Frog Dance is the brainchild of dance maestro I Made Jimat, which was established in 1967. Frog Dance depicts the movements and behavior of a frog, and reenacts a Balinese version of the familiar fairy tale about the princess who marries a frog. The Story of the Frog Dance can be summed up as follow, a prince of Jenggala who was fond of catching dragonflies disappeared in a dense forest near an erupting volcano.
A few years later a frog emerged which
was believed to be the reincarnation of the lost prince. One day the
prince-frog encountered a beautiful princess of Daha: he fell in love
with her and wanted to marry her. Unable to fulfill this dream the frog
committed itself to ascetic life, but by the blessing of the great God
Wisnu, he was turned back into a handsome young man, the lost prince of
Jenggala. Frog Dance is accompanied by a folk musical instrument called genggong whose sound is similar to Jew’s harp.
The genggong creates a pleasant
background music which quite similar with the sound produced by the
frog. I Made Jimat’s troupe use a frog mask to create the frog
character with a green jumpsuit which serves as the frog costume. The
movements of the Frog Dance are derived from the
movements of Topeng (mask dance) and Baris (warrior dance),
supplemented with realistic pantomime in the portrayal of the frog.
Frog Dance is danced by a
small child : with his supple and energetic movement he translates the
behavior and the movement of the frog into an excellent dance.
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