Koreografi Cawuh Karya Nuryanto

Abstract

The Cawuh dance work was composed by Nuryanto, S.Kar., M.Sn. The Cawuh dance work is inspired by the daily lives of lower middle class people who work as porters at Legi Market, Surakarta. This research uses the theory of form proposed by Suzane K. Langer, and as an analytical model to describe Cawuh choreography using Janet Adshead's theory regarding the choreographic components of Cawuh dance works. The method used in this research is a qualitative method, with a dance ethnography approach. The results of this research can be obtained about Cawuh's choreography which cannot be separated from the elements that form it, which are interrelated, such as dancers, movement, visual design and sound elements. A dance work that is carefully selected and prepared, so that it has uniqueness or strength as a new dance work. This succeeded in achieving achievements by representing Central Java as first winner in the VIII National Student Arts Week in Makassar in 2006.