Director Felicia Hughes-Freeland
Country/Production UK
Release 1988
Length 44 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Indonesia, Java / Asia
Ethnic Group Javanese
Comments Study guide available
Order No RAI-200.184
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Javanese palace dancing has long attracted outsiders by it exotic costumes and effortless grace of movement. These first impressions belie the physical and philosophical rigours which are the reality of the tradition for those who create it. The film goes beyond appearances, and introduces the dance through the performer, Susindahati, and the connoisseur, Pak Seno; providing two perspectives on dance from the inside.
