Sardono granted professorship

Sardono granted professorship

JAKARTA: Noted choreographer Sardono Waluyo Kusumo will be
installed as a professor of dance on Wednesday, making him the
first artist with no formal education to receive the academic
honor.

During his installation at the Graha Bhakti Budaya Hall in the
Ismail Marzuki Arts Center in Central Jakarta on Wednesday
evening, Sardono, 58, will share his thoughts on how regional
autonomy and political decentralization has led to exclusiveness
in the regional arts.

Sardono, who cofounded the Jakarta Arts School, the embryo of
the Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ), has dedicated most of his life
to dance, gaining both national and international recognition.

The government granted the title to him through Minister of
National Education Decree No. 9601/2003 dated May 31, 2003,
although he is not a university graduate.

Sardono is concerned about the environment which has inspired
him to create a number of dance performances, one of which will
be screened during the ceremony on Wednesday. He will also
perform his latest piece titled Nobody's Body.

The event will also be marked by the launch of his book
titled: Hanuman, Tarzan and Homo Erectus. -- JP