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Tari Jayeng
Rinengga | |
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Choreographer(s): |
Dra. Irawati Durban Ardjo | |
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Revisor(s): |
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Composition(s): |
Angle Sanga laras Salendro | |
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Musician(s): |
Kelompok penabuh Pusbitari dan Komarudin | |
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Music recording: |
ID Pusbitari Dance Company | |
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Duration: |
5 ' 59 " | |
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Region: |
West Java (Sunda) | |
Synopsis:
The Tari Jayeng Rinengga originally is a male
dance, but female dancers also often perform it.
In 1998 the choreographer
herself came to the Netherlands to teach this particular dance to the dancers of
Wisma Ulah Budaya as an example of contemporary Indonesian dance. It was
succesfully performed on the stage of the Tong-Tong Fair, under whose auspices
this project was executed.
The choreography dates from 1985, but the
choreographer is inspired by the hero's of the Pajajaran era at about 1350 AD.
The dance shows the warriors of the kingdom of Pajajaran who come home
triumphantly from the battlefield. They enter the town on their horseback
telling everyone about their unbelievable triumphs. They even demonstrate their
technical skills in the martial arts like the pencak silat (a system of
self-defence), their capacity with bow and arrow and the use of the lance. The
Tari Jayeng Rinengga symbolises the strength of mankind to triumphantly conquer
the evilness after a solid physical and mental preparation.
© The Wisma
Ulah Budaya Foundation 1999
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