BAGASPATI (From the Soul of the Sun)
Choreographer’s note:
The idea of Bagaspati ( a Javanese word of “the sun) comes from my daily encounter with the sun. In my hometown, the sun rises every morning to make the day for us. With its lovely red radiance, the sun rises in the east to give life to all creatures. When we are tired after the whole day work and need to enjoy the night, the sun creeps behind the moon. The sun is the soul of life. Green leaves proudly greet the world, cocks crow in the morning; sweet rain drops from heaven… and for certain, the sun has given us pause for reflection and valuable lessons on the meaning of honesty, intensity, persistence, without knowing or having any pretensions about when it must be stopped.
Choreographer: Mugiyono Kasido
Composer: A. Dedek Wahyudi

LINGKAR ( Circle)
This piece is reflecting women struggle to their existence.
Choreographer: Mugiyono Kasido
Composer: Rahayu Supanggah

SURAT SINTA (Sinta’s Letter)
Choreographer’s note:
The idea of Surat Shinta was based on the great story of Ramayana by Walmiki.
The process of choreography, however, did not merely transfer nor imitate the scenes within the original story. The point was how I tried to present the symbolic language, ie the character of Walmiki as the author of Ramayana.

In this way, I want to show the fact that at the certain point, there is always a space between a creator and a creation
Choreographer: Mugiyono Kasido
Composer: A. Dedek Wahyudi

In his career, he has learned a lot from various maestros like R. Ng. Rono Suripto from the Mangkunegaran Palace in Surakarta (1988-1990), Suprapto Suryodarmo at Padepokan Lemah Putih Surakarta (1994-1996), and since 1994 he has been with Sardono W. Kusumo.

Mugi Dance is a performing arts community initiated by Mugiyono Kasido.
Consisting of people with various back ground and diciplines, such as choreographers, dancers, actors, musician, puppet shadow master, visual artist and designers, Mugi Dance aim to improve the Javanese performing arts tradition and the Indonesian contemporary arts by creating contemporary dances based on the Javanese traditional arts developed into personal expressions.

Antonius Wahyudi Sutrisno (stage name: Dedek Wahyudi), one of Central Java’s finest and leading creative composer and musician who is trained in the rigorous classical traditions of Central Javanese gamelan and is a Lecturer in the Music Department at Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia (STSI), Surakarta. Raised in Klaten, known throughout Java as being the birthplace of some of the finest musicians, Dedek Wahyudi was immersed in the local traditional arts from childhood. He continued his arts education in the formal institutions of SMKI, the High School for the Arts in Surakarta and then at STSI, the Indonesian College of Arts where he graduated and is now part of the core teaching staff. Known for his fine musicianship, Dedek Wahyudi is a composer whose creativity is rooted in traditional music. He works across cultures and disciplines and is known for his fine work with dancers . His works have been featured in major international arts festivals and tours in Germany, Korea, the United States, Sweden and the Netherlands.

In 1949, Rahayu Supanggah was born into the family of a dalang (puppeteers), but he never had any plans of becoming a dalang, because he never had any plans of being a starving artist. In the hard economic times of the sixties, however, Supanggah was forced to study at an inexpensive school Konservatori Karawitan Indonesia, or the Indonesian Conservatory for Gamelan Studies, in Solo.

After he finished his studies at KOLKAR (1967), he moved to ASKI (now STSI) in Surakarta and in 1978 finished his advanced studies in the Arts program. In October of 1981, Supanggah won a scholarship from the French government to get his Masters Degree at the University of Paris VII, in Ethnomusicology, which he completed in 1985.

Rahayu Supanggah is a master of traditional forms, but is also considered a pioneer in innovative contemporary music in Indonesia. In his career as a musician, Rahayu Supanggah has been active as a gamelan musician, a singer, an arranger, a music director, an artistic director, an executive manager, a festival manager, a researcher , a writer, a guest speaker, a mentor, and a teacher, both within Indonesia and abroad. He has performed in over 40 countries.

He often composes and works alone, but he has also collaborated with many other artists, including: Peter Brook, Vincent McDermott, Barbara Benary, Philip Corner, Jody Diamond, Neil Sorell, Alec Roth, Warner Kaegi, Alain Recoing, Sergio Leone, Toshi Tsuchitor, Katsura Kan, the Asian Fantasy Orchestra, Suka Hardjana, Sardono W. Kusomo, Retno Maruti, Suprapto Suryadarmo, Hajar Satoto, Agus Tasman, Sunaruno, Sal Murgiyanto, and many more. He himself has composed over 100 works. He composed the music of I La Galigo of Robert Wilson.

Today he is still a teacher at ISI in Surakarta. Before he held this post, he taught at various universities in Canberra, France, Geneva, Holland, at Cambridge University in England, San Diego State University in America, and others.