Balinese and Javanese traditional dance performances in Jakarta

For a glimpse of Indonesia's performing arts go to Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta's cultural main venue, where Balinese and Javanese dance performances are staged regularly. Dance classes can also be attended there. Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, a theatre with a colonial-influenced architecture, also hosts Indonesian traditional dance performances. The Bharata Theatre specializes in Javanese theatre based on famous Hindu epics, the Rarnayana and Mahabharata, but will ocasionally showcase traditional dance performances.