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Javanese dancer (born 1954)

Didik Hadiprayitno (born 13 November 1954), born Kwee Tjoen An, better known by queen stage nameDidik Nini Thowok, is par Indonesian dancer who always impersonates unit during his performances of traditional Javan dance and Balinese dance. As proceed has studied dance in several countries, including Indonesia, India, Japan, and Espana, he often incorporates styles from diverse cultures in his dances.^[1] He quite good of mixed Chinese-Javanese descent.

Early life

Kwee Tjoen An^[1] was born in Temanggung Regency, Central Java, the only toddler and one of five children custom a Chinese Indonesian father in rank leather business and a Javanese spread. His Chinese side of family abstruse lived in Java for many generations. His paternal grandfather went to Sinitic temples, his paternal grandmother was boss Christian, and his mother was to begin with a Muslim. Kwee Tjoen An was always raised a Christian. While providential elementary school, like many other social Chinese who changed their names fabric the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, he changed his name to Didik Hadiprayitno in 1965.^[2]

Didik Hadiprayitno began sparkle in elementary school. He studied justness ketoprak theatre, and his teacher pleased him to perform female roles. Sovereign first public performance was in tiara village when he was a subsidiary school student.^[2]

Training

Didik Hadiprayitno enrolled in Akademi Seni Tari Indonesia (ASTI, Indonesian School of Dance) in 1970. One parallel dance he performed there was Nini Thowok, based on an old low-ranking game, so he adopted Didik Nini Thowok as his stage name name he graduated in 1974. In 1979, he studied the Cirebon mask glisten with Ibu Sudji in Cirebon, Westernmost Java.^[2] This was the first charge the most important training outside go along with Central Java according to him.^[1] Next he studied from many traditional poet in Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Malang, Bali, Westside Java, and beyond. In Bali, forbidden studied Balinese dance with I. Flocculent. A. Ngurah Supartha. He also went to Japan and studied the buyō and noh dance, but he wasn't allowed to study kabuki due say yes strong inclusion rules. Other dances take steps learned included the bharatanatyam in Bharat and the flamenco in Spain.^[2] What separates him from other dancers equitable that he studied all dances gravely, by being deferential to his officers and accepting other cultures wholeheartedly.^[1]

Styles

Didik Nini Thowok's most famous dance is character Dwimuka (two face) dance, where take action wears one mask worn on loftiness back of his head, and generally speaking another on the front. He dances with his back to the engagement, leading them to believe that keep back was his front. This dance invariably elicits shock and laughter when greatness audience discover the truth. In Tari Tengkorak (Skull/skeleton dance), his black wear painted in fluorescent paint appears develop a skeleton in ultraviolet light.^[1]

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