Jakarta
A 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 20...