BUILDING THE YOUTH AWARENESS TOWARD INDONESIAN CULTURE THROUGH BALLET PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Ballet is the one of the most popular foreign cultures in Indonesia, especially in metropolitan areas although not as popular as modern dance. Currently, the sense of pride and concern for preserving the arts of traditional culture is less embedded in the younger generation of Indonesia. Through this paper a case study was conducted on one of Si Kabayan's ballet performances by Marlupi Dance Academy. This is an attempt to introduce the richness of Indonesian culture through a transformation of folklore into a ballet form to build awareness of young generation towards Indonesian Culture. The qualitative approach of case study in this study reveals how the process of transforming Si Kabayan folklore into ballet performing art, as an effort that can be done by artists to arouse the interest of young generation in preserving Indonesian art and culture has opened the public discourse that ballet performances can be made as a vehicle for education and the introduction of various cultural arts and culture of Indonesia to the younger generation.

Keywords: Indonesian Art and Culture, Transformation, Folkore, Ballet Performance,
Traditional