EKO Supriyanto made his brow touch the stage floor. The moment he did so the sound of the beating of a drum broke the silence. Then Tony Prabowo’s musical work Requiem reverberated in the entire hall. The pre-recorded voice of Nyak Ina Raseuki came in layers, one echoing over the other, like a church choir. Amid this atmosphere of a chorus, Eko performed his solo dance for about 10 minutes.

Requiem is an ode for death. And Eko felt the music d