Managing Fertile Grounds for the Growth of Dance Talents
In the world of dance, the development of creativity requires fertile ground that allows for the growth and development of sustainable art.
In the world of dance, the development of creativity requires fertile ground that allows for the growth and development of sustainable art.
Go In to Go Out is a performance development based on the artistic research platform “Membaca Sanghyang”, (“Reading Sanghyang”) done by Wayan Sumahardika through a collaboration between Mulawali Institute with Geriana Kauh-Karangasem and Kepaon-Denpasar cultural villages in Bali.
This work began with memories of Ela's childhood experiences as a spectator of Bajidoran art. This Sundanese folk performance becomes Ela’s entry point to see the shift in the position of the hips and womanhood generally considered a symbol of fertility.
The trigger was an undeniable fact, that the weather changes faster than Nout can imagine. This realization came through discussions with friends, family, and artists from various disciplines.
Departing from Fitri's bodily experience on Mount Bromo (East Java) and Mount Padang (West Java), Garis Tegak Lurus is a dance body work that crosses spiritual practices at right angles to the baseline.
Created by Arco Renz, Spiral Gong is a movement practice that energizes and connects mind and body, allowing them to resonate and to move as one.
This workshop is a brief provocation from Fitri Setyaningsih through simple themes, presenting or bringing to life components according to their nature at the moment or when they occur. Fitri invites participants to converse their anxieties on an unlimited focus of the body, then spark a creational approach across media or disciplines.
This discussion will explore in depth how performing arts festivals play a vital role in promoting cultural, economic and social vitality.
For Angga who grew up in Jakarta, the activity of wrapping rice in food stalls has become a core memory and a tie-in to talk about many things. To him, wrapped rice is very close as a metaphor for the urban living space and the middle- to lower-class people packed together and having to do anything in tight spaces to survive in it.
This work in development explores the transformation of the trans body through the process of Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT). Like nuclear fusion that combines atomic nuclei into a more powerful and complex entity, HRT unites organic biology and medical technology to create a new hybrid identity.
The dance piece Pan Xian contemplates the latent need for faith and deities in folk culture, while also highlighting the impact of current social movements in Taiwan. This work interlaces historical memories, issues of gender identities, traditional arts, and its ceremonial framework.

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