Indra
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In 'Indra: een wajangleven' beschrijft Lizzy van Leeuwen een boeiend, veelzijdig leven én een onderbelicht gebleven deel van de laatkoloniale geschiedenis. De hoofdpersoon werd geboren als Leo Broekveldt in Nederlands-Indië, zoon van een Indische moeder en een Nederlandse topambtenaar. Hij vertrok als puber naar Nederland, studeerde rechten maar koos voor een leven als revuedanser. Onder zijn artiestennaam Indra Kamadjojo zou hij uitgroeien tot een internationaal bekende podiumkunstenaar en werd hij een invloedrijk persoon in de nieuwe naoorlogse wereld van dans en cultuur. In 1948 begon hij met een programma van Javaanse dans in het Tropenmuseum. Drie jaar later maakte hij zijn televisiedebuut, zowel in Amerika als in Nederland. Later volgden televisiesuccessen zoals 'De stille Kracht' en de kinderserie 'De avonturen van Kantjil'. De zeer geliefde Kamadjojo vervulde een sleutelrol in de omgang met de dekolonisatie - zijn grote levenswerk. Hij leefde met humor en branie, maar verzette zich tegen de meest gestelde vraag van de twintigste eeuw: wat ben je en waar hoor je bij?
In 'Indra: a wayang life' Lizzy van Leeuwen describes an exciting, versatile life and a part of late colonial history that has been neglected. The main character was born Leo Broekveldt in the Dutch East Indies, the son of an Indian mother and a top Dutch civil servant. He left for the Netherlands as a teenager, studied law but opted for a life as a revue dancer. Under his stage name Indra Kamadjojo he would become an internationally renowned performing artist and became an influential person in the new post-war world of dance and culture. In 1948 he started a program of Javanese dance in the Tropenmuseum. Three years later he made his television debut, both in America and in the Netherlands. Television successes such as 'De stille Kracht' and the children's series 'De Adventures van Kantjil' followed later. The much loved Kamadjojo played a key role in dealing with decolonization - his great life's work. He lived with humor and swagger, but resisted the most frequently asked question of the twentieth century: what are you and where do you belong?
In 'Indra: a wayang life' Lizzy van Leeuwen describes an exciting, versatile life and a part of late colonial history that has been neglected. The main character was born Leo Broekveldt in the Dutch East Indies, the son of an Indian mother and a top Dutch civil servant. He left for the Netherlands as a teenager, studied law but opted for a life as a revue dancer. Under his stage name Indra Kamadjojo he would become an internationally renowned performing artist and became an influential person in the new post-war world of dance and culture. In 1948 he started a program of Javanese dance in the Tropenmuseum. Three years later he made his television debut, both in America and in the Netherlands. Television successes such as 'De stille Kracht' and the children's series 'De Adventures van Kantjil' followed later. The much loved Kamadjojo played a key role in dealing with decolonization - his great life's work. He lived with humor and swagger, but resisted the most frequently asked question of the twentieth century: what are you and where do you belong?
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