Lila Bhawa/Lila Cita
LSO 1st April 2023

This is a traditional welcome dance, usually performed at the beginning of a programme by pairs of dancers carrying bowls of flower petals (pendet means ‘to hold in the hand’). Developed from rites to honour the gods visiting a temple festival, the dance has been adapted to honour the guests at a performance.

Dancers: Siti Nurhasanah, Siti Fitriyah, R. Thesalonika Yulyanti, Alexandra Vie Kulanthai, Nuning Listyorini, Novida Barnes, Ersaly Aisyah Erwinputri, Marhadiwati Dwiastuty S. Sjofjan, Novie Cawley dancers

Video: Salvatore Scarpa
Video editor: Juli Widjajanti