Reinterpretation of Traditional Dance through Contemporary Dance

DOI

10.2991/icaae-18.2019.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

reinterpretation, traditional dance movements, Kabar Kabur dance

Abstract

Surakarta is one of the cultural cities in Central Java that plays a role in the development of both traditional and contemporary art. Many artists are involved in traditional arts and develop traditional arts. They are from both from academics and non-academics artists. One of them is contemporary artist named Mugiyono Kasido, who is actively working since around 1992. His character is very distinctive. His small body is supported by mastery of traditional dance movement techniques, including the dance styles of Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Bali and Sunda. One of the dance works was inspired by the May 1998 riots that occurred in several cities in Indonesia. The event is visualized in a dance work entitled Kabar Kabur. His dance work was performed singly by Mugiyono himself wearing a T-shirt and shorts. The reinterpretation of traditional dance in Mugiyono’s contemporary dance of Kabar Kabur is observed from the traditional dance movements that appear in the work, which are from the dance styles of Surakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bali. From the results of the study, it is found that the movements of tradition that were observed included the movement of ngleyek, golek iwak, cakilan (Surakarta), junjungan tekuk, kambeng putra gagah (Yogyakarta). The movements of Balinese tradition are agem putri, agem putra, mungkah lawang, sledetan, angsel, malpal, miles. The interpretation of the movements is done by developing into a pattern by considering the energy and space as a depiction of the people who experienced riots, looting, and the maze of news that developed in the community, also the shooting incident between civilians and security forces which sacrificed a lot of lives.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Wahyuni Ni Nyoman
AU  - Ni Nyoman Seriati
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PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Reinterpretation of Traditional Dance through Contemporary Dance
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Art and Arts Education (ICAAE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 236
SN  - 2352-5398
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