The Influence of Early Twentieth-Century Technology

The superior war-making technology of the Western colonial powers—the steam-driven warship and cannon—made the difference between China prevailing and its defeat during the Opium Wars. It resulted in the colonial powers controlling Shanghai, tantamount to controlling China. In turn, the colonial powers brought their culture with them to Shanghai, which included jazz in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Within a couple of decades, jazz became not only the music of Shanghai but was global. This chapter asks how jazz traveled halfway around the world to China (and in the other direction, to Europe) so quickly? And how did the non-American musicians in Shanghai (Russians, Filipinos, and Chinese) learn to play the music for dance hall purposes? Transportation and communications technologies of the early twentieth century—the steamship, the locomotive, the gramophone, and early film—also were major influences in bringing jazz to China's shores.

Proses Kreatif Tari Bedaya Putri Pakungwati Keraton Kasepuhan Cirebon Karya Sultan Sepuh XIV Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadiningrat

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mengkaji proses kreatif tari bedaya Putri Pakungwati karya Sultan Sepuh XIV Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadiningrat, tarian yang terilhami oleh dokumentasi yang dimiliki oleh Keraton Kasepuhan berupa foto-foto. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara, studi pustaka, dan dokumentasi. Observasi dilakukan untuk mengamati objek secara langsung yang diteliti saat melakukan penelitian, wawancara dilakukan melalui proses tanya jawab secara lisan, bertatap muka dengan narasumber yang diperlukan, studi pustaka berupa sumber tertulis yang diperoleh dari beberapa buku yang sesuai dengan permasalahan untuk membantu penulisan dan kerangka berpikir. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa, dalam karya tari Bedaya Putri Pakungwati, menghadirkan nafas-nafas baru untuk tari yang ada di Cirebon khususnya tari bedaya. Secara keseluruhan ada banyak unsur kreatif yang tertuang dalam karya tari Bedaya Putri Pakungwati. Terlihat dari konsep rancangan ide garapan, materi gerak tari yang berasal dari pengembangan gerak gaya Cirebonan, iringan tari yang terinspirasi dari iringan yang ada di Keraton Kasepuhan, kostum yang mengambil konsep islami hingga properti yang disajikan. This research have purpose to find and analize the process of Putri Putri Pakungwati Bedaya Dance by Sultan Sepuh XIV Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadiningrat, dance that inspired by photo documentation that owned by Keraton Kasepuhan. Using data collecting technique like observation, interview, literature, review, documentation. Observation for observasing object directly when doing research. Interiew for having process question and answer orally, face to face with interviewees needed, literature review like written sources that taken from few books that suitable with problem to help writing and design thinking. The result of research shows that ini Putri Pakungwati Bedaya Dance gives new knowledge for dance in Cirebon, there are many creative element in Putri Pakungwati Bedaya Dance. Seen from the idea of arable design concept, dance mves material from Cirebon style moves development, music for dance that inspired from music in Keraton Kasepuhan, and costume andproperty using Islamic concept.

Proses Kreatif Tari Bedaya Putri Pakungwati Keraton Kasepuhan Cirebon Karya Sultan Sepuh XIV Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadiningrat

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mengkaji proses kreatif tari bedaya Putri Pakungwati karya Sultan Sepuh XIV Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadiningrat, tarian yