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JAVANESE DANCE

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There are both classical and popular. Because of the split of the Kingdom of Mataram into vassal states in 1755, the art of court dancing evolved differently in the two central Javanese kratons. These Javanese capitals have always been rivals: Solo thinks that Yogya dancers are too stiff and Yogya considers Solo dancers too slack and casual. The differences today in the two schools are still recognizable though unimportant. In the court dancing, emphasis is on angular graceful poses and smooth, subtle gestures. This type of dancing is far removed from western theories of art and reflects the Javanese court's ultra-refinement. Having evolved at a time of warring states, classical dancing is executed with all the delibation of a slow march and the precision of a drill manoevure. Sometimes years of arduous muscular training is required to execute gestures such as the bending of the hand until the fingers touch the forearm, i.e. to imitate the opening of flower petals. Dancers are incredibly detached. Their inaction and long periods of immobility are just as important as the action. All the pauses, silences, motions arrested in space, with the eyes lowered and the meditative poses, make Javanese dance hypnotic to watch.

The tradition of classical dancing was once looked upon as a sacred heirloom by the courts. Dancers selected from the lower class families of the kraton population could take part only in supporting roles in the royal plays. It wasn't until 1918 that the Krida Beksa Wirama Dance School was founded outside the walls of the Yogya kraton in order to perpetuate the Javanese arts by teaching any pupil the dances practiced in the court. The royal monopoly on dancing was at last broken. Many village groups have since imitated and dilluted the courtly style. dance hire: Private dance groups will perform on occasions of anniversaries, wedding receptions, or selematans. A group can be hired from anywhere between Rp 2000 and Rp50,000 (average, around Rp10,00015,000). If you hire a group to perform you'll thus repay the family you're staying with for their kindness, their prestige in the village or kampung would rise, and their neighbors would share in the pleasure.