Jakarta Post #6 : Art festival boosts image of Surakarta

Art festival boosts image of Surakarta

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, The Jakarta Post, Surakarta | Headlines | Sun, September 30 2012, 9:34 AM

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Flying: British dancer Robin Simpson from aerobatic troupe The Dream Engine performs Heliosphere, a dance suspended from a helium balloon, on opening night of the 2012 Solo International Performing Arts (SIPA) festival in Mangkunegaran Palace, Surakarta, on Friday. (JP/Kusumasari Ayuningtyas)

The fourth annual Solo International Performing Arts (SIPA) festival, held in the Central Java city of Surakarta, seems to have proven successful both in terms of increasing attendance and offering a greater variety of themes from previous years.