Dialogue Moves: how religious and cultural values are negotiated in public spaces through Amerta Movement in Indonesia

This fellowship investigates how dance supports dialogue between ethnic and religious communities in Indonesia. Hosted by the Centre for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, I engage with cross-disciplinary approaches through exchanges with researchers, policy makers, dance artists and community participants. I examine the work of celebrated Indonesian dance artist Suprapto Suryodarmo in Solo and practitioners of 'Amerta Movement' in Indonesia, to observe how they facilitate embodied awareness and cross-community interaction through dance in outdoor public sites; and consider how dance research can illuminate embodiment as a facet of working across ethnic, religious and geographical divides.