Medium
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| Free of charge |
| Duration: 60 min |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard, Treppenhalle, EG |
Rianto is a specialist in the Central Javanese form of Lengger, a cross gender dance form from Banyumas. In Medium, Rianto recalls the term Lengger as derived from “elinga ngger”, meaning the “advice to be aware, to remember”. After the success of SoftMachine, Rianto returns to his hometown and relationship to the Lengger masters. He strives not only for the survival of this form, but especially the space it holds beyond binary opposites. A space between manhood and womanhood, between customs and religious principles, between conscious control and trance. Medium is Rianto’s universal call for freedom, for eschewing dogma and embracing the contradiction, mysteries and layered diversity that is at the heart of Javanese tradition. A series of studies into the relationship between his religious body, social body, political body and traditional body. Rianto’s virtuosic movement language is combined with a powerful live vocal and percussion score by Cahwati, also from Banyumas. Together they unfold the relationship between movement and sound that lies at the core of the Lengger tradition Credits:
CHOREOGRAPHER: RIANTO
DRAMATURG: GARIN NUGROHO, TANG FU KUEN
SCENOGRAPHY: ISKANDAR K. LOEDIN
VOCALS AND PERCUSSION: CAHWATI
SOUND DESIGN: YASUHIRO MORINAGA
PRODUCER: JALA ADOLPHUS
Participants
Rianto was born in 1981 in Kaliori village, Banyumas, and received training in classical Javanese dance and Central Javanese folk dance from a young age. Since 2003, Rianto has been living between Indonesia and Tokyo, Japan, where he founded Dewandaru Dance Company to introduce Javanese dance art to Japan. He has collaborated with a number of international choreographers, performance makers and companies. In early 2017, Rianto joined Akram Khan’s company to take on Akram’s role in the feminist reworking of the Mahabharata Until The Lions, with which he began touring in 2017. Rianto’s highly acclaimed solo work SoftMachine: Rianto, directed by Choy Ka Fai, continues to be performed throughout Europe and Asia Pacific. Currently, Rianto is beginning a new phase of research on cross-gender traditions and transgender performance in the Indonesian archipelago. This research will evolve into an exhibition, a publication, and a new stage work.
Cahwati was born in Banyumas on August 24, 1982. Since 2000, she has participated in numerous dance, music and theater productions. She has worked with Slamet Gundono (in Wayang Suket), Garin Nugroho (in Opera Jawa, Selendang Merah, Nyai, Pager Bumi and Satan Jawa touring in the Netherlands, France, Melbourne, Jakarta and Solo). With Goenawan Mohamad, Tony Prabowo and Melati Suryodarmo (in the operas Sysiphus, Macbeth and Gandari with tours in Jakarta, Belgium and Frankfurt). She participated in the productions of Deddy Luthan Dance Company and Sen Hea Ha’ (performances in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Singapore and Austria). She performed as a dancer for Eko Supriyanto, Didik Nini Thowok, Fajar Satriadi and other artists.