In Reply to: try this website posted by stormy on Saturday, 9. May 2009 at 17:37 Bali Time:
..unles you are prepared to visit one of the Temples during an Odalan, or else make it to the Arts Festival in June, ALL the dances you will see will be tourist performances. But some are better than others; in Pliatan, try Tirta Sari and/or Gunung Sari.The all-ladies group, I think they are called Cendrawati, perform every week in front of the 'Lotus Temple'in Ubud and are really quite excellent. But it is all for the benefit of the tourists. Balinese generally enjoy things like Arja, Prembon, Sendratari; these things go on literally for hours and all the dialogues are in Bhasa Bali. Not for the faint-hearted!!:)