Thu, 20 Oct 1994

Indonesian Dance Festival '94

A bevy of both domestic and foreign choreographers will present their creations at the Indonesian Dance Festival '94, scheduled to be opened tonight.

The fifth five-day festival is held by the Jakarta Art Institute at Taman Ismail Marzuki in cooperation with the Jakarta Art Foundation, the Jakarta Arts Building and Taman Ismail Marzuki.

Sardono W. Kusumo, one of eight local selected choreographers, will present his new creation entitled DeTIK...DeTIK...Tempo, Retno Maruti her creation named Abimanyu Gugur and Gusmiati Suid Limpapeh.

Overseas choreographers to join the festival include Melissa Fenley of the United States, who will present three creations: Inner Enchantment, Threshold and Bridge of Dreams.

A conference on composition and techniques will also be held with Moh. Anis Md. Noor of Malaysian Akademi Seni Kebangsaan and Carl Woltz of the World Dance Alliance/Asia-Pacific Center as speakers. hhr)