Thousand Of Dancers To Mark World Dance Day In Solo

Solo, C. Java, April 29 (Antara) - Solo, a city in Central Java Province, has planned to organize 24 hours dancing marathon that will be followed by 3,500 dancers to mark the World Dance Day here on Monday. The seventh Solo`s 24-hour dancing event will be started in Dance Department of Indonesia`s Dance Institute (ISI) that kicked off by ISI`s dance maestro Wahyu Santoso Prabowo and followed by other dance`s lectures. "Wahyu is the one who will be dancing 24 hours non stop," said ISI`s Rector Slamet Suparno. Wahyu will dance in accompany of gamelan (Indonesia`s traditional music instruments) and perform his popular dances, including Lantoyo dance, Pamungkas dance, Gunungsari dance, Dwi Asmoro dance, Keblat Papat Lima Pancer dance, etc. From the Department of Dance, Wahyu and the other dancers will move to the ISI`s Rectorate Building and the ISI`s Hall. According to Rector Suparno, Solo`s ISI was the creator of the World Dance Day celebration in Indonesia and in this seventh commemoration, Bali`s ISI in Denpasar has organized the same event. "Through this event, we do hope the art of traditional dances as well as the contemporary dances will go worldwide and more young generation to be involved," he said. Meanwhile, Organizing Committee of Solo`s World Dance Day Sri Rochana said the series of event on this year`s commemoration was titled "Tradition Inspires the World" and participated by school children and dancers from studios in Solo and other cities, like Yogyakarta, Semarang, Cirebon, Bandung, Jakarta, and also outside Java like Sulawesi and Kalimantan. "Those participants that have been registered was reached 3,500 dancers who will be divided to perform in Sriwedari Park, Adisumarmo Airport and General Sudirman Street (a protocol street in Solo city)," she said. "Particularly the event in the General Sudirman Street will be participated by Solo`s Mayor FX Hadi Rudyatmo and his Vice Mayor Achmad Purnomo who will dress up with Werkudara and Puntadewa attires (both represents good figures in the Indonesian puppet)," added Rochana.