A Duck with a Broken Leg
West Sumatran performers presented a one-week long assortment of performances at the Taman Ismail Marzuki. The Minangkabau Culture and Art Festival featured a revitalized Minangkabau.
October 16, 2017
THE five dancers movements seemed constrained, with each dancers one leg inside a sarong and half of the body restrained. Each time they tried to move, the sarongs would partially wrap around them, preventing the dancers from taking a step. So they moved haltingly, sometimes looking as if they were about to trip over the sarongs and fall.
At the end of the dance, when the musics tempo picked up, all five gathered at the center of the stage. Eac
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