Selling It

2010-09-14T10:38:57-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Sri Susilowati|Tags: , , , , , |

Sometimes I'm asked what village I grew up in. The answer is a little village of (what is now) 7.4 million people. The idea that I grew up in a ghetto area in one of world's largest cities seems to shock many people. How can the art that I learned and practice be from that environment and not from one of rice fields, palm trees, and poor but happy villagers? The deep origins of my technique are not from the