Gandari Menjelaga Pertunjukan Drama Tari Wayang Kontemporer

Abstract

Gandari Menjelaga is a dance drama taken from wayang story, that is Epos Mahabarata. This is a dance composition telling about a female character named Gandari, the daughter of King Prabu Subala of Gandara’s Kingdom. She should sacrifice her beauty by covering her eyes with white cloth as her loyalty to her fate. The concept of this work describes a self-denial of a woman toward her life. The combination of traditional and contemporary dance becomes the main element in producing the dance drama. The dramatic structure is arranged into four scenes whose settings are in the Gandara Kingdom Gate, in Gandara Palace, and in Dewi Gandari’s Courtyard. This dance drama is accompanied by gamelan composition

Keywords: Dance Drama, Gandari Menjelaga, Wayang Dance