Monday, June 29, 2009

Butoh, Dance Darkness The popularity of Japanese

BUTOH IS NOT TRADITIONAL dance, not modern and not contemporary. Many people take the Japanese Butoh dance is darkness. Butoh movement expression is reverence (or protest) on the form of a life back on zero.

After World War II with the destruction Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, the multidimensional crisis in terms of human life, morality, and trust to God. Butoh is a dance that the flow of birth and have the usual movement of the body distortion, dismiss the body of traditional ideas about beauty, but back to the natural beauty of the organic. Butoh for all forms of the body is perfect, the lame, the eye, which make the body lower, who do not have hands.

Butoh important aspect is that one object into another. Form of art is not important flexibility beauty and body such as dancers or opera-dancers Latin dancers, but a mix between the elements of theater, dance, and pantomime. Is also a Butoh dance of discovery. This search feature is a Butoh artist calculations compared with the beautiful movement in response to manipulate the audience expected. Butoh is a dance-what is, very natural, and organic.

Butoh dancers are also inspired from the German Mary Wigman and Harald Krautzberg that gives freedom of creativity. Contribute Western writers such as Genet, Artaud de Sade, and then read by groups of Butoh and Butoh begin to make known. Surealisme and is a source of inspiration Dadaisme other Butoh.

Tatsumi Hijikata, the creator of Butoh, a unique method to create choreography that is in the making and realize imaji through physical words. Words is known as a Butoh-fu in Japanese means numbers Butoh. Words such as poetry, but that in each word represents a specific form of dance, movement, and the relation between body and space.

This method was developed around 1972 until 1974 when Hijikata created the working group as a 27 night season 4 or a small performance in other Asbetos-kan. Because of Butoh-fu is not popular in the community, the process choreography Hijikata not terpublikasi in a long time. Butoh performance and well outside Japan, but few are talking about Butoh choreography.

Yukio Waguri is a direct disciple of Tatsumi Hijikata and dancers at the core Asbetos-kan Hijikata during the years 1972 to 1978 that have been written with the words Hijikata while he was in the process of choreography. After over a quarter century of experience as a dancer in the studio Hijikata, Yukio decided to create a master work as a freelance choreographer.

In addition to a number of notes, he selected 88 pieces Butoh-fu, which is divided in 7 to the world through personal and interpretation and prepared the CD-ROM in 2 languages (Japanese and English). This material was published in 1998 and sold in demand over the Internet until now.

