Indonesian Female Dancer: Constructing Identity towards Multicultural State (original) (raw)

Intersections: Dancing the Feminine: Gender and Identity Performances by Indonesian Migrant Women - reviewed by Ariane Utomo

Marriage migration has gained increasing attention across the many disciplines of social science in recent years. Within the discipline of demography, the rising volume of Asian cross-border marriage migrations has sparked a growing scholarship on this topic since the mid-2000s. Social demographers have much to gain from the wealth of anthropological literature on marriage migration. Insights on how the intersections of race, class and gender affect the lives of marriage migrants are often difficult to canvass from population surveys and census data—the primary tools of analysis in our field. With this intention of exploring the study of marriage migration beyond the discipline of demography, I read Monika Winarnita's ethnographic work on a group of Indonesian migrant women dancers in Perth, Australia.

The Image of Sundanese Woman in Mas Nanu Mudas Gaplek Dance West Java Indonesia

2019

The role of women in life is very large, for Sundanese women are figures who must be glorified. Sundanese women are a picture of the identity of the West Java people who have the values of delay, one of which is "Someah Hade Kasemah", friendly and polite towards the guests, attracting Sundanese women in Gaplek dance by Mas Nanu Muda which is nicely packaged in the year 1992 Gaplek dance is a dance that is presented in a single dance form with a variety of Pencak Silat movements found in several of its movements. This writing aims to describe the image of Sundanese women in gaplek dance, the characterization of women commonly called "Ronggeng" whose task is to entertain in an atmosphere of excitement. This study uses the Qualitative Paradigm with the Descriptive Analysis and Effectiveness of feminism as a scalpel to look at gender issues in relation to the role of women in gaplek dance. Study suggests that Sundanese women have their own charm, seen in the movement of Ngemat which is the identity of Sundanese women who have the ability not only to their beauty, but also to other skills they have and their charming charm.

4 4 4 Character Building Through Traditional Dance as Developing Identity Belongings: A Study of Indonesia-Malaysia

The tittle above shows that if a person learns a traditional dance of a specific community, they unconsciously learn about the culture and the moral values of the community too, which is beneficial to them. According to Hughes (2009), the learning process of traditional dance covers four different learning's ethics: (1) discipline; (2) courtesy and respect; (3) socialize and not arrogant; (4) consistency and confidence. This four ethics can be analyzed in an integrated manner on the textual and contextual of a traditional dance. Among other things: dancing is actually a skill capability that will not be achieved without strong discipline to practice continuously. Salam hormatin the form of squat's motion, both hands brought together in front of the chest or in the direction of the guest (organized into ten fingers) as initiating a traditional dance. This act is actually to educate the polite nature and mutual respect toward each other. Empirically, dance can be used as a med...

International-Cultural Communication of the Saman Dance Performance by Indonesian Students in Nanjing

International Journal of Visual and Performing Arts

This study aims to find out how Indonesian students in China can become ambassadors to introduce and promote Indonesian names in a cultural frame. Saman dance, which is a typical dance of the people of Aceh, can be performed well by Indonesian students even though, on average, those who become dancers are not Aceh residents. This research is field research, where the author follows and observes Indonesian students while they are performing Saman. The results of this study show that foreign nationals abroad welcomed the saman dance performed by Indonesian students in China. This is an open-access article under the CC-BY-SA license.

Winarnita Dancing the Feminine : Gender and Identity Performances by Indonesian Migrant Women

2017

1. Marriage migration has gained increasing attention across the many disciplines of social science in recent years. Within the discipline of demography, the rising volume of Asian cross-border marriage migrations has sparked a growing scholarship on this topic since the mid-2000s. Social demographers have much to gain from the wealth of anthropological literature on marriage migration. Insights on how the intersections of race, class and gender affect the lives of marriage migrants are often difficult to canvass from population surveys and census data—the primary tools of analysis in our field. With this intention of exploring the study of marriage migration beyond the discipline of demography, I read Monika Winarnita's ethnographic work on a group of Indonesian migrant women dancers in Perth, Australia.

Building Youth Awareness toward Indonesian Culture through Ballet Performance

Proceedings of the Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference (SoSHEC 2019), 2019

Ballet is one popular foreign culture in Indonesia, especially in metropolitan areas although not as popular as modern dance. Currently, the proud and concern for preserving the arts of traditional culture is less embedded in Indonesian's young generation. This paper describes a case study at one of the Si Kabayan ballet performance by Marlupi Dance Academy. This's an attempt to introduce the richness of Indonesian culture through a transformation of folklore to ballet form to build awareness of the young generation towards Indonesian Culture. The qualitative approach will reveals how the process of transforming Si Kabayan folklore into ballet performing art, as an effort that can be made by artists to arouse interest in the younger generation in preserving Indonesian art and culture it has opened a public discourse that ballet performances can be used as educational vehicles, introduction of various Indonesian arts and cultures to the younger generation.

Tari Sulintang: Shaping of a New Image of the Sundanese Dancing Woman and Contribution to Indonesian Culture and Diplomacy in the 1950s

Isvs e-journal, 2024

This research explores the image of Sundanese female dancers in the 1950s, particularly the Sulintang Dance, performed by women in the vernacular settlements. Previously, dances were dominated by men, and women were associated with ronggeng dancers who have a negative image. Since elected, president Soekarno used cultural diplomacy to introduce Indonesia as an independent country abroad, introducing Indonesian culture through dance bringing these dances from the rural settlements. The Sulintang Dance represents educated, polite, and refined Sundanese women through graceful movements, colorful costumes, and accessories This research employed a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach to performing arts communication. Through ethnography, an understanding of beauty in performing arts can be captured. Dance movements supported by costumes, accessories and gamelan accompaniment can communicate the ideas, goals, and meanings of the dances. It can then reveal Sundanese ethnic culture. The findings reveal that Sulintang Dance raises the image of dignified Sundanese female dancers by displaying and communicating Sundanese culture through the dancers' movements, costumes, and accessories. Being used to welcome guests from abroad who visit Indonesia, the Sulintang dance has become a cultural mission that served as a tool of cultural diplomacy. The communication that Soekarno built through this dance succeeded in captivating the world. Indeed, the world began to know Indonesia through art. As shown, Indonesia's existence on the world stage was visible during the Soekarno era (1945-1965).

Indonesia Woman Local Culture and National Identity

Indonesia is well known country for its cultural diversity. It is a richness of The Nation. It richness comes from people's cultures of many tribes of indigenous people and ethnic groups, which inhabitant thousands islands of Indonesia. Those differences had been acknowledged by State slogan Bhineka Tunggal Ika (Diversity in Unity). As number four of populate nation in the world with more than 230 millions people lives in an archipelago of more than 18.000 islands surrounded by seas, bay and many mountains. Its people lives and practicing 5 religions and believers, use more than 250 languages, and have lots and different traditions of different cultures. With women more than half of its population, women assemble Indonesia.