History of Happiness Dance Jaipong, West Java

Jaipongan is a kind of traditional social dance of the Sundanese people of West Java, which is quite popular in Indonesia. This dance was born from the creativity of an artist native of Bandung, Gugum Gumbira. Prior to this emerging form of performing arts, there are some influences that shape this social dance forms. In West Java, for example, social dance is the influence of the Ball Room, which is usually in dance-dance association could not be separated from the presence of dancer and pamogoran. Ronggeng in social dance is no longer working for the ceremony, but for entertainment or a way of hanging out. Existence dancer in the performing arts has an appeal that invites sympathy for the pamogoran.

For example in Tilu Tap dance is so well known by the Sundanese people, estimated this art popular around the year 1916. As the folk performing arts, 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, a simple costume dancer as a reflection of democracy.

Along with the gradual type of art on top of the former pamogoran (audience who played an active role in the performing arts Tap Tilu / Doger / Tayub) turned his attention to the performing arts Kliningan, which in the Northern Coast of West Java (Karawang, Bekasi, Purwakarta, Indramayu and Subang) known as a pattern Kliningan Bajidoran dance performances and events have in common with the previous art (Tap Tilu / Doger / Tayub). In the meantime, the existence of dance in mask Banjet quite popular, especially in Karachi, where some Bajidoran motion patterns extracted from the mask dance Banjet this.

In choreographic dance is still reveals patterns tradition (Tap Tilu) that contains elements of the opening movements, pencugan, nibakeun mincid and some range of motion, which in turn became the basis of the creation of dance Jaipongan. Some basic dance movements Jaipongan apart from Tap Tilu, Ibing Bajidor and Mask Banjet is Tayuban and Pencak Silat.