Dance of the Realm from Gerald Jonas’ Dancing Prepared by Dr. Kay Picart Edited by Jessica Labbé and Dr. Kay Picart

Dance of the RealmDance of the Realmfrom Gerald Jonas’from Gerald Jonas’

DancingDancing

Prepared byPrepared by

Dr. Kay PicartDr. Kay PicartEdited by Jessica LabbEdited by Jessica Labbé and Dr. Kay Picarté and Dr. Kay Picart

Review Question:Review Question:

According to Jonas, According to Jonas, what is the link what is the link between dance and between dance and class/rank?class/rank?


What is the link between the social What is the link between the social construction of gender and dance? Give construction of gender and dance? Give examples.examples.


Where does the Where does the use of dance as use of dance as an instrument of an instrument of political power political power have its roots?have its roots?

Raphael’s Galatea


According to According to Jonas, what Jonas, what was the key was the key to success at to success at court?court?


Name and describe the early court dances.Name and describe the early court dances.

Discussion Questions:Discussion Questions:

How would you How would you characterize the characterize the evolution of court evolution of court dancing? Do you dancing? Do you think evidence of think evidence of these early dances these early dances can still be seen in can still be seen in popular dance of the popular dance of the 2020thth-21-21stst Century? Century?

Portrait of Louis XIV

Review Questions:Review Questions:

What King differentiated between What King differentiated between amateur and professional dance? amateur and professional dance? Why did he do this?Why did he do this?

Review Question:Review Question:What is dwo?What is dwo?


What are the origins and symbolism of the What are the origins and symbolism of the Bedoyo?Bedoyo?


What do the movements of the Bedoyo What do the movements of the Bedoyo symbolize?symbolize?

What is the essence of this dance?What is the essence of this dance?


What are the two What are the two “radically different “radically different styles of male styles of male dancing” (91) found in dancing” (91) found in the wayang wong? the wayang wong?

http://www.joglosemar.co.id/wayangwong.html

Discussion Question:Discussion Question:

What is the paradox What is the paradox of Javanese dance?of Javanese dance?

Discussion Questions:Discussion Questions:

Is a clash between the traditional and Is a clash between the traditional and the modern inevitable? Can/should they the modern inevitable? Can/should they be reconciled?be reconciled?


What is the relationship What is the relationship between gagaku and between gagaku and bugaku?bugaku?

What is bugaku and What is bugaku and what does it signify?what does it signify?

Bugako dancer’s Ryoto costume http://nimbus.temple.edu/~kotsuki/bugaku.html

Final Remarks Final Remarks

Courts come into Courts come into existence as existence as instruments of instruments of political, military, political, military, spiritual & cultural spiritual & cultural authority. Their authority. Their primary purpose is to primary purpose is to manifest power. In its manifest power. In its administrative administrative structure & content, structure & content, court dance embodies court dance embodies hierarchy. (107)hierarchy. (107)


Court and court dances are expensive, & Court and court dances are expensive, & ultimately it is the people who pay the bills. ultimately it is the people who pay the bills. Where court forms, like ballet and bedoyo, are Where court forms, like ballet and bedoyo, are encouraged to migrate outside the court, new encouraged to migrate outside the court, new participants, spectators, & patrons become participants, spectators, & patrons become involved. (107)involved. (107)


The power of dance The power of dance to communicate the to communicate the past glories of a past glories of a community—and by community—and by so doing—bind the so doing—bind the present community present community closer, is expressed closer, is expressed by Professor Opoku:by Professor Opoku:

ConclusionConclusion

““When you hear the drums, it sweetens the When you hear the drums, it sweetens the inside of your head, as we say in the Asante inside of your head, as we say in the Asante language, like sugar, and you become aware language, like sugar, and you become aware that you belong to a great people.” (107)that you belong to a great people.” (107)

Concluding Questions: Concluding Questions:

Does dance still Does dance still establish political and establish political and social hierarchies? social hierarchies?

Do you think dance Do you think dance that is entwined with that is entwined with political aims is not political aims is not “true dance”?“true dance”?

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Dance of the Realm from Gerald Jonas’ Dancing Prepared by Dr. Kay Picart Edited by Jessica Labbé and Dr. Kay Picart