30 November - 10 December 1995
The Hague, The Netherlands

Festival Indië/Indonesia

From November 30th up to and including December 10th 1995 the Festival Indië/Indonesia will be organized in The Hague, the Netherlands. The festival is organized by Ton van de Langkruis and Reggie Baay. Dance demonstrations, theatre productions, concerts, films, lectures, and seminars will be presented in many Hague theatres.
The theme of the festival is twofold. On the one hand the vision of Dutch and Indonesian artists on the history of decolonization is presented, on the other hand the organizers of the festival would like to illustrate the connection between Dutch and Indonesian art forms, especially in music, dance, and visual art.
A play about Soekarno, written by Jan Blokker, will open the festival, and, among other pieces, a play about the proclamation of the Republic of the South Moluccas will be performed.
During the festival a reconstruction of a wayang performance about the history of Indonesia, which travelled through Java in the wake of 1945, will be presented. The play is produced by the musicologist Elsje Plantema in co-operation with Blacius Subono, Dalang S. Kar, the ensemble Widosari, and the Museum of Ethnology in Rotterdam.
Furthermore, Sang Proworo, a "sendratari" (a dance performance, which tells a story) from Yogyakarta, will show the role of Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX in the struggle for Independance. Dutch and Indonesian films on the decolonization will also be shown.

Music and Dance
The Indonesian choreographer Glenn van der Hoff questions the significance of a people who do not belong in either country in the premiere of the Djazzex Modern Jazz Dance company.
The Korzo theatre illustrates how Indonesian instruments and musical ideas have been incorporated in the Dutch music and how Indonesian composers use Western aspects in their traditional music.

Poetry and Literature
Poetry International is organizing a poetry-workshop in cooperation with poets from Flanders, the Netherlands, and Indonesia, including Rendra, Remco Campert, Sitok Srengenge, Dorothea, Herman de Coninck, and Toety Heraty will work together.
The literary activities comprise discussions with Rudy Kousbroek, Adraan van Dis, Hella Haasse, Marion Bloem, F. Springer, and Ian Buruma about the history of the former Netherlands Indies. Indonesian writers will also be present to recite their work.

During a seminar the topic of decolonization will be discussed by among other participants Professor A. Teeuw and antropologist Huub de Jonge, writer/journalist Gunawan Mohamad and poet/philosopher Toeti Heraty. The seminar will be organized by the magazine "Indische letteren" and the chairman is Dr Gerard Termorshuizen.

For further information (application form etc.) please contact
Ton van de Langkruis
Festival Indië/Indonesië
Korte Voorhout 3
2511 CW Den Haag
The Netherlands
e-mail: tvdl@bart.nl.
Internet: www.bart.nl/~tvdl 





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