Organizing bandung isola performing arts festival (Bipaf) as a market of innovative performing arts in indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss a festival model which promotes innovative performing arts in Indonesia. This qualitative approach used a project-based research method. The proce-dure of this research began with diagnosing the problems, making plan to conduct the festival in Bandung, conducting the festival, and evaluation. Data were collected by participation observa-tion, interview, study of documentation, focused group discussion, and personal reflection. The findings of this research showed that Bandung Isola Performing Arts Festival (BIPAF) is a festival model as a form of market for innovative performing arts. The activities of BIPAF began with selecting/curating the performing artworks, holding art incubation, making promotion, show casing and pitching, as well as discussion and evaluation. BIPAF organizer designed a meeting within choreographers/producers and festival directors, curators and promotors of performing arts in Villa Isola outdoor stage in Universiatas Pendididkan Indonesia. This meeting was fol-lowed up by performing some pieces from BIPAF in the stage of SIPA and IMF Surakarta, and Korean Festival in South Korea. This festival contains a strategy value to develop creative industry sub sector of performing arts in Indonesia.