AESTHETIC STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF KENYA KEDIRI DANCE MOVEMENT

Abstract

The Kenya Kediri Dance is a traditional dance created by Wahyu Nuryanti, S.Pd in ​​2018. This dance depicts the struggle of a young girl or kenyo in maintaining her character in the millennium era while still adhering to the noble values ​​of the ancestral struggle and becoming a role model for development. Your achievements make the earth of Kediri a proud banner. The researcher's interest in researching the Kenyan Kediri dance is that the dance movements focus on a beautiful teenage woman who is searching for her identity and has graceful movements like Dewi Sekartaji. Apart from that, this dance has a distinctive structure and is organized in a network of relationships that form a series of interconnected movement motifs. This research is important as a form of aesthetic perspective and efforts to preserve the Kenya Kediri Dance. The formulation of the problem in this research is how the structure of the Kenyan Kediri dance movements at the Kembang Sore Dance Studio.

This research aims to explain the structure of the Kenya Kediri dance movements at the Kembang Sore Dance Studio. This research is research using qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques in this research were through observation, interviews and documentation. Then it was analyzed using the theory of Miles and Huberman, namely data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. Next, data validation was carried out through triangulation of sources and techniques.

The results of the research show that the movements in Kenyan dance include the movements of Tumpang tali silang, Tumpang tali mlumah, Miwir sampur, Ombak banyu, Trisik, Piles kanan, Piles kiri. This variety of movements is a symbol of the struggle of young or Kenyan girls to create beautiful dances for the development of teenagers who have the idea of ​​building their own achievements in making the land of the banner of Kediri proud. The accompaniment used in Kenyan dance is external accompaniment with a set of gamelan consisting of Kendang, Slenthem, Bonang, Kempul, Bedug, Gong. This accompaniment is also a supporting element of the dance which can emphasize the movements in the Kenya Kediri Dance. Apart from that, the meaning you want to convey can be understood by the audience.