Another style of Javanese dance: Javanese dance Yogyakarta style. I like this dance style, i've been learning it since high school and i fall in love with it!
And... I was watching this dance show at Bangsal Sri Manganti, Yogyakarta palace last week. There were 3 dances performed. All the dancers and pengrawit (gamelan player) were students from swagayugama UGM.
1. Golek Sulung Dhayung
This dance tells about a teenage girl. She is doing her make up as visualized in dressing movements: combing hair, tidying up her ribbon, applying face powder. The girl still has child characteristic that's why some movements of this dance are energetic. too bad i didn't take any pic of this dance :(
update: pics of this dance but from another show
update: pics of this dance but from another show
2. Bedhaya Sapta
This dance was created by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwana IX, The 9th King of Kasultanan Yogyakarta. This dance is performed by seven dancers, as its name, sapta which means seven. Bedhaya Sapta tells about about the journey of two Mataram prince to Batavia.
3. Beksan Sekar Madura
Beksan Sekar Madura is performed by 4 male dancer, two of them are robust (penari gagah) and the other are refined (penari alus). This dance uses bottle and sherry glasses for properties. those properties symbolize the joy of the soldiers after winning the war. They celebrate it by drinking.
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