2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Historical Survey on Contemporary Indonesian Dance and Sardono W. Kusumo

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20820028
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
Research Institution	Gunma Prefectural Women's University
Principal Investigator	MUTO Daisuke Gunma Prefectural Women's University, 文学部, 講師 (30513006)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	ダンス / 舞踊 / サルドノ・W・クスモ / インドネシア
Research Abstract	Focusing on the role that Sardono played in history of modern Indonesian dance, I conducted fieldwork in Indonesia and researches in Japan to collect materials and interview with Sardono and related people. I obtained video recordings of performances which were relatively well-kept, along with detailed chronology and rare books by/on Sardono. The interviews revealed many facts which are inconsistent with Sal Murgiyanto's account widely shared and regarded authoritative. As result I would say Sardono and contemporary Indonesian dance should be historicized in relation to political situation and social change in Indonesia, rather than with too much emphasis on purely artistic influence of American modern dance.