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View all search resultsIDF calls on dance world to remain empowered during pandemic
Unlike the past events, this year’s IDF, which will run for a week, until Nov. 14, will be held online because of the pandemic.
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bare-chested man dances to a mix of metal and traditional music. Wearing a blangkon (Javanese cap), he stretches his arms out into the air and waves his palms up and down as if he were a bat flapping its wings in the dim moonlight.
This scene is from a filmed dance performance by Harry Harmonika, one of 60 participants in South Korean Ahn Eun-me’s 1’59 Project Indonesia for the Indonesian Dance Festival (IDF), which starts this Saturday.
Unlike the past events, this year’s IDF, which will run for a week, until Nov. 14, will be held online because of the pandemic.
Ahn is one of the international choreographers who have been invited to present their work. She led a Zoom workshop for Indonesian dance enthusiasts.
"Participants came from throughout Indonesia. Registration was open for two days. It turned out that the interest was really huge. More than 200 people signed up, but room was limited, so we could only accommodate 60 people,” IDF program manager Ratri Anindyajati told The Jakarta Post.
Ahn has choreographed more than 150 dances and has received international acclaim on world-renowned stages.
“I believe making something a creation comes from somewhere in your mind and something you want to do. Today I am trying to bring that energy back, and dance easily gives you power,” she said during the workshop, titled “Jump and Run”.
