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Jakarta (voinews.id): Erasmus Huis is going to hold a dance performance "La Sirène" in Jakarta on Sunday, 12 February 2023.

It's the first international collaborative art project by choreographer Junadry Leocaria and artist Richard Kofi from the Netherlands, which connects different cultures in dealing with the past, the present, and the shaping of a future.

Under the creative guidance of Leocaria and Kofi,13 Indonesian-based artists explore how Indonesian, West African, Caribbean, and Dutch heritage folklore and mythologies empower and inspire them.

“In this exciting project, artists of different backgrounds, different cultures, and different skills, worked together to create a performance and exposition. It is through art that they find the real connection beyond the differences. That’s exactly what we aim for at Erasmus Huis!” said Erasmus Huis Director Yolande Melsert in a release received on Tuesday.

Over 40 artists applied for the open call for this project, and 13 were selected personally by Kofi and Leocaria. During their four weeks of residency at Salihara Arts Center, the group developed ideas, shared expertise, and worked together to create this interdisciplinary project.

"Juna and I are so grateful that so many amazing Indonesia-based artists signed up for our open call. For this collaboration, we selected passionate dancers and artists, from all walks of life and across Indonesia, and much to our surprise, we soon became a real creative community, a family almost. We're very excited to share how all our areas of expertise have come together," said Kofi.

The exhibition will open with a dance performance at Erasmus Huis on February 8, 2023, featuring 8 Indonesian dancers from various dance disciplines. It will run until May 13, 2023. (VOI)