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A letter from Indonesia.(dance in Indonesia)(Brief Article)
From:
Dance Magazine
| Date:
December 1, 1997| Author:
Topaz, Muriel
| COPYRIGHT 1997 Dance Magazine, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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JAKARTA--in Hong Kong last August, to chair the meeting of the international Council of Kinetography Laban, I decided it was time to explore dance in Indonesia. My first stop was Yogakarta, home the most important school of the arts in southern "Yogya", (nickname for Yogakarta) is built in the lovely, sunny style so common In Java: white walls; gleaming, pristine tile floors; a dark brown wooden frame; steeply sloping roof; open, airy pavilions; and a general blurring of indoors and ...
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