DAILY CRACKERS DANCE : SYMBOL OF CRACKER WRAPPING ACTIVITY

Abstrak

The dance work Daily Crackers is an artistic representation that comes from the choreographer's experience, inspired by the figure of my father, Toto. He is a cracker trader who consistently carries out the routine of wrapping crackers every day. This work utilizes a visual approach through everyday properties such as 15-meter plastic, clear plastic, cracker cans, and raffia rope. The musical elements in the performance combine the distinctive sounds of these activities by collaborating unconventional instruments such as used cans and plastic, as well as digital music played live on stage. The main purpose of creating Daily Crackers is to transform everyday activities into communicative artistic expressions, while conveying conceptual ideas about the work of the body in the activity of wrapping crackers. In the creative process, the choreographer applies the construction method 1 developed by Jacquelline Smith and translated by Ben Suharto, which includes the following stages: initial stimulation, determining the type of dance, presentation method, exploration, improvisation, analysis and evaluation, to the finishing stage. The exploration of movement is done through the stylization of daily activities combined with the background and character of the choreographer's body, resulting in symbolic movement forms that reflect individual experiences but have collective meaning.