Ramayana Dance Sendra

Society may be proud of Yogyakarta has a dance recital that is famous in the world, that is, the drama (SENDRA) Ramayana dance. While there are many SENDRA Ramayana dance in other places, show that there are in Yogyakarta, this feels more special. The story of the Ramayana or the story of Prince Rama is portrayed in the wall of Prambanan. SENDRA dance from the Ramayana was a story of Rama and Shinta art is art that combines dance and drama. In the stage, Ramayana dance SENDRA supported more than 200 people consisting of dancers, performers, and the traditional music. The wear characteristic of Java is used at that time, equipped with weapons such as arrows, spears, and keris. PLAYERS Some also have imposed a monkey costume. According to Happy Sulistiawan, a tour guide in Yogyakarta, the dancers who wear blue means that the scene is in the air or sea. According to a story that was in the Ramayana dance SENDRA than the full moon is a story that has been be shortened. "Depending on the director, where the scene or be removed, but the core story remains the same" said Happy, a witness from the balcony at the back of a spectator. Story of the Ramayana written by Walmiki on the 4th century BC. The Story recounts the struggle of love, lust, and greed. The story comes from the Land of Hindustan, India to Indonesia is in line with the Hindu religion shows. The story begins when Prabu Janaka a contest to determine the assistant Shinta Dewi (daughter), which eventually won Rama Wijaya. Proceed with the adventure Rama, Shinta, and younger brother of a man named Rama Laksmana in the forest Dandaka. In the forest that they met Rahwana who want to have because it is considered as Shinta Dewi Widowati incarnation, a woman who has long been search. To attract Shinta, a change Rahwana followers named Marica to be a Deer. Business is successful because it attracted Shinta and Rama want to request. Laksama after a long search for Rama never again Shinta temporarily abandoned and given a magic circle that can not be abducted Rahwana. Protection because it fails to successfully Shinta rapt after Rahwana change themselves into her Durna. Or Bird Jatayu Garuda Dewi Shinta tried to help, but the wings are cut by Rahwana. Of Jatayu, Rama and Laksmana He knew that the kidnap Shinta Dewi is a giant of the kingdom Alengka (Sri Lanka). Rama in the query and must be allied with warlord troops Sugriwa monkey heads and also with the magical white monkey Hanoman. Hanoman which to search for Dewi Shinta to Alengka Kingdom Rahwana troops finally caught and burned alive, but Hanoman successfully escaped. At the scene the audience is mostly made unnerved foreign tourists. Hanoman acting out with fire, like fire and burn skip 'home-home' from the chaff, which is a replica of the Kingdom of Alengka. At the end of the story, Shinta successful return of the seized by Hanoman Rahwana, a mercurial figure monkey and brave. However, when brought back, Rama Shinta would not trust it again and thought that has been stained. To prove the purity itself, are required to burn Shinta's body. Shinta purity as evidenced the body least it does not burn but increases beautiful. Rama also eventually receive back as a wife.
Tourism Culture Icons
The show starts Ramayanan SENDRA dance since 1964, in the East Prambanan. This annual event established the initiative of Kraton Surakarta Kasunanan and Karaton Pakualaman. New in 1995. PT Taman Wisata Candi complex arena show opening SENDRA Ramayana dance at Prambanan the West. The complex is equipped with the stage open the background of Prambanan. Open stage used during the dry season, while the stage is often used when the Trinity season. In addition, the complex also have a dining restaurant.
At a first stage in the open, usually beginning with a dinner at the restaurant at 7 o'clock at night. Visitors can dine while enjoying the spectacular Prambanan temple night lighting with a more beautify temples. After that, it then the visitors are welcome to go to the arena open. The many foreign tourists who came. They usually come through a followed travel package.
GS. Darto (44), a dance art scholar who has been working for 15 years in this traditional dance of the world, explains that in the contract for half of this year there are 4 group dance which alternately appear in the Ramayana dance SENDRA. "We just love dancing and the art of lasting dance in Indonesia," he said.
Dancers who never pay a visit to Spain to study the performance and appeal concerning this hope dance performing arts dance increasingly valued, as other performing arts. Darto confess, he and friends only earn Rp 25,000 to Rp 50,000 each show. Of a truly remarkable considering that SENDRA dance recital this Ramayana are foreign tourists and tourism is already a cultural icon for Yogyakarta.
Travel Tips
Prambanan temple is located about 15 kilometers from Yogyakarta, precisely in the complex Prambanan Temple Park, Jl. Solo km.17 stand. Hindu temples were built in the ninth century. But when rain closed provided the stage on the south side of the stage is open, Trimutri Theater to enjoy the story in the version of the Ramayana be shortened.
Staging SENDRA Ramayana dance starts at 19:30 until 21:30, with a pause time so that spectators can rest. Ticket prices in the open stage, the Ramayana, for VIP Rp150.000, most are in the future, while the Special Rp100.000, its position slightly behind the VIP. For VIP and special sitting place have a soft cushion. For class 1, the price of a ticket Rp. 75000 position on the side of the VIP and Special. There are Class 2 for Rp 45,000, and a special student at the previous Rp15.000 but there must be a letter from the school.

Kim Sanders: Ethnic Music vs. Pop Music

SURAKARTA, MONDAY - Composer as well as world music pioneer origin Sydney, Australia, Kim Sanders, said that the diversity of instruments and the sound of ethnic music to create music that becomes more rich colors and beautiful music than pop, which is now be fancied by young people in various parts of the world.

"Music pop I is not too interesting. Music pop more synonymous with how the money from playing music as a process. Music by my tradition more than the rich pop music," said Sanders in Solo, on Monday (3 / 9).

Men who play a variety of ethnic musical instruments from different countries express this, the music tradition has become the art from generation to generation of fathers. Along with the development of the age, the music tradition does get a lot of party music that eventually expand music tradition itself.

"I enjoy playing many types of instruments and then mix and mixed it. What I do in Indonesia, Turkey, and many other countries, ethnic music because it is something that's attractive," said Sanders, who studied stage and in the Turkish, Balkan, west Africa, and China.

Sanders loved the music because the ethnic features various tools with a variety of sounds. That is according to him is not owned by pop music.

"In pop music, one can press one of the fingerboard and the sound of the same with the same keys on the piano is different. Meanwhile, in the ethnic music is not so. Music has many ethnic instrument sounds with a very rich," said Sanders, the who have worked with the same ethnic group music Sawung Jabo, GengGong fusion group, and Trio Dingo.

According to Sanders, ethnic musical instrument is far more interesting than the modern instrument such as guitar or piano that can be produced in the manufacturer. "Different places are different music concept, depending on where the growth. This is interesting. For example, in Indonesia, here is rich with musical instruments from bamboo and the gong. This is a traditional musical instrument and this is only in Indonesia, the United States no. Also, it is not produced in the factory as well as the modern instrument, "he said.

Sanders coming to Indonesia in order to represent Australia as one of the delegation Solo International Ethnic Music Festival and Conference 2007 (SIEMFC 2007).

SIEMFC 2007 is a musician in the greater the ethnic Indonesia which is also followed by musicians of the eight other countries (Netherlands, Iraq, Greece, Bangladesh, Korea, India, Philippines, and Australia). The event is being held at the Vastenburg Castle, Gladag, Surakarta. Activities that are intended to position ethnic music in the middle of the dynamics of modern culture that is now a youth direction and domination of pop music into the mainstream of the music industry of Indonesia.

