Indonesian Dance Festival
Indonesian Dance Festival - Layar Terkembang Tubuh Virtual series (Part-1)
December 18, 2021 - 19:00 WIB
“I-Ruang” by Abib Igal (Sampit, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia)
“Paradox : The Nebulous (part 1)” by Maharani Pane (Jakarta, Indonesia)
“in-” by Minori Sumiyoshiyama (Yokohama, Kyoto, Japan)
Synopsis
“I-Ruang” oleh Abib Igal
“Iruang” in ritual reality is a sacred place where ritual activities occur. The “iruang” is attached to the body of a Wadian --a healer in the Dayak Ma'anyan tribal community in Central Kalimantan-- which they carry with them when performing rituals at the house of the person they are healing. In this work, the concept of flexibility of the “iruang” is interpreted through the phenomenon of migration of analog bodies to virtual space.
“Paradox : The Nebulous (part 1)” by Maharani Pane
“Paradox: The Nebulous (part 1)” departs from the idea of dream research and its relation to the conscious body and the unconscious body. In consciousness, the body is a container for receiving all various feelings created from every phenomenon, and the brain is manipulated to cover things that are deemed to be threatening. There are boundaries and outlines between the dream space and the reality space, as well as the virtual world, whatever happens in the virtual space is always related to the reality space.
“in-” by Minori Sumiyoshiyama
The title “in-” is inspired by the English prefix “in-” and the Japanese word "陰 (in) = darkness / shade / shadow". "陰 (in)" was feared and admired by the people, and was the source of imagination. Nowadays we can easily take photos and movies with our smartphones, therefore our souls, bodies, and identities have been fragmented, wandering around the Internet clouds. These phenomena unique to the digital society are shaking the human condition. Our work “in-” was created with a focus on such phenomena.
About Layar Terkembang 2021 - Virtual Bodies series
Layar Terkembang 2021 the Virtual Bodies series explores various ideas that mark the shaded area between offline or IRL (In Real Live) and online experiences in relation to the body, identity, medium, and mediation through a choreographic perspective. We invited 5 choreographers whose arts practices are deeply connected to social media and are actively representing themselves virtually. Thus, the media experience will be criticized and reinterpreted through the process of creating choreography.
About Indonesian Dance Festival
The Indonesian Dance Festival (IDF) is an international biennial contemporary dance festival that has been consistently held since 1992. The festival was founded by Jakarta’s dance artists and maestros to fill the void of a platform for contemporary dance, and the year 2022 will mark the IDF's 30th year of its journey. IDF has presented world-class performances from home and abroad, which includes more than 250 main & premiere performances, 35 commission & re-construction work specially produced for IDF. The festival is one of the few internationally recognized contemporary dance festivals in Asia. Since 2020, IDF has been under the auspices of the Loka Tari Nusantara Foundation, a foundation engaged in the development of the Indonesian performing arts ecosystem.
This program is presented by Indonesian Dance Festival, co-organized by The Japan Foundation, Jakarta, and sponsored by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.