Balinese theatre

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. ^[1] Balinese use the word sesolahan for both theatre and dance.^[1]

• Arja (dance), Balinese dance-opera
• Barong dance performances featuring Rangda, a dancer with keris, Jero Gede (black masked figures), and Jero Luh (white masked performers)

Barong Ket: lion barong, the most common Barong, is the symbol of a good spirit.

Barong Landung: giant barong, the form is similar to Betawi Ondel-Ondel

Barong Celeng: boar barong

Barong Macan: tiger barong

Barong Naga: dragon (or serpent)

• Gambuh plays with chanting and music including the use of long flute-like instruments
• Topèng, masked theatre
• Calonarang, performances at temples during times of danger or difficulty that involve stories
• Drama Gong, popular theatre developed in the late 1960s
• Sendratari, a group ballet form that emerged in the 1960s includes a dhalang puppeteer giving dialogue and often a gamelan (orchestra), Sendratari, or Kècak chant

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Javanese Wayang shadow plays are performed in Bali.