What types of Topeng Masked-Dance are there?

A short educational film, taken from the archives of the Asian Music Circuit's Museum of Asian Music.
Topeng (Indonesian for "mask") is a dramatic form of Indonesian dance in which one or more mask-wearing, ornately-costumed performers interpret traditional narratives concerning fabled kings, heroes and myths, accompanied by gamelan music.
Find out more at www.amc.org.uk

[@putihkucing4723]

verrrrrrrrrrrryyy interesting. thank you for that

[@prabukalalembang6245]

There are a lot of Topeng Dance "Masked Dance" in Indonesia, the first one is Balinese Masked Dance in 0:05, the second is Javanese Masked Dance in 0:26, The Third is Cirebonese Masked Dance (West Java) in 1:19. and the last is Contemporary dance. actually, there is still a lot of masked dance in Indonesia like Topeng Malang (Malang Masked Dance), Topeng Betawi (Batavian Masked Dance), Topeng Banjar (Banjar Masked Dance), and Many More.

[@milklessoreo]

can you actually tell us what the poses are

[@catchmewhenifall5037]

@Jenna Decade YES CAN THIS BE ANSWERED PLEASE I'M CRYING

[@catchmewhenifall5037]

@Jenna Decade I have to do my IB theater RP, here are all my sources: sinta.unud.ac.id/uploads/wisuda/1204505012-3-BAB 2.pdf disco.teak.fi/asia/the-panji-story/ disbud.bulelengkab.go.id/artikel/teknik-menarikan-tari-bali-15 intan-kusumasari.blogspot.com/2013/05/macam-grakan-dasar-tari-bali.html 2) web.archive.org/web/20051219011059/www.nagamas.co.uk/0302_topeng.htm 3) essentialdrama.com/2017/10/06/world-theatre-traditions-topeng-balinese-dance-drama/ www.nytimes.com/1973/05/07/archives/dance-balinese-topeng-masked-troupe-and-gamelan-players-present.html globalshakespeares.mit.edu/glossary/topeng/ disco.teak.fi/asia/topeng-mask-theatre/ Formal Sources 1) www.jstor.org/stable/24737041?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=topeng&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dtopeng&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_solr_cloud%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ac662f6a2efcef0eae322d56e9a7be8f4&seq=1 2) www.jstor.org/stable/4137130?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=topeng&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dtopeng&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_solr_cloud%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ac662f6a2efcef0eae322d56e9a7be8f4&seq=1 3) www.jstor.org/stable/3245200?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=topeng&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dtopeng&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_solr_cloud%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ac662f6a2efcef0eae322d56e9a7be8f4 4) www.jstor.org/stable/4137129?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=topeng&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dtopeng&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_solr_cloud%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ac662f6a2efcef0eae322d56e9a7be8f4&seq=1 5) www.jstor.org/stable/24737036?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=topeng&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dtopeng&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_solr_cloud%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ac662f6a2efcef0eae322d56e9a7be8f4&seq=1 6) core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33333115.pdf www.jstor.org/stable/3245200?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Because&searchText=of&searchText=its&searchText=dynamic&searchText=and&searchText=heterogeneous&searchText=nature&searchText=Balinese&searchText=per-&searchText=formances&searchText=are&searchText=difficult&searchText=to&searchText=categorize.&searchText=The&searchText=varying&searchText=forms&searchText=run&searchText=the&searchText=gamut&searchText=from&searchText=holy&searchText=ritual&searchText=to&searchText=secular&searchText=buffoonery%2C&searchText=with&searchText=no&searchText=strict&searchText=defini-&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fwc%3Don%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dcontrol%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3BQuery%3D%2BBecause%2Bof%2Bits%2Bdynamic%2Band%2Bheterogeneous%2Bnature%2BBalinese%2Bper-%2B%2Bformances%2Bare%2Bdifficult%2Bto%2Bcategorize.%2BThe%2Bvarying%2Bforms%2Brun%2Bthe%2B%2Bgamut%2Bfrom%2Bholy%2Britual%2Bto%2Bsecular%2Bbuffoonery%252C%2Bwith%2Bno%2Bstrict%2Bdefini-%2B%2B%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff&refreqid=search%3A6ad5ad79cce749abc727f4c1b3ff8a21&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

[@Hinata9322]

i think it's balinese.. i don't think it's javanese .. -_- Because, i've never seen like that in my area .. I'm a javanese :)