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RIDDEN
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After the performance on Sunday May 17, there is an aftertalk.
Ridden—Indonesian: ditunggangi; Japanese: 憑依—refers to the invisible energy resting on one’s shoulders. In this sensory performance, Leu and Mio remix years of research on the human-environment relationship after a disaster. They transform it into a form of dance that oscillates between ritual, sport, and band performance. Between destruction and renewal, this work explores the human relationship with nature and the strange, endless cycle of just trying to survive.
The title RIDDEN is translated as ‘ditunggangi’ in Indonesian and ‘憑依/Hyoui’ in Japanese. It is a word associated with spirits or ghosts–invisible but a felt present, when one returns from an unknown territory and their shoulders are ridden by a foreign energy/spirit.
In RIDDEN, choreographer Leu Wijee reflects on his long-term research (since 2018) into the relationship between humans and the environment following natural disasters. Using personal and collective traces as a starting point, RIDDEN is a sensory performance that explores the tension between destruction and renewal, resilience and recovery, and preparedness and hope. It is what Wijee simply calls the space “between disaster and dance.”
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Credits
Concept, choreography, scenography: Leu Wijee
Co-researcher and collaboration: Mio Ishida
Performers: Bade Kurniawan, Dani Budiman, Leu Wijee, Mio Ishida, Rheza Oktavia
Producer: Wijees works
Co-producers: Indonesian Dance Festival & Japan Foundation Jakarta
Premiere of Ridden at IDF 2024 was organised by Indonesian Dance Festival & Wijeesworks
Super Supporters: Jakarta Arts Council, Jakpro, Jakarta International Contemporary Dance Festival, Japan Foundation Jakarta, Kobalt Works & Toko Seniman
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