Musical Ken Dedes Ready To Open Early Performances In 2023

Musical Ken Dedes (Photo: ist)

JAKARTA - Musical Ken Dedes is ready to open the stage stage in early 2023. This musical is a change in the EKI Dance Company and Ciputra Artpreneur.

EKI Dance Company Founder and President Director Aiko Senosoenoto promised a very interesting and different spectacle for musical fans.

"Recently, the public's interest in musicals has indeed grown bigger. It can be seen from the success of the Indonesian Musical Festival in August, last November there was Rent by FRIENDs of musicians and After Through Night Hours by Kawan Media, and this December there was Check the Shop Next door by Jakarta Movin," Aiko said in an official broadcast, Tuesday, December 13.

"I myself am very happy to see this development and are increasingly excited to work on the Ken Dedes Musical," said Aiko, who is also a member of the Jakarta Arts Council's Dance Committee.

Preparation for the Ken Dedes Musical which will be held in March 2023 at Ciputra Artpreneur, is currently still ongoing. The EKI dancers have been living in dormitories and practicing routinely for 6-8 hours a day at an EKI studio in the Manggarai area, South Jakarta.

In early 2023, Ken Dedes' musical ticket will go on sale with an early bird system that will provide special discounts for musical lovers.

EKI Dance Company and Ciputra Artpreneur are two institutions that have made long traces of the development of the art industry in Indonesia.

The exotics Karmawibhangga Indonesia (EKI), which is now more than 25 years old, has held dozens of stage musical performances, ranging from goodminton (2001), China Moon (2003), Lovers and Liars (2004), Battle of Love (2005), airingin Crazy You (2006), Miss Kadaluwarsa (2007), Jakarta Love Riot (2010), Kabaret Oriental (2012), to Hwana Has Story in New York (2017-2018).

There are also What With Sinta (2018), Jaka Tarub (2020), Candidates for Charcing (2020), and Lutung Kasarung (2020). In FMI 2022, EKI also performed a short musical Ken Dedes gala that received a lively welcome from festival visitors.

Meanwhile, Ciputra Artpreneur Theater was once the venue for various international musical and theater performances, including The Sound of Music (2015), I La Galigo (2019), Sampek Engtay (2022), Inggit (2022) and RENT The Musical in November 2022.