PLEASURE ISLAND: JAVA CLASSICAL DANCE

Rule Surakarta Javanese classical dance style rests on two values: the aesthetic value and symbolic value. Aesthetically humble position and body parts such as toes drawn upwards, fingers nyleketing, and keep your chin adeg rules, it will cause a vibration in the body of the dancer that ultimately led to the power of expression. Motions curved like mimicking the motion of flowing water from natural reality imitated provide aesthetic stimulation, which makes the audience develop interpretations, assortment. Charge a symbolic value that becomes stimuli collective dynamics of community life becomes a life of its own so the dance come alive for viewers living soul. This beauty belong together, built together and by mutual agreement it has a symbolic charge that depart from the norm-nonna life of Javanese palace.

The essence of Surakarta Javanese dance is a ritual based intertwined between the base of the soul, the basic motion and must use certain techniques to bond certain myth that Java Surakarta style dance is a ritual that uses dance as a medium. Therefore, danced the dance of Java must follow specific rules in force, it should be subject to obligations or imperatives follow society community. In this case the owner of the community keratonlah the dance ritual. As for the people outside the palace of the ceremony serves as an artistic activity that focuses on entertainment for the community.