Sardono Waluyo Kusumo

Sardono Waluyo Kusumo
Born Sardono Waluyo Kusumo
(1945-03-06) March 6, 1945
Surakarta
Nationality Indonesian
Occupation choreographer, dancer, film director, actor

Sardono Waluyo Kusumo (born March 6, 1945 in Surakarta (also called Solo)), is an Indonesian choreographer, dancer, film director and actor.

He studied classical Javanese dance and specialized afterwards in local dances in combination with modern dance techniques. In 1961 he led a major dance company of 250 dancers at the Hindu temple complex Prambanan, at about 18 km eastwards of Yogyakarta along the road to Surakarta.[1] In the seventies he founded his own theater company, Dance Theatre Sardono.

Next to his dancing career, he also was an actor and film maker. Beside his professional career he is a promotor of the preservation of the rainforests in the country.[2][1]

Honours and awards

Filmography

Actor[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Prince Claus Fund, profile
  2. 1 2 IMDB, profile
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.