From the INCULS Closing Ceremony last year in Yogya. Thanks to Meg from ACICIS (study Indonesia! www.acicis.murdoch.edu.au) for cutting this together. It probably a more realistic representation of a novice Javanese dance performance than the montage of stills I cut together set to early 90s pop-rap classics. I might post that one for comparison at a later date.
There was a lot of hairspray, make up and waddling around in batik before this big day, not to mention weeks of swinging our heads from side to side, flick scarves and avoiding the small matter of a mini cyclone in the weeks leading up to the performance.
I would point out which one of the dancers is me but as my brother said: “…no offence but which one is you? They all look the same…”
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is that you in the still there? You look so stern! Great video!
Comment by Trixie September 1, 2009 @ 9:24 pmIndeed it is Miss Trixie, good spot. I was going for gravely professional, as in old-skool-black-and-white-photo- must-not-smile gravely professional, but stern will do nicely.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Comment by gmanamiss September 2, 2009 @ 9:33 amwas never allowed to post that montage to early 90s classics, as said early 90s classics come with copyright issues – ah well, trust me it was brilliant.
Comment by gmanamiss November 30, 2009 @ 11:33 am