Rianto

Nationalität: Indonesia

Adresse: Tokyo - Japan
   
Website: www.

Rianto was born in Kaliori village, Banyumas, in the southwestern part of Central Java, Indonesia. Trained from young in the classical Javanese dance and East Javanese folk dance, he specialises in Lengger, a traditional cross-gender dance from Central Java.

Rianto has been based in Tokyo since 2003 where he founded the Classical Javanese dance company, Dewandaru Dance Company.

In 2015, he performed SoftMachine, a solo work under the direction of Singapore artist Choy Ka Fai where he caught the attention of renowned British choreographer Akram Khan. His most recent solo work Medium premiered in 2016.

After successfully touring the world with Akram Khan's company and Choy Ka Fai's SoftMachine, he will perform Khan's vengeful Until The Lions as well as Medium at the Esplanade's da:ns festival in October 2018.