"However, ethnic music will continue to grow in the rhythm, style, and sounds. The concept has also continued to grow and develop with the many influences that came from," said Sanders.

History of Tennis Classic

Tennis is a sport that was already very old. Recorded on the sculpture made around 1500 years BC in the wall of a temple in Egypt showed that representation of the tennis ball and the game is played at religious ceremonies. This game and then extended to all land in europe 8th century.

At the beginning growth of tennis is played with a hand or a stick which hit the alternate use of a ball of solid wood. This game then developed into a game with the ball hit across a barrier wall. Because at that time felt that the more control the ball using the hand feels, the media is developing at that time is to use leather gloves, which then evolve again by adding a handle. This is the embryo of the birth of a tennis racket. The ball is evolving from a solid wooden ball into a ball of skin that filled by the skin of rice bran.


Sport this highly developed in France at that time. In the 16-18 centuries have started many interested by mainly by the kings and the noble by the name of 'Jeu de Paume' or sporting mitt. The word itself is derived Tennis players from France who frequently mentions the word 'Tenez' which means the "Main" at the time will start the game and until now the word is used as the name of this sport. Tennis and to develop plain English and also spread to Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. But tennis experience setbacks during the occurrence of revolutionary France and Napoleon Bonaparte glory in Europe.

In the 19th century tennis then appear again by the English nobleman by building facilities or country club tennis court in the big house. Because at that time played tennis popular in the lawn, then famous as the 'Lawn Tennis' grass field or tennis. At this time also began to appear from the rubber vulcanic ball that at that time can be considered to reduce damage to grass in the field without reducing the elasticity of the ball itself.

Exe comes from a British named Arthur Balfour. Since finding lawn tennis, people began to experiment with play on the surface, such as clay court (clay) and hard court (cement). Blowing up game was able to shove a tennis game Croquet as summer sports. Peak occurred in 1869 when one of the Croquet Club, renowned in the UK, All England Croquet Club, does not attract many successful fans and try to play tennis as other sports. The result is very successful club fans particularly interesting for the game Tennis on year until 1877 to change its name to 'All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club'. This continues the history of the location when the club is going in the Wimbledon land rent increase forced the club to get more funds than usual. Therefore, the club's first tennis tournament at Wimbledon to form a committee to arrange the match and make the basic rules in this game. The tournament was attended by 20 participants with about 200 spectators, and this is the embryo of the Wimbledon tournament is one of the grand slam tennis tournament prestigious in the world.

Caring for the Guitar Tips

Here are tips for caring for the musical instrument the guitar basic on the portal guitarist. The next tips.

* At least once a week, clean your guitar chord. The researchers thought that the time to play the guitar, remove the unwitting human sweat quite a lot of hands. This is because the movement of the brain and a significant drain of energy. This rarely be the guitarist.

Look at your guitar, what many in the mounting surface of each of each fret is limited to its (fretboard). That's because after the play, you are the guitar chord you sweat, the dirt, dust, and others. If you are not diligent to clean the string, will also arise in string rust that caused the sound to be Fals.

Chord guitar can be cleaned with a towel materials with a soft T-shirts. If necessary drabble string with liquid cleaner (cleaning string), which is available in music stores. Clean your guitar chord in the entire string.

* Relaxed the chord

In addition to clean up the guitar string, you also need to loosen the guitar chord when not in use longer. This aim to be your guitar neck does not sag. Chord guitar strap is a set of be tensed, and this will be interesting stretch two sides are tense. On the guitar, draw lines due to tension neck can bend, even though a small probability.

* Put the Right

Leaving the guitarist who is supine, with the neck facing up the chord. Usually, after playing the guitar, people would put the guitar stand, that is, the position of the tip of the neck at the top of the wall or be placed on the sloping floor.

* Clean Guitar

This is not good for the guitar because it will make a crooked neck slowly. If you have a studio or a stage show includes musical instruments, to remind all players that put the guitar correctly.

* Make Glossy

Got the guitar glossy (shiny) who does not like. ah to make up the guitar, just cleaned with stocking material, both body, neck, chord, and all the guitar parts. For the pick-up in the bottom chord is quite difficult to clean the dust, can use a paintbrush.

* Replace string

If the string you have rust, change. If not, not only does not play well, but also the color of his voice is not known, and damage to the guitar fret. In addition, the fingers can also hurt us. Not if the string is wound and then dropped out of our hands.

Usually to replace one set of guitar chord at the same time, 6 pieces. This is to prevent striped color between voice and string new string old. So if your string is long and one of them dropped out, it is advisable to change everything.

* Clean Fretboard

Fretboard is the result of much sweat and dirt from fingers. If left too long, can be crust. You change each string, all its clean fretboard with the guitar pick, and with a lap of underwear.

* Do not throw down forcefully

Do not you love to throw the guitar because it will affect the sound and the guitar body. Moreover, the guitar is a musical instrument the rather expensive, except playing guitar