapted from the Legong dance, but they have been made more intricate, more elaborate, and more artificial.
More info:
Wikipedia - Kebyar Duduk dance
Video 1: Kebyar Duduk dance
