GAMBYONG AN WELCOME DANCE

Gambyong dance is a dance that is served to welcome guests or initiate a wedding reception. Hallmark, always opened with the piece pickaxe. The dancing looks beautiful and elegant when the dancer is able to synchronize with the rhythm of drums and motion gising.Instruments: gender, drums, kenong, kempul, and gong Development: The beginning of the term Gambyong apparently originated from the name of a dancer taledhek.This dancer named Gambyong live in an era of Sunan Paku Buwana IV in Surakarta.The dancers also dsiebutkan in the book "Cariyos Lelampahanipun" works Suwargi R.Ng. Ronggowarsito (1803-1873) who reveals the existence of a dancer named ledhek Gambyong who has profesionality  in dancing and sonority in a voice that became the idol of young people at that time.  Dance Gambyong dance choreography is mostly centered on the use of footwork, body, armsand head. Motion of the head and hands are smooth and controlled is a specificationin Gambyong dance. Eye gaze moves in the direction of motion with the hand looking fingers, making the motions of the dominant factors in the expression of dance Gambyong hand. Motion of the foot during walking attitudes correlate embryo and harmonious.For example, the motion srisig (standing on tiptoe and small steps),nacah oblique (left foot moves to the side, followed by the right foot alternately orplaced in front of the left leg, kengser (footwork sideways by shifting / palm positionfeet remain docked to lanati). Spsifik footwork on the dance motion Gambyong is embator entrag, the position of the knee is opened because mendhak moves down and up.The cultivation patterns on the dance floor at the turn rangklaian Gambyong motion carried,the range of motion at the time of the transition to the next motion sequence.While the dancer position shift is usually done in liaison motion, namely srisig, singket ukel karana, kengser, and nacah skewed. In addition to its range of motion was carried on walking(Have now will not work properly) or motion in space (mandheg have now).
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