The traditional Javanese dancers prepare for their performance, which not only has to do with their elaborate costumery but also getting into the correct frame of mind. In older times, these dancers would have had to train for many years to be worthy enough to perform, a performance that is not merely physical but often spiritual as well. The traditional Javanese dance is an artform that has endured over the centuries and still performed throughout Java, particularly in and around Yogyakarta, Indonesia’s epicenter for art and culture, where Adecore was based at the time he painted this.