Organi City is a dance-theatre collective that fosters vital sociopolitical dialogue through the body, challenging societal hierarchies by excavating the architecture of the unspoken. Under the direction of Jonathan “JayWAN” Pattiwael, the collective’s work is an act of physical excavation and emotional endurance. Organi City remixes breaking, house, and indigenous forms with contemporary dance, transforming the stage into a ritual ground where the layered griefs and joys of the human condition manifest.

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Jonathan “JayWAN” Pattiwael is an Indonesian‑American choreographer from the global Hip‑Hop civilization, weaving an ancestral performance lineage with the form’s raw, expressive power. JayWAN’s artistic research navigates the intersection of Hip‑Hop/House culture and contemporary concert dance, remixing these vernacular forms to investigate embodied identity and the immigrant experience. JayWAN’s artistry fused with the raw, expressive power of hip‑hop, discovered in the sprawling metropolis of Jakarta, where the groove‑based embodies deeply with the Sundanese traditions of JayWAN’s heritage.
As director of Organi City, JayWAN treats performance as physical excavation, a living archive of our lived experiences. JayWAN has presented choreography across seven US states, including Ohio, Indiana, Texas, New York, Tennessee, Arkansas and Michigan, and more than a dozen countries including Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Ukraine, Mexico, Thailand, France, Austria, Germany, and Poland.