Langendriyan

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Langendriyan

Langendriyan is dramatari by using dialogue tembang, which means casting characters in langendriyan story when dialogue using tembang macapat, sometimes in one song of tembang sung by seroang only, but sometimes also brought by more than one person in turn.
One of the hallmarks of Langendriyan is that staged dance is not performed by standing whole, but also by squatting and occasionally kneeling. No wonder, Langendriyan displays must have a stamina and a very strong physical to be able to perform it.
Tradition Langendriyan version of Mangkunegaran reputedly derived from the tradition of "ura-ura" or menembang done by the workers batik at Godlieb's batik company. Godlieblah was the first to stage Langendriyan. Then, by Raden Mas Haria Tandakusuma, the stage was made Langendriyan Mandraswara in the reign of Mangkunegara IV (1853-1881).

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Bedhaya Ladrang Mangungkung

Bedhaya Ladrang Mangungkung

Bedhaya Ladrang Mangungkung

The dance featured seven male soldiers carrying trident and bow. Closed, they wear a sash across the chest, necklace, shoulder plate. They were twisted in Dodot Alas's fabric-a black excuse-a symbol of rejects of turtles, birds, trees plated with gold.
The pattern of the seven enlisted choreography is constantly changing. The three trident soldiers were initially in the center, while on the right-hand side of the soldiers carrying the gandewa. Then everything moves a circle, until finally formed two parallel lines. The spear was directed forward. Arrow as if ready to be pulled ....
Over a hundred or two hundred years ago, the dance was once in the neighborhood of Pura Mangkunegaran, but no one knew what kind of dance the night looked like. It may be similar, may be different at all. Might be more mystical, or it could be a dance performed more gallantly like the sound of a song above that describes how the prince rages in all directions, the gandewa flashing like lightning. Maybe the soldiers not only carry bows and spears, but also mace, shields ....
All just speculation. The only "eyewitness" who had seen the dance a century or two ago was Kiai Kanyut Mesem, an old ensemble of gamelan that was everyday in the Mangkunegaran audience. The gamelan is believed to have been made in the 1750s and has accompanied all the sacred dances in Mangkunegaran. Now that night the gamelan (with Kiai Udan Arum) "back" to accompany.

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Srimpi Pandhelori

Srimpi Pandhelori 1

Srimpi is a repertoire of classical Javanese dance from the court tradition of Sultanate of Mataram and continued preservation and development until now by four heirs palaces in Central Java (Surakarta) and Yogyakarta.

The presentation of dance performances is characterized by four dancers performing a graceful motion depicting modesty, refinement, and gentleness shown from the slow and graceful movements accompanied by the sound of gamelan music. Srimpi is considered to have similar social positions with Pakarena dance from Makasar, ie in terms of the tenderness of the dancers' movements and as the palace dances.

Srimpi Pandhelori 2

Srimpi

Beksan Srimpi Pandelori tells the battle of the Dyah Sirtupeli daughter of Sri Karsinah who is riding the Garuda Bird flying in the sky looking for the existence of her husband The Ambyah imprisoned by King Kanyun in Parangakik. Conquered Parangakik, the younger brother of the Parangakik King named Kusuma Sudarawerti, wanted to help remove the Ambyah from prison despite his older brother opposed. But he tried his hardest because in a dream, Sudarawerti feel there is a wangsit that the Amanda will be her husband. Furthermore there was a marriage after the Amanda was released from prison. And when the Dyah Sirtupelahi met with Kusuma Sudarawerti there was war. Because none of them are invincible, eventually all acknowledge and agree to be together and accept the Amendah to be her husband together.

Srimpi Pandhelori
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