Balinese dancers are respected members of their villages and even become international ambassadors because each dancer considers dancing as a vital part of her culture, a spiritual exercise and a means of expressing herself.
Watching performances, you witness the hypnotic hand gestures, rapid eye shifts, dramatic poses and sinuous movements. From an early age, the girls are trained in the traditional dance arts and grow up to specialize in one or two specific dances: baris and legong.