Sardono Waluyo Kusumo
Sardono Waluyo Kusumo (born March 6, 1945 in Surakarta (also called Solo)), is an Indonesian choreographer, dancer, film director and actor.
He studied classical Javanese dance and specialized afterwards in local dances in combination with modern dance techniques. In 1961 he led a major dance company of 250 dancers at the Hindu temple complex Prambanan, at about 18 km eastwards of Yogyakarta along the road to Surakarta.[1]
In the seventies he founded his own theater company, Dance Theatre Sardono. He won several awards, among which the Dutch Prince Claus Award in 1997 and the Indonesian Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma in 2003.[1]
Next to his dancing career, he also was an actor and film maker. Beside his professional career he is a promotor of the preservation of the rainforests in the country.[2][1]
Filmography
Kusumo was an actor in the following films:[2]
- 1999: Sri
- 1982: Rembulan dan Matahari
- 1979: November 1828