Condong and two legong dancers, gamelan in background. Hitchcock and Norris suggest taken in London. Reproduced (cropped) as Fig 32 in Hitchcock and Norris. Caption reads ‘A performance of Legong, probably in London. Produced by Baron Studios, 2 Brick Street, Park Lane.’ I Wayan Dibia says this is the Peliatan group who came to London in 1952 where they performed at the Winter Garden in Drury Lane. See Chapter 10 and plate 29 in John Coast’s ‘Dancing out of Bali’.
Baron 52.BB.189.3
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