In this latest conversation in LGI’s Dance Dialogues series, join Australian/Javanese choreographer and performer Melanie Lane in conversation with Indonesian dancer and choreographer Eko Supriyanto in a relaxed chat about their perspectives on practice and art-making.
The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A.
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About Melanie Lane
Melanie Lane is an Australian/Javanese choreographer and performer. She has collaborated with artists from film, visual art, theatre and music, creating works that tread between performative forms and contexts. Her independent work has been presented at international festivals and theatres in Europe. USA, Indonesia and Australia.
As a performer she has worked with various companies and artists such as Kobalt Works | Arco Renz (B), Club Guy and Roni (N), Tino Seghal (G), Antony Hamilton (AUS) and Lucy Guerin Inc (AUS), performing world wide. As a choreographer, Melanie has established a repertory of works performing in festivals and theatres across the globe.
Alongside her independent work, she has been commissioned to create new works for Chunky Move, Sydney Dance Company, DanceNorth, Australasian Dance Collective, Schauspiel Leipzig, LOFFT Leipzig, HAU Berlin, Nagelhus Schia Productions Norway, West Australian Ballet and choreographed for English National Opera’s Salome directed by Adena Jacobs.
From 2018, Melanie has been developing research for a new work in collaboration with local performing artists in Indonesia. She is currently Resident Artist at The Substation in Melbourne and Associate Artist at QL2 in Canberra.
About Eko Supriyanto
Founder and artistic director for EkosDance Company and Solo Dance Studio in Surakarta Indonesia, Eko is the leading Indonesian dancer and choreographer of his generation.
Trained in Javanese court dances and the Indonesian martial arts of Pencak Silat since the age of seven, Eko’s performance career spans major works and tours throughout Indonesia, Europe, America and the Asia Pacific. Eko holds a PhD in Performance Studies (2014) from Gadjah Mada University and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance and Choreography from the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures (2001).
Eko’s performance career stretches between major commercial productions to dance research projects. He was enlisted as a dance consultant for Julie Taymor’s Lion King Broadway production and choreographed and performed for major international productions including Peter Sellars Le Grand Macabre, John Adam’s Opera Flowering Tree in Vienna, the Barbican Centre in London and the Lincoln Center in New York, Garin Nugroho’s Opera Jawa, MAU Lemi Ponifasio’s Tempest, and Solid.States with Arco Renz, and was a featured dancer in Madonna’s 2001 Drowned World.