Djangan!

What to expect

Djangan! is a dance performance by Cheroney Pelupessy that asks what it means to be a man in the KNIL and which image of masculinity we unconsciously pass on, without answering.

Cheroney Pelupessy is a dancer, choreographer and theatre maker with Indonesian, Moluccan and Dutch roots.

• Three dancers wear the KNIL uniform.
• One Javanese, one Moluccan, one Menadonese.
• The colonial army deliberately mixed their roots.
• After Indonesian independence, their medals meant nothing.
• Behind the medals is an angry, afraid person.
• Victim and perpetrator can meet in one body.
• Some became hard where softness was needed.
• The body learns to stay upright and silent.
• The danger is gone; the body stays ready.
• Strictness becomes a language of control and love.
• The posture finally softens; vulnerability becomes possible.
• She mixes traditional and modern dance.
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