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IDF 2022

IDF 2022idfwebsite2023-01-18T00:24:02+07:00

30 Years of IDF – RASA: Beyond Bodies

by :
Arco Renz
Hartati
Linda Mayasari
Nia Agustina
River Lin
Sal Murgiyanto

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In 2022, the Indonesian Dance Festival (IDF) reaches its 30th year, a milestone representing an established foundation and maturity. The IDF continues its role as a space and catalyst encouraging the growth and development of contemporary dance practices and discussions around the dynamics of Indonesian and global dance scenes since its inception in 1992. Hundreds of choreographic works from Indonesia and internationally have been presented and echoed. In addition, the IDF has also become a bridge bringing Indonesian dance works to the international stage. For the 30th anniversary, through the title “RASA: Beyond Bodies,” the IDF traces the steps that have been taken and speculates what will next benefit the development of Indonesian dance. The framework “RASA: Beyond Bodies” was developed through a collaborative process of 6 international and cross generational curators Sal Murgiyanto (Indonesia), Hartati (Indonesia), Nia Agustina (Indonesia), Linda Mayasari (Indonesia), Arco Renz (Belgium) and River Lin (Taiwan/France).

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In the Indonesian language, “rasa” can denote various layers of experience ranging from physical, sensory, psychological, spiritual, and inner feelings. In the Indian context, “rasa” is at the core of the Natyashastra written by Bharat Muni. In Natyashastra, “rasa” means aesthetic content and aesthetic pleasure that arises from the combination of stimulants (Vaibhav), physical consequences (Anubhav), and temporary emotional states (Vyabhichari Bhav). In the Indonesian archipelago, “rasa” lies in unwritten and written texts. “Rasa” here does have historical shading with the Indian (Hindu) tradition, but even so, the concept of “rasa” in Indonesia is different from India.

Rasa” in the Indonesian archipelago developed through paradigm negotiations (local, Austronesian, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Modernism). The concept of “rasa” is not centered on Indian and Javanese traditions only. The classic Minangkabau philosophy of “raso dibaok naiak dan pareso dibaok turun” emphasizes that there is no gender hierarchy in reason and “rasa.” “Reason” and “rasa” are both tools that we use to understand the world, in which reason will show a side that can’t be touched by “rasa” and “rasa” will show an aspect that can’t be reached by reason. From a contemporary and cosmopolitan perspective, we can interpret “rasa” as a heightened experience of perception, a process of cognition that includes self-cognition to expand the limitations of our habitual reference frameworks. Rasa hence is an essential potential of contemporary dance.

Using such reflections as a starting point, we are able to understand the vast extent of Rasa. Rasa as a part of humanity contains all of our passions, including conflicts of power (science, aesthetic, ideology, etc.) that shape individuals into a choreographed dance of their interests. With that in mind, this year’s theme, “RASA: Beyond Bodies,” has been chosen to guide the IDF in expressing and celebrating the diversity of “rasa” within the range of artistic and socio-cultural practices. In this festival, “rasa” from different cultural experiences, both from within and beyond Indonesia, will engage and interact, exchanging and even creating new “rasa.” Refreshing and enriching our experiential knowledge in looking at the world, “RASA: Beyond Bodies” is positioned to be a source of humanity and culture.

  • Opening Ceremony

  • Evening Performance

  • Kampana Performance

  • Vasana Tari

  • Closing Ceremony

  • Opening Ceremony

  • SILO

    22 October 2022 | 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm

The Opening Night

features:

Opening Dance
IDF 2022 Opening Ceremony

Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony

and
“SILO” Performance by Hari Ghulur
(Surabaya/Madura, Indonesia)

  • Evening Performance

SILO

22 October 2022 | 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Sky Blue Mythic

23 October 2022 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

E-PAL (GAME, DANCE, OR SPORT?)

24 October 2022 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Senam Kota Kita: Pengantar Tubuh Kuat Hidup di Ibu Kota

25 October 2022 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Tale Tale

26 October 2022 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

The Size of Rice II

27 October 2022 | 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

No. 60

28 October 2022 | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Kampana Performance

Paradox

24 October 2022 | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Body Tarekat

24 October 2022 | 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Dance Offering (Work in Progress)

26 October 2022 | 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm

Museum II: Ridden

26 October 2022 | 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

dH@nZ dH@nZ 3moj! (Dance Dance Emoji)

28 October 2022 | 3:30 pm - 4:10 pm

Pesona

28 October 2022 | 4:30 pm - 5:10 pm
  • Vasana Tari

  • Vasana Tari 2022

    22 October 2022 - 28 October 2022

Vasana Tari – Archive Exhibition

The Spectres of Choreography: Reading Dancing Body, Identity, Space, Throughout IDF’s 30 Years Journey

​​The spectres of choreography in the context of this archive exhibition has nothing to do with the astral concept where psychic phenomena take place. The spectres here, in contrast, is closely related to the history of materialism concept, where various cultural and artistic dance practices are formed.

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  • Closing Ceremony

  • IDF-2022

    IDF 2022 Closing Ceremony

    28 October 2022 | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Workshop & Masterclass

During festival week, some of the artists/choreographers involved will hold educational training classes. Apart from being a forum to allow the exchange of knowledge, this program is intended for audiences who want to experience contemporary dance works in greater depth. The workshop class can be attended by anyone and is open to the public, while the masterclass is recommended for those with a previous background in choreography or bodily expression.

Creative Choreographic Methodologies

24 October 2022 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Working with the body and voice, Angela Goh invites participants to explore the mechanisms of choreographic construction.

