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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.

Ela Mutiara

Choreographer and dancer born in Sukabumi, West Java. She finished her Masters in Artistic Creation in Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta. Since 2016, her practice digs into historical events, tradition, lifestyle, and women in the Sundanese socio-cultural perspective. Auto-ethnography became the working method developed in her creative research and process, placing the body as the main medium expressed through dance works, videos, performances, and exhibitions.

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