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Reviving Wayang Orang Sriwedari in Surakarta: Tourism-Oriented Performance
- Asian Theatre Journal
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 35, Number 1, Spring 2018
- pp. 100-111
- 10.1353/atj.2018.0015
- Article
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Abstract:
The heyday of Wayang Orang Sriwedari (Sriwedari), a central Javanese company doing traditional dance drama, was the 1960s–1970s, when it had great popularity and famous stars. From the 1980s the company lost popularity. In 2009, a shortened (padat), tourism-oriented performance model was tested which shows potential for reviving the form and reinvigorating the company.