Breathing for Dancers

25 October 2022 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

This Masterclass introduces the core principles of Taiji Quan and their creative application in the performing arts. We will practice a set of physical principles relating to breathing patterns and the merging of opposing poles such as in-out, open-close, gather-disperse.

No. 60 Principle

26 October 2022 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

“No. 60” is not a choreographic pose or movement but it is a “principle of the dance practice” that consists of the combination of six elements. Participants will learn about the six elements and how to adapt them in order to find their own dance identities.

E-PAL: Remembering Our Childhood Body

27 October 2022 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

In this workshop, Eyi Lesar will invite participants to play games such as the traditional childhood game, Gobak Sodor. Participants will explore integrating choreography, games and sports, while considering intentions and the impact on one's body's motor response within a space.

Limitation

23 October 2022 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Instead of considering limitations as a constraint, it can actually be seen as guidelines for achieving freedom. This method of limitation is a space for body construction that Hari Ghurur works on to explore new possibilities of repetitive motion, so that organic and expressive motion emerges.

Starting from the Mind: Imagination & Creativity

23 October 2022 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Imagination enables humans to create or transform something ordinary into the extraordinary, even when its form is still a fleeting thought in mind. This workshop hopes to be a space to spark participants’ creativity in using the body, things, and spaces around them.

Pilates “System of Contrology” (Muscle Talks/Muscle Matters)

25 October 2022 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

In the body, muscles are the main connective tissue that regulates all our activities. In this class, participants are invited to increase muscle awareness which is crucial in carrying out the multiple functions of the body, in both for professional dancers and daily activities.

Body Exploration

27 October 2022 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Body exploration is highly important, acting as the basics of cultivating potential in the body, as a pre-dance class. This practice is synergized with movement exploration, to produce the ability to synchronise imagination and body capacity to illustrate ideas, may it be one or many.

Dance Talks

A series of discussions to better understand and contextualize the development of dance dance choreographic practices, audience experiences, and discourse within the dynamics of the dance sector and the broader socio-cultural context, both in Indonesia and globally. Dance Talks 2022 is formatted to further explore the curatorial framework of RASA: Beyond Bodies, and features speakers spanning various fields of art, disciplines, and countries. The discussions are open and accessible to the public during the festival week.

Dermaga Bincang Tari: Artist Talk – Billowing Sails : Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita series

28 August 2022 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

An online public discussion for choreographers involved in Indonesian Dance Festival's program, Layar Terkembang 2022 Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita. Thirteen choreographers and 2 curators will share their artistic processes in relation to the curatorial theme.

Dermaga Bincang Tari – Billowing Sails : Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita series

28 August 2022 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Dermaga Bincang Tari is a critical choreography dialog platform that invites multidisciplinary artists and researchers that focus on body language, technology, and digital platforms, be it local or international.

Introducing RASA: Beyond Bodies

14 October 2022 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Through reflection and research, IDF 2022 curatorial team reinterprets “rasa”, while exploring its conceptual footprints from different cultural experiences. This effort is intended to offer alternative perspectives on “rasa.” This dialogue opens up opportunities for the audience to peek into IDF’s curatorial behind-the-scenes alongside four speakers involved in the formulation of RASA: Beyond Bodies, the festival theme for 2022.

Curators’ Meet Up

23 October 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

The important thing to note from IDF's curatorial practice is the collaborative approach that involves several people. This allows IDF's artistic vision to be built and realized through various perspectives. In 2022, IDF will work with six curators across generations and countries to develop and reiterate the theme RASA: Beyond Bodies into all the elements of the festival.

Social Choreography and Invisible Dance: The Diversity of Approach

25 October 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

In collaboration with Invisible Dance, a project by Goethe-Institut India and Indonesia In this conversation, the speaker will exchange their experiences of the art laboratory practice before reflecting on the dynamics of the arts and social fields encountered in Indonesia, regional and international. In addition, this conversation will also open a space to think together about how dance can be or has become a vehicle for social change, connecting with local communities and engaging in alternative international networks.

Sustainability through Regeneration

27 October 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Departing from the regeneration process that is being carried out by IDF and several other art organizations in Indonesia in the last few years, the four speakers presented will provide readings and meanings of regeneration from their own experience.

Performing Artifacts: Objects in Question

28 October 2022 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

By clashing artifacts and works, objects and performativity, conceptual and historical, Mella Jaarsma confronts us with situations that are out of the ordinary for the body and what we cover it with, presenting experiences that are between that of the real and the imaginary. The Indonesian Dance Festival in collaboration with ROH holds an artist talk program to explore more in terms of performativity in Mella Jaarsma's artistic practice.

Download Program Book IDF 2022

Road to IDF 2022

Event Series

Billowing Sails

As part of the Road to IDF 2022 program series,
Billowing Sails: Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita is curated by Linda Mayasari (Lead Curator of IDF 2022) and Dian Anggraini (guest curator of Billowing Sails). Billowing Sails: Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita features works from 13 choreographers from 10 regions in Indonesia and 3 choreographers from other Asian countries.

Dance Talks

Performing Artifacts: Objects in Question

28 October 2022 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Sustainability through Regeneration

27 October 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Social Choreography and Invisible Dance: The Diversity of Approach

25 October 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Curators’ Meet Up

23 October 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Introducing RASA: Beyond Bodies

14 October 2022 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Dermaga Bincang Tari – Billowing Sails : Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita series

28 August 2022 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Dermaga Bincang Tari: Artist Talk – Billowing Sails : Body and Rasa in Terra Incognita series

28 August 2022 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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