Bagong Kussudihardja and Didik Nini Thowok started the advance of modern dance in Yogyakarta. Who are both known internationally?
Bagong Kussudihardja is known as the creator of colossal ballets that combine the harmony of traditional dance from many regions of Indonesia with a dynamic, liberal and expressive modern dance. Bagong has school of dance that was [...]

From the 1950’s, classic dance could be learnt by the common people from outside the Kraton (Palace). The first classic dance school was Siswo Among Bekso, which was founded by prince GBPH Yudhanegara and was located at “ndalem Kanoman”, one of the prince’s houses on Kadipaten street. The school still exists today and became a [...]

There are three mainstream of art traditions, which flourish among the Jogjanese people. They are Kraton, Folk and modern arts that are developed in art schools, colleges and institutes. These are three traditions influence each other and grow together.
Kraton arts are classic dance, dance-drama, macapat (Javanese singing), seni kriya (fine arts-painting, sculpture, ceramics). Folk arts [...]

Indonesian Institute of Arts Yogyakarta (Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta/ISI Yogyakarta) is a government owned educational institution located in Yogyakarta that teaches mainly courses relating to arts, such as visual art, performing art, and media art in both traditional and modern style. Having the mission to create a future generation with the with solid integrity to [...]

Jathilan is one of the oldest form of traditional dance in Java, that consists of several dancers riding a fake horse accompanied by several gamelan players. The dance that is also known as Jaran Kepang or Kuda Lumping, is spread throughtout Yogyakarta, Central Java and Eastern Java, although each area represents a different story and [...]