DANCEVENTURE: MENARI DENGAN RASA PENUH ASA by Indonesia Dance CompanySeptember 7, 2017This year, Indonesia Dance Company (IDCo) is back with DANCEVENTURE, which presents 8 new dance works from professional choreographer in Indonesia. DANCEVENTURE was held for two days on Saturday, 26 August 2017 at 7PM and Sunday, 27 August 2017 at 5PM at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta.
BWW Feature: HELATARI SALIHARA 2017May 30, 2017On June 8, 10, 11, 17, and 18, 8 PM at Teater & Galeri Salihara, HELATARI SALIHARA 2017 will be held featuring five choreographers with various concepts close to our 'daily' life. Starting from everyday life in Jakarta, the life of sculptors, traditional dance magic to the dance movement that was born from the interpretation of literary works.
BWW Interview: Elhaq Latief, Rising Star in Town!May 22, 2017For Jakartans' musical aficionados and theater-goers, 'Elhaq Latief' is already a familiar name. He is still young, but he has a long line of theater credits for Directing, Choreographing and Acting.
BWW Previews: MENARA INGATAN by Teater Garasi in Teater Kecil, JakartaMay 16, 2017Teater Garasi / Garasi Performance Institute and Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation, in collaboration with Jakarta Arts Council, present a musical theatre performance (muziktheatre) MENARA INGATAN, based on the composition by Yennu Ariendra (Teater Garasi's own artists and Melancholic Bitch music group) in Teater Kecil, Taman Ismail Marzuki Jakarta, May 24-25.
BWW Review: THREE PENNY OPERA by Teater UI: Art Without Politics Would Just Be a Decoration'January 17, 2017THREE PENNY OPERA is a legendary manuscript with such a simple plot in conveying social criticism. A scoundrel is in a tainted friendship with a police chief. A daughter-loving local entrepreneur disguised as a social worker, but it exploits poverty. The male characters are busy with their own affairs, while the female characters depicted in many figures, such as prostitutes, housewives, faithful woman, independent woman, etc. At the very same time, it is complex but simple as it is close to our current social condition.
BWW Preview: JAKARTA THEATRE FESTIVAL 2016 by Jakarta Arts CouncilNovember 21, 201643th Festival Teater Jakarta (Jakarta Theatre Festival / FTJ) is organized by the Jakarta Arts Council - Theatre Committee and fully supported by the Jakarta Tourism & Culture Department and Indonesian Creative Economy Agency. FTJ 2016 will be held on November 21 to December 9 2016 in Teater Kecil, Taman Ismail Marzuki. With the main theme 'Transisi' (transition) - which is written in the style of computer programming language 'TRANS//><ISI//' -, FTJ placed itself as the important context of the current changes in Jakarta, in the national and global levels.