Sekar Alit

Dancer, choreographer, performance manager, performing arts seminar speaker, producer, and dance lecturer living in Surabaya, Indonesia. Her works are inspired by various social issues occuring in society, influenced by her instincts honed from delving into social activism since her teens. Alit received Hibah Cipta Perempuan from Yayasan Kelola for her work Ex-Dolly (2017). With her husband, she founded the dance platform Sawung Dance Studio, which also functions as a dance school and currently has 70 students. Since 2015 she founded and works as program director for Sawung Dance Festival, a contemporary dance festival in Surabaya. She joined Asian Producer Platform and is currently finishing her doctoral degree in Arts Education in Surabaya State University.