The Bedhaya Court Dances of Central Java

Brakel-Papenhuijzen, Clara

ISBN 10: 9004094245 ISBN 13: 9789004094246

Verlag: Brill, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

The ritual bedhaya dances of the Central Javanese courts form a highly valued expression of Javanese culture. These stately dance forms, comprising complex choreographies executed to the accompaniment of archaic songs and gamelan music, are part of the cultural tradition of the Mataram dynasty. They have been preserved in the two main court centres of Central Java: Surakarta and Yogyakarta.
The contents of the book range from a relatively general introduction to a detailed analysis of structural, formal features of the dances. Included are theories on the origin, social context and esoteric meaning, as well as 19th and 20th century scores of performances.
The two main components of the art form, choral singing and group dancing, have each been discussed in a separate chapter. A number of song texts and choreographies, transcribed from palace manuscripts, are published for the first time. These songs represent an archaic singing style, which holds important information on the development of Javanese vocal and instrumental music.
An analysis of bedhaya choreographies which are seldom performed nowadays may serve to prevent the impending disappearance of this beautiful and stylized art form. The choreographic discussion has been visualized on a 60 minute video-tape, produced from research material which was filmed between 1983-1985. This video-tape may be ordered from the author.

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Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen, Ph.D. (1988), Leiden University, is Researcher with the Indonesian Linguistics Development Project for a project on relationships between dance and language in Java at the University of Leiden. Her publications include numerous articles on the subject of Javanese performing arts.

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• Verlag: Brill
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9004094245
• ISBN 13: 9789004094246
• Einband: Ledereinband
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
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