Balinese theatre and dramas include Janger dance, pendet dance performances and masked performances of Topèng. Performances are also part of funeral rituals involving a procession, war dance, and other rituals before the cremation of the patulangan. Balinese use the word sesolahan for both theatre and dance.
Arja (dance), Balinese dance-operaBarong dance performances featuring Rangda, a dancer with keris, Jero Gede (black masked figures) and Jero Luh (white masked performers)Gambuh, plays with chanting and music including the use of long flute like instrumentsTopèng, masked theatreCalonarang, performances at temples during times of danger or difficulty that involve storiesDrama Gong, popular theatre developed in the late 1960sSendratari, a group ballet form that emerged in the 1960s that includes a dhalang puppeteer giving dialogue and often a gamelan (orchestra), Sendratari or Kècak chantJavanese Wayang shadow plays are performed in Bali.
