THE HISTORY OF KAWITAN DANCE IN ARISTOCRACY PRIANGAN ERA

Abstract

This research reveals the historical journey of the emergence of the Kawitan dance among the public in the aristocratic era in Priangan. Kawitan dance is one type of Keurseus dance which is very popular with the congregation. The Kawitan dance is usually presented by dancers who have the ability to dance at an advanced level because they have certain difficulties. That is, the dancer must be able to bring out the dynamics in 3 levels of different musical characteristics and seem to be able to bring out different characters. This dance was born because the skilled dancers wanted to come up with a special dance that novice dancers might not be able to dance properly. The problems that were revealed were how the early presence of the Kawitan dance in the tribe of the congregation and how the development of the Kawitan dance and why, but Kawitan can only be presented properly by advanced dancers. The method used for this study is the historical method with heuristic, criticism, interpretation and historiography stages.
Key words : kawitan dance, history, aristocracy, priangan.