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Star of the show is Ni Gusti Raka, twelve. Her big moment comes in the classical Legong, in which she dances in an intricate trio for about five minutes, suddenly breaks off (at home in Bali, this part of the dance might last an hour), trots offstage like any twelve-year-old, and returns with a pair of golden wings to portray the Bird of Evil Omen...
...Gusti Raka and the others soon learned to like their curtain calls. They are also getting used to the U.S. They brought along their own cooks to make sure they would have plenty of homestyle rice and curry; but they have now decided that candy bars and ice cream are also pretty good. They have been to the Radio City Music Hall ("a lot of legs, but no dancing"). And Clown Serog, 58, is getting a longtime wish: a set of false teeth...
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