Siko Setyanto is a dancer and choreographer from Jakarta. He chooses dance as a means of expression, welcoming the opportunity to extend his work into the multidisciplinary arts. Setyanto’s interest in dance began at the age of nine, when he trained with dance maestra Wied Sendjayani at the Maniratari Dance Company. The Indonesian culture in which he grew up, and the chance to participate in jazz and ballet classes as a child, have provided a strong and diverse foundation for his subsequent dance and choreography vocabulary. Setyanto founded DRKR Kolektif, which serves as a medium for the exchange of information on contemporary dance, as well as a dancers’ network and training centre, while also supporting young choreographers. In the mid-2020s, he co-founded the Dansity Dance Company, a professional contemporary dance company in Jakarta. Setyanto currently works as a dancer and choreographer with the Eun-Me Ahn Company in South Korea and also regularly with Gabber Modus Operandi [Indonesian musicians duo]. He has collaborated with Tianzhuo Chen on the productions of Trance and Physis as dancer/choreographer/performer, and together they created Ocean Cage in 2024. Further to this, Setyanto was a member of the Jakarta Arts Council Dance Committee from 2020 to 2023.