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Joged Amerta: Gerak sebagai Dialog
12 March 2025
oleh Alexander GB Ide utama tulisan ini adalah gerak sebagai dialog atau dialog melalui gerakan. Tulisan ini merujuk pengalaman saya mengikuti beberapa latihan bersama Suprapto Suryodarmo (Mbah Prapto) yang memperkenalkan saya pada latihan Joged Amerta. Praktik latihan ini dimulai dari ...
Some Points about Dance/Movement Therapy and Dance: a topic of conversation in 2010 with Suprapto Suryodarmo
10 March 2025
by Diane Butler Preface for the Reader Seeing the call from the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS), Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) for contributions of articles and videos on the theme of “Amerta Movement” from various perspectives, ...
by Bobby Steven Octavianus Timmerman Joged Amerta, or Amerta Movement, is one of Asia’s many philosophical and cultural expressions. It was developed in the 1970s by the Javanese movement artist Suprapto Suryodarmo, known as Prapto. Amerta Movement emerged from his ...
Values in Amerta Movement
21 March 2025
by Dody Eskha Aquinas I have long been familiar with the name of the late Suprapto Suryodarmo, thanks to the close relationships among interdisciplinary artists, especially within the environment of Wisma Seni at the Cultural Center of Solo, Central Java. ...
by Deny Hermawan Thirteen years ago, on May 31, 2012, I visited Padepokan Lemah Putih in Karanganyar, Central Java, for the first time. It was quite an exhausting journey from Yogyakarta—I took a train to Solo and then continued by ...
Joged Amerta: Moving Back into Oneself
20 March 2025
by Theresia Alit In October 2012, during the Gelar Budaya Nusantara festival at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, I met Mbah Prapto, the affectionate name for the late Suprapto Suryodarmo. At the event, he performed Umbul Donga, accompanied by sacred mantras ...
by Sephia Putri Fatima Suprapto Suryodarmo was the initiator of the Joget Amerta. His approach emphasised the depth required of a dancer, beginning with self-awareness, awareness of nature and the environment, and a reflective attitude toward movement. From childhood, he ...
by Martha Hesty Susilowati The impact of colonization on indigenous peoples is a global phenomenon, often resulting in the suppression of traditional beliefs, cultural practices, and economic stability (Enriquez, 1995; Kingfisher, 2007). Indonesia is one of the developing countries that ...
Suprapto Suryodarmo in Five Poems
21 March 2025
by Riwanto Tirtosudarmo Suprapto Suryodarmo (1945-2019) is my Javanese teacher. He is my moving meditation guru and interlocutor with whom I could discuss many issues related to Javanese culture. I have written several essays about him. Some of them are ...
by Yuliana Meneses Orduño Joged Amerta is described as a body movement meditation practice originated in Surakarta, Central Java, by the artist and philosopher Suprapto Suryodarmo. This practice synthesized his interest in philosophy, archaeology, meditation, traditions, rituals, and multiculturalism, amongst ...