Sekar Sari

Born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 1998. Sekar Sari has been exploring stage and screen as performer, dancer, presenter, and actress. Through her first feature movie entitled 'SITI', she won best actor prize in The Singapore International Film Festival 2014, best actress in Usmar Ismail Awards 2016, and as the best young actor in Indonesian Movie Actors Awards 2016. After finishing her master degree majoring on Dance Anthropology in Europe through Choreomundus program, she continue her exploration on dance drama. While her BA degree was from International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia fulfilling her eagerness to explore the cultural diplomacy. Since she was a child, her passion is on art and performances. She also joined 'Recording the Future' Project - an audiovisual archive project of everyday life in Indonesia. She would love to continue her exploration on art, particularly on dance and movie. She does really enjoy the creative process in both fields where she can explore body gesture, expression, and also 'rasa'-the essential mental state, the primary feeling. Javanese classical dance was the first dance style she has been familiar with since she was a kid. Now she is exploring contemporary dance with the inspiration from her journey of life.