'Panembahan Reso': First Performance of Rendra's Anti-New Order Play in More Than Three Decades

... great Indonesian playwright and poet W.S. Rendra, will grace the stage ... this weekend. The flamboyant Rendra, nicknamed "The Peacock" ... government. Originally performed by Rendra's theater company, Bengkel Teater, ... wife of the late Rendra, Ken Zuraida, said in ...

Juliet Burnett Brings Ballet to the Kampung

... one of Indonesia's all-time great poets, W.S. Rendra. "Art is the ... Her grandmother from her mother’s side, Raden Ayu Imadillah Chatarina ... , Burnett said her uncle Rendra passed down the knowledge of ... traditional dance to her. "Rendra played a huge role in ...

Dancer Melanie Lane Rediscovers Indonesian Roots

... of the late legendary poet W.S. Rendra, choreographing "Megatruh," a ballet ... piece inspired by Rendra’s writings, performed by Burnett ... whose works he’s translated. Lane's father Max now ... the Australian Embassy – and Rendra’s "The Struggle of the Naga ...

Rock N' Roll Meets Sundanese Culture in New Comedy-Drama 'Rocker Balik Kampung'

... house responsible for Garin Nugroho’s "Guru Bangsa Tjokroaminoto" ("Tjokroaminoto ... , a Nation's Paragon") in 2015. Producer Nayaka ... By infusing Rocker Balik Kampung's story with comedy, he ... daughter of the late poet W. S. Rendra.

Max Lane on How Not to Get Lost in Translating Pramoedya Ananta Toer

... beat poet and playwright W.S. Rendra. Lane's first translation of a ... author was his version of Rendra's play, "The Struggle ... piece. In translating Rendra's and Pram’s works, Lane said ... as translating their [Pram's and Rendra's] ideologies and perspectives, not ...

Where Do Ballerinas Go After Ballet School?

... of the late poet W. S. Rendra. The award-winning dancer ... Vlaanderenin Belgium. Then there's Rebecca Alexandria, who studied ... on classical ballet. Namarina's principal and artistic director ... Another reason why Indonesia's semi-professional ballet companies ...

Joko Pinurbo's New Poetry Book Highlights Creative Process, Religious Issues

... Goenawan Mohamad, Chairil Anwar, W.S. Rendra and Anthony de Mello. Most ... is "Jalan Tuhan" ("God's Way"), which portrays a street ... of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, which ... to Young Poets Jokpin's stylistic and thematic exploration ...

Goenawan Mohamad: On Writing and Other Unfinished Things

... man-of-letters Goenawan Mohamad's vocabulary, despite his advancing ... compatriot, the poet and dramaturge W.S. Rendra. "I have to be ... for journalists As Tempo magazine's co-founder, Goenawan has ... , Tempo fought against Soeharto's iron fist. The totalitarian ...

Poetry Reading Celebrates Youth Pledge Day in Solo

... Chairil Anwar, Sapardi Djoko Damono, W.S. Rendra and Sitor Situmorang. Among the ... organized by the Sunan Hotel's general manager, Retno Wulandari, in ...

Indonesian Ballet Students to Perform With Australian Professionals

... training with the WAB's choreographers. They then spent ... them a perspective that's completely different," Ballet ID ... inspired by Indonesian playwright-artist W.S. Rendra, to be danced by ... ballerina Juliet Burnett. Burnett's dance, titled Megatruh, combines ...