East Java Traditional Dance

East Java Traditional Dance - This dance was in the beginning is an introduction to dance performances dipegunakan ludruk. However, the future development of dance is often performed separately as a tribute ordinance welcome guests upon arrival state, shown in state ceremonies, as well as the local arts festival. East Java Traditional Dance is actually telling the struggle of a prince of the king's son in a meeting. However, in its development is becoming more frequent dance danced by women, giving rise to a variety of other dance force is Remo Remo Dance daughter or female styles.

According to historians, East Java Traditional Dance or remo dance is a special dance performed by male dancers - male. it is directly related to the story as told in dance. Remo dance usually tells the story of a prince who is struggling in a battle. So the courage of the dancer is required to display this dance. According to the historical development of dance remo, remo dance once a dance that is used as an opener in the show ludruk. Besides dance remo frequently featured in various local arts festival as a way to preserve the culture of East Java.

The dominant characteristics of the East Java Traditional Dance Remo is a range of smart footwork and dynamic. This movement comes with a few bells placed at the ankle. The bells can sound very loud when stepping or stomping dancers on stage. In addition, characteristics of  Remo is a movement or a scarf or often called sampur, nodding and shaking of head movements, facial expressions, and the horses dancers made this dance more attractive. While the music that accompanies Dance Remo is gamelan, consisting of bonang barung / babok, bonang successor, saron, xylophone, gender, slentem zither, flute, kethuk, kenong, kempul, and gongs. While the type of rhythm that is often used to accompany dance Remo is a Jula-July and Tropongan, but can also be gending Walangkekek, Gedok smart, Krucilan or gending-gending new creations. In ludruk staging, dancers usually inserted a song in the middle of the dance.

In terms of variety of fashion from East Java Traditional Dance Remo dancers have several different styles, including: Style Sawunggaling, Surabayan, misfortune, and Jombangan. There was also a fashion typical of the style used to Tari Remo women. To fashion style Surabayan consists of a red headband, shirt without buttons are black with royal style in the 18th century, the extent of the mid-calf pants dikait with gold needles, coastal batik sarong that hung down to his knees, tied at the waist setagen and dagger slipping behind. Dancers wearing two scarves, one of which is used at the waist and the other pinned at the shoulder, with each dancer holding the hands of each end of the scarf. In addition, there is also a collection of anklet bells looped around the ankle.

Clothing styles for Sawunggaling, basically typical fashion East Java Traditional Dance Surabayan same style, but here the difference is the use of a long-sleeved white T-shirt to change from dark kingdom. For the same misfortune fashion style fashion style Surabayan, but the difference that the long pants to touch the ankles and not embeddable with a needle. Clothing styles Jombangan Sawunggaling same style, but the difference is that dancers do not use a sock but uses the vest. Remo daughter has a distinct fashion style original remo. Dancers wear bun, wearing a black mekak to close the chest, use swamp to cover the waist to the knees, and only use one scarf are embeddable on the shoulder shrug.