Another woman taking active steps in promoting the arts in community contexts is Jeannie Parks of Yayasong Bagong Kussudiardja (YBK).A Javanese dancer from a Korean/US background, she helps manage a large wonderful estate just outside the town consisting of performance pendopo studios and a residence. The place once was a dance school and Jeannie and the committee are new image for the organization as a place to make art with people…to share practice stories and skills. The vision of YBK is big and culturally groundbreaking but already having effect despite limited people power. It is a huge project with a number of programs currently running to nurture community cultural development faciilitators and involve community in projects. Snuff Puppets will be returning from Australia to do a second project with YBK in a few weeks. Their first was Peste Boneka – Puppet Festival last year.
http://www.ybk.or.id/home_english.php
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