Ubud #6 more extraordinary dance photos/Semara Ratih

Bumblebee dance

Pura Desa- Kutuh village, note gamelan

Gamelan musicians

gamelan orchestra 

These musicians are extraordinary.  I am following this "family troupe" because of the dynamic between the orchestra and the dancers.  Very exciting, and the emphasis ebbs and flows between them.  Real artistry.

Barus dance 

This is the same dance that the young 12 year old son danced in the original photos that  I posted.  The father danced it....... (a warrior dance) and the power exuded was powerfully different.

He is AMAZING!!!!!

Here is the father now dramatically dancing as an OLD MAN

The mother is now a "bumblebee".  It is a classic courtship of love.  It was danced very fast, therefore even more difficult for me to capture.

yes this is the male bumblebee danced by a male

the ending of a frenetic dance

The Barong

The fanciful Barong, danced by two men

larger than life

A great program I discovered for editing my photos is

Picnik.  It is linked with Picassa3.  Upload your photos from Picassa3 to web and then you can edit.  My photos for the dance performances are always too dark; making them unusable as they are.  Picnik changes the exposure etc.

When technology works and can be Utilized by those of use not technologically saavy it is a thing of beauty

travelin' woman