Eko Supriyanto

By adelyn-1800, 21 November, 2022
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Eko Supriyanto is the leading Indonesian dancer and choreographer of his generation. He is the founding artistic director of EkosDance Company and Solo Dance Studio in Surakarta, Indonesia.

Trained in Javanese court dances and the Indonesian martial arts of Pencak Silat since the age of seven, Eko’s performance career spans major works and tours throughout Indonesia, Europe, America and the Asia Pacific. Eko holds a PhD in Performance Studies (2014) from Gadjah Mada University and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance and Choreography from the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures (2001).

Eko’s performance career stretches between major commercial productions to dance research projects. He was enlisted as a dance consultant for Julie Taymor’s Lion King Broadway production, and choreographed and performed for major international productions including Peter Sellars Le Grand Macabre; John Adam’s opera A Flowering Tree in Vienna, the Barbican Centre in London and the Lincoln Center in New York; Garin Nugroho’s opera Jawa; MAU Lemi Ponifasio’s Tempestsolid.states with Arco Renz; and was a featured dancer in Madonna’s 2001 Drowned World Tour.

Eko's recent major work is Cry Jailolo with seven youth dancers from Jailolo North Maluku that toured in Japan, Australia and Europe from August to October 2015. His most recent performance research on the Body Embodiment of Indonesian Dancers is connected to his work on maritime culture entitled The Future of Dance is Under Water.

Last Updated: 2016

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