Irawati Durban Ardjo

She is a former dancer who danced at the Indonesian Presidential Palace and in many Indonesian Cultural Missions since 1957 to several countries in Asia, Europe and the USA. She teaches dance since 1968 including ASTI, the national dance academy in Bandung, The Center for World Music and Related Arts in Berkeley (1974) and Porter College at The University of California Santa Cruz (1988), USA. She choreographs dances and dance drama's since 1965 and designs the dance costumes.

In 1965 dra. Irawati Durban Ardjo created a new choreography with altered movements, structures, music and costumes. This choreography has been revised in 1985 and taught to Romanita Santoso in 1993 by dra. Irawati Durban Ardjo herself.
The gestures of a peacock are beautifully blend together with the classical movements of the Sundanese dance and thus making the dance a colourful expression of the proud peacock which is showing its beautiful feathers.
The Tari Merak symbolises the beauty of nature and its creatures and intents to draw our attention to it and to convince us to dedicate our work to this world.

Karier :

Pelatih tari kreasi baru di “Viatikara”Bandung, Pengajar tari Sunda di Centre for World Music Berkeley, USA (1974),

Pelatih tari Galih Pakuan”

(sejak tahun 1978),

Pengajar tari di ASTI (sejak 1970)

Karya Tari :

Tari Merak (1956),

Tari Surengpati (1956),

Tari Balon (Ballet, 1956),

Tari Bambu (1961),

Tari Surenggrana (1965),

Tari Puspasari (1973),

Menak Jingga (1974),

Tari Kandagan Cindelaras (1975),

Tari Puspa Apsari (1977),

Tari Simbar Kembar (1979),

Tari Rarangganis (1979),

Tari Rengganis (1980),

Tari Kupurendeng (1982)