Jaipong Dance

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If you visiting West Java in indonesia, you'll found a famous dancing with the name Jaipong/
Jaipong is One art of west java, Jaipongan is a genre of dance that was born from the creativity of an artist from Bandung, Gugum Gumbira. His attention to folk art, one of which is Tap Tilu know and know very well make Treasury dance movement patterns of the tradition that existed at Kliningan / Bajidoran or Tap Tilu. Motions openings, pencugan, and several kinds of motion nibakeun mincid of some art above has enough inspiration to develop a dance or art that is now known as Jaipongan. As a social dances, dance Jaipong successfully developed by Sundanese artist becomes a dance that socialized and very loved by the people of West Java (in particular), even popular until outside West Java.

CALL Jaipongan really will not only reminiscent of the kind of attractive Sundanese dance tradition with dynamic motion. Hands, shoulders, and hips always been a dominant part in a lively pattern of motion, accompanied by the beating drums. Especially the female dancers, all of it is always accompanied with a sweet smile and a twinkle of the eye. This is the kind of social dances in the tradition of Sundanese dance that appears at the end of the 1970s that its popularity to this day still live in the community.
HistoryPrior to this emerging form of performance art, there are some influences behind this form of social dance. In West Java, for example, is a social dance influences from the Ball Room, which is usually in a dance, social dance could not be separated from the presence ronggeng and pamogoran. Ronggeng in social dance is no longer functioning for the ceremony, but for entertainment or a way of slang. The existence ronggeng in the performing arts have an attraction that invites sympathy for the pamogoran. For example in Tilu Tap dance is so well known by the Sundanese, estimated this art is popular around the year 1916. As a folk art performances, art is only supported by simple elements, such as waditra which includes fiddle, drums, two kulanter, three percussion, and gongs. Similarly, the dance movements that do not have a standard pattern of motion, dancer costumes simple as a reflection of democracy.

Jaipongan presence has contributed greatly to the activist art of dance to more actively explore the types of folk dances that were previously less attention. With the advent of dance Jaipongan, used by activists to organize dance courses dance Jaipongan, used also by employers pubs decoy night as invited guests, where the further development of this kind of business opportunities created by the activist dance as economic empowerment venture with Dance Studio names or groups in some areas of West Java, for example in Subang with Jaipongan style "kaleran" (north).

Development of Dance Jaipong
Jaipongan works first began to be known by the public is a dance "Leaf Pulus Keser Bojong" and "Rendeng Bojong" both of which type of dance and dance daughter pairs (boys and girls). From the dance up a few names that are reliable Jaipongan dancers like Tati Saleh, Yeti Mamat, Eli Somali, and Dedi Pepen Kurniadi. Early occurrence of the dance had become a conversation, the central issue is the movement of the erotic and vulgar. But from some print media exposure, name Gugum Gumbira society began to be known, especially after the dance Jaipongan in 1980 staged at the central station TVRI Jakarta. The impact of further increasing the popularity of the frequency of performances, both in the medium of television, celebration and celebrations held by the private sector and government.
Jaipongan presence has contributed greatly to the activist art of dance to more actively explore the types of folk dances that were previously less attention. With the advent of dance Jaipongan, used by activists to organize dance courses dance Jaipongan, used also by employers pubs decoy night as invited guests, where the further development of this kind of business opportunities created by the activist dance as economic empowerment venture with Dance Studio names or groups in some areas of West Java, for example in Subang with Jaipongan style "kaleran" (north).
  Further development occurred in taahun dance Jaipongan 1980-1990's, where Gugum Gumbira create other dance such as Toka-Toka, Setra Sari, Sonteng, Pencug, Heron dazed, procession-the procession leaves Puring, Rawayan and dance Kawung Anten. From these dances appeared several dancers Jaipongan reliable among others Iceu Effendi, Yumiati Mandiri, Miming Mintarsih, Nani, Erna, Mira Tejaningrum, Ine Dinar, Ega, Nuni, Cepy, Agah, Aa Suryabrata and Asep.



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