Courtly Javanese dance originated from the kratons, or palaces, of the sultans of Yogyakarta and Surakarta. Dances such as bedhaya and serimpi are associated with the refined, and sophisticated ...

15,967 Dance from Indonesia: Classical and Modern Watch as master Javanese dancers Urip Sri Maeny and Pamardi Tjiptopradonggo perform pieces from the classical court tradition of central Java, as well ...

I spent more than two weeks exploring Yogya, but began with the food, moving from warung to warung and then to restaurants, over several days. I was steered to them by Tiko Sukarso, 39, a Jakarta ...

In this essay I discuss how a familiar costume element in Javanese court dance, a long piece of patterned cloth known as the sampur, functions poetically through the ways it is used by the dancer. I ...