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By Dwirahmi Suryandari

21 Dec 2021

Reinterpreting Museum Objects through Rituals: Stories from Yogyakarta and Surakarta

As part of ASEF’s Call for Articles: Latest Trends in the Museum Sector in Asia and Europe, Dwirahmi Suryandari's article seeks to explore the rituals and tradition around objects and …

By Adriana Nordin Manan

01 Oct 2021

Performance Making during a Pandemic: Of Innovation, Form and Embeddedness

If arts panel discussions are meant to reflect the times, “Critical Responses to Performance-Making in A Post-Pandemic World” positioned itself well: at this stage of the pandemic, it was less …

By Andrea Abellon

18 Oct 2020

Virtual360 Konnect | Mid-residency: What's happening so far

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The 20 residents of Virtual360 Konnect - Emerging Arts Leaders Virtual Residency Series are on full speed working together on their joint projects.

By David Fernández

17 May 2019

In conversation with Gunawan Maryanto I Managing Director, Teater Garasi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

This month, culture360 contributor David Fernandez travels to Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In this article, he interviews Gunawan Maryanto, Director of Teater Garasi, a multi-disciplinary performance collective that explores possibilities in performing …

By Valentina Riccardi

19 Oct 2016

Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 | An open space for sharing

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From 13 to 19 October 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 gathered over 120 among artists, curators, writers, historians and theorists to discuss and document the development of …

By Kerrine Goh

07 Sep 2012

Creative Encounters | The Ripple Effect | France, India, UK, Indonesia

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The Ripple Effect is a multi-disciplinary creative workshop process with partners in France, UK, India and Indonesia.

By Kalaivani Karunanethy

29 Jun 2012

Pioneering Indonesian theatre director recognised

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For Citra Pratiwi, dancer, choreographer, arts researcher and activist, tradition is always open to new interpretations and innovation.

By Catarina Saraiva

13 Jun 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts: utopia or reality? Part 3

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This article gives an overview of the European and Southeast-Asian performing arts markets. It provides information that can lead to the creation of non-hierarchical dialogue between these two communities of …

By Catarina Saraiva

08 Jun 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts in Southeast Asia: utopia or reality? Part 2

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This is the second of a series of three articles based on interviews done to contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.

By Claire Wilson

23 Dec 2010

Dancing in the Graey: A Festival of Asian Dance in Singapore

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The Graey Festival, staged in Singapore in November at the Substation, had its 3rd edition this year in 2010. The festival originally began as a study of Indian contemporary dance …

By Mary Ann DeVlieg

19 Apr 2008

IETM and contemporary performing arts in Asia

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IETM is a network committed to contemporary performing arts and to collaborating across national borders. It has 440 member-organisations from over 45 countries.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Indonesia: performing arts operator reflects

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Amna Kusumo and three cultural activists founded Kelola, a national non-profit organisation that promotes Indonesian arts, through learning, access to funding and information.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Asia-EU: 4 performing arts operators reflect

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What is 'contemporary' in performing arts today? What at first seems to be a very simple question actually has no straight or univocal answer at all.