“Orpheus, I Will Not Return”
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
At the Salihara last week, Melati Suryodarmo presented Goenawan Mohamad’s poem Orfeus (Orpheus) as a choreography.
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WHERE was Orpheus for the show’s one-hour duration? He appeared at the beginning. Someone was then heard reciting the poem: “Five minutes before the train departed, the woman said to him, ‘Orpheus, I will not return.’”
At the Salihara Theater in Jakarta, only five individuals performed in Melati Suryodarmo’s choreography, which features predominantly slow gestures with bodies positioned close to the floor. The
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