History Jaipong in Indonesia

UNDERSTANDING Jaipong

Jaipongan is a school of dance that was born from the creativity of an artist native of Bandung, Gugum Gumbira. Attention to folk art, one of which is Tap Tilu making treasury know and know well the patterns of dance traditions that exist in Kliningan / Bajidoran or Tap Tilu. Motions openings, pencugan, nibakeun and several kinds of motion of several arts mincid above have enough inspiration to develop a dance or art that is now known as Jaipongan. As social dances, dance Jaipong successfully developed by Sundanese artist to dance very popular in the community and loved by the people of West Java (in particular), and even popular until outside West Java.

History Jaipong

Jaipongan call will actually not only reminiscent of the traditional Sundanese dance similar to the attractive dynamic motion. Hands, shoulders, and hips are always a dominant part in the agile movement patterns, accompanied by the beating drums. Especially on female dancers, all of it is always accompanied with a sweet smile and eyes cast. This is a type of social dances in traditional Sundanese dance that emerged in the late 1970s to the present day popularity is still living in the community.

HISTORY Jaipong

Prior to this emerging form of performance art, there are some influences behind this form of social dance. In West Java, for example, social dance is the influence of the Ball Room, which is usually in a dance-dance association could not be separated from the existence ronggeng and pamogoran. Ronggeng in social dance is no longer working for the ceremony, but for entertainment or slang way. Ronggeng existence in the performing arts has an appeal that invites sympathy for 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, kulanter two, three percussion, and gongs. Similarly, the dance movements that do not have a standard pattern of motion, simple costumes dancer as a reflection of democracy.

Along with the waning type of art above, former pamogoran (the audience plays an active role in the performing arts Tap Tilu / Doger / tayub) switch Kliningan attention on the performing arts, which is in the North Beach area of ​​West Java (Karawang, Bekasi, Purwakarta, Indramayu, and Subang ) known as Kliningan Bajidoran dance patterns and events that show has some similarities 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 mask dances in this Banjet. In choreographic dances that still reveals patterns tradition (Tap Tilu) that contains elements of the motions of the openings, pencugan, and several kinds of motion nibakeun mincid which in turn became the basis of the creation of dance Jaipongan. Some basic motions other than Tap dance Jaipongan Tilu, Ibing Bajidor and Mask Banjet is Tayuban and Pencak Silat.

DEVELOPMENT Jaipong

Of the nascent dance Jaipong Jaipongan some dancers like Tati Saleh reliable, Yeti Mamat, Eli Somali, and Pepen Dedi Kirniadi. Jaipongan dance presence contributed greatly to the art lovers of dance to more actively explore the types of folk dances that were previously lacking in attention. With the advent of this Jaipongan dance that many are making Jaipongan dance courses, and frequently used by employers to lure guests.

In Subang Jaipongan style "Kaleran" have the characteristic cheerfulness, erotic, humorous, excitement, spontaneity, and simplicity. This was reflected in the pattern of presentation of dance on the show, there is a given pattern (Ibing pattern) as in art Jaipongan in Bandung, also there are also dances that are not patterned (Ibing Saka), for example, on the arts Jaipongan Subang and Karawang. This term can be found in Jaipongan kaleran style, especially in the area of ​​Subang.

Jaipong at this time can be called as one of the typical dances of West Java, look at important occasions arrival of guests from foreign countries who came to West Java, always welcomed with dance performances Jaipongan. This Jaipongan dance much influence on other art-art that exist in West Java, both on the art puppet shows, gamelan, and other Genjring has even collaborated with Modern dangdut by Mr. Nur and Leni to be a Pong-Dut art.

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A TYPICAL

Kaleran Jaipongan characteristic style, namely joy, erotic, humorous, excitement, spontaneity and simplicity (natural / whatever they are). This was reflected in the pattern of presentation of taxis on the show, there is a given pattern (Ibing pattern) as in art Jaipongan in Bandung, also there is a dance that is not patterned (Ibing Saka), for example in Subang and Karawang jaipongan Art. This term can be found in Jaipongan Kaleran style, especially in the area of ​​Subang. In the presentation, Jaipongan kaleran style is as follows: 1) tatalu; 2) Flower Gadung 3) Fruit Kawung Gopar; 4) Opening Dance (Ibing Pattern), is usually performed by a single dancer or Sinde Tatandakan (a Sinden but not sing but dance song sinden / interpreter kawih); 5) Jeblokan and Jabanan, a part of the show when the audience (Bajidor) Sawer money (Jabanan) while greeting temple. Jeblokan term is defined as a couple who settled between sinden and the audience (Bajidor).

Subsequent development of Jaipongan occurred in 1980-1990's, where Gugum Gumbira create another dance as Toka-toka, Setra Sari, Sonteng, Pencug, egrets Man gut, firing procession leaves Puring, Rawayan and Dance Kawung Anten. Taritarian some of the dancers appeared among other reliable Jaipongan Iceu Effendi, Yumiati Mandiri, Miming Mintarsih, Nani, Erna, Mira Tejaningrum, Ine Dinar, Ega, Nuni, CEPI, Agah, Aa Suryabrata and Intercessory Asep.