Dance works that display gender expressions outside the binary are often framed as forms of artistic expression related to issues of equality and human rights.
Dance maestro Didik Nini Thowok will share the basic body movements of Tari truno (Truno Dance), a folk tayub dance from Central Java created in 1983. The choreography of Tari Truno was created by Didik Nini Thowok for a film titled “Banteng Mataram: Ki Ageng Mangir” (1983)
Bedhaya Hagoromo is a combination of two classical artforms: the Javanese Bedhaya dance and Japanese Noh dance-theatre. Formulation of the work was formed when Didik found a similar story in these two classical artforms, the story of Jaka Tarub.
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