The Gambuh dance with the main dancer, often moustachioed and crowned personifying the fictional Javanese prince from the Malat, Prince Raden Panji, is the oldest of the Balinese dances back to 15th Century Majapahit times. It has the origin status of the Japanese Noh drama and the Kathakali of Kerala, and is often accompanied by the gamelan ensemble. In the seminal book on Balinese dance, Dance and Drama in Bali (1938), Beryl de Zoete and Walter Spies wrote: “Yet there will come a moment, during a temple feast or cremation when one will become aware of a strange wailing of flutes and rebab, the clash of cymbals and clamour of strident voices rising above the gay contention of several gamelans and the tinkle of the Pedanda’s bell.” Though the story is about the separation of Prince Panji and his lover, Candra Kirana, and their eventual reunion, the artist Ahmad Zakii Anwar traces the dance repertoire as a physical and spiritual journey of Man. Ahmad Zakii Ahmad gave up a lucrative Advertising career to paint fulltime and proved a big hit with his Smokers Series in 1997, leading to his mid-career survey exhibition, Disclosure, at Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, in 2008. He had solos in the United States, South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. He graduated with a Graphic Design diploma from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1977.