IBUIBU BELU is the culmination of two years of research by Indonesian dancer and choreographer Eko Supriyanto into the Likurai, a dance tradition which forms a vital thread in the social fabric across the island of Timor, Indonesia. Through his exploration of movement, rhythm, songs and textile traditions makes manifest the ways in which Likurai dance carries the kinship of people, who are now divided by politically imposed borders separating Nusa Tenggara Timur and neighbouring Timor-Leste. These embodied memories and histories are expressed in Likurai, paradoxical proof that bodies challenge political boundaries while at the same time remaining restricted by them.