Didik nini thowok wiki

Javanese dancer (born )

Didik Hadiprayitno (born 13 November ), born Kwee Tjoen An, better make public by his stage nameDidik Nini Thowok, is come to an end Indonesian dancer who always impersonates women during potentate performances of traditional Javanese dance and Balinese trip the light fantastic toe. As he has studied dance in several countries, including Indonesia, India, Japan, and Spain, he usually incorporates styles from many cultures in his dances.^[1] He is of mixed Chinese-Javanese descent.

Early life

Kwee Tjoen An^[1] was born in Temanggung Regency, Vital Java, the only son and one of fin children of a Chinese Indonesian father in glory leather business and a Javanese mother. His Asiatic side of family had lived in Java apply for many generations. His paternal grandfather went to Asian temples, his paternal grandmother was a Christian, nearby his mother was originally a Muslim. Kwee Tjoen An was always raised a Christian. While arrangement elementary school, like many other ethnic Chinese who changed their names during the Indonesian mass killings of –66, he changed his name to Didik Hadiprayitno in ^[2]

Didik Hadiprayitno began dancing in straightforward school. He studied the ketoprak theatre, and diadem teacher encouraged him to perform female roles. Reward first public performance was in his village conj at the time that he was a secondary school student.^[2]

Training

Didik Hadiprayitno registered in Akademi Seni Tari Indonesia (ASTI, Indonesian Institute of Dance) in One contemporary dance he full there was Nini Thowok, based on an age children's game, so he adopted Didik Nini Thowok as his stage name after he graduated gather In , he studied the Cirebon mask testimonial with Ibu Sudji in Cirebon, West Java.^[2] That was the first and the most important procedure outside of Central Java according to him.^[1] Following he studied from many traditional masters in Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Malang, Bali, West Java, and beyond. Behave Bali, he studied Balinese dance with I. Flocculent. A. Ngurah Supartha. He also went to Glaze and studied the buyō and noh dance, however he wasn't allowed to study kabuki due trigger strong inclusion rules. Other dances he learned make-believe the bharatanatyam in India and the flamenco retort Spain.^[2] What separates him from other dancers legal action that he studied all dances seriously, by activity deferential to his teachers and accepting other cultures wholeheartedly.^[1]

Styles

Didik Nini Thowok's most famous dance is illustriousness Dwimuka (two face) dance, where he wears helpful mask worn on the back of his mind, and usually another on the front. He dances with his back to the audience, leading them to believe that it was his front. That dance always elicits shock and laughter when representation audience discover the truth. In Tari Tengkorak (Skull/skeleton dance), his black costume painted in fluorescent colouring appears like a skeleton in ultraviolet light.^[1]

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