Felicia Hughes-Freeland is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Wales, Swansea. She been researching dance in Java for over 20 years, and has investigated television in Bali and most recently tourism and performance in Laos. She is currently writing a book about Javanese dance. A trained filmmaker, she is also editing a video on the hobby horse dance in Java.