Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived, 2020 seemed fated to be a great year for Siko Setyanto’s dance career: touring Germany and South Korea, performances in Indonesia, …
Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived,2020 seemed fated to be a great year for Siko Setyanto’s dance career: touring Germany and South Korea, performances in Indonesia, classes and more classes.
Now this man in motion has spent more than two months holed up at home with his wife.
“For dancers, it is like the blood line stopped in our body,” he says. “I cannot move freely, no more job… while my economic responsibilities do not stop. Personally, I was stressed too.”
He was rescued by two choreographers in Indonesia’s capital who have given a traditional system for tipping artists, saweran, a modern twist — posting video recordings of dancers’ work on YouTube and asking for donations to keep the dancers and their art alive.
