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 Legong is a classical Balinese dance group that has a very complex
motion pembendaharaan tied with drum accompaniment structure which
allegedly represents the influence of dance. Legong word comes from the
word “leg” which means a graceful dance movements, or bending, and
“gong”, which means the musicians. “Legong” thus implies a bound of
dance movements (especially aksentuasinya) by gamelan accompaniment.
Gamelan music used to accompany dance called Legong Gamelan Semar
Pagulingan.Legong Kraton, the palace was developed in Bali in the 19th century the second half. It is said that the idea started from a prince from Stanger who was very ill in a state of dreaming to see two girls dancing with graceful beautifully accompanied by gamelan. When the prince had recovered from his illness, his dream was contained in the full repertoire of dances with gamelan.
In accordance with its humble beginnings, the raw Legong dancer are
two girls who have not had a period, danced under the full moon light in
the palace yard. In the development of the age, Legong had lost popularity in the early 20th century by the proliferation of dance forms Kebyar from the northern part of Bali. New revitalization efforts began in the late 1960s, by digging back to the reconstruction of old documents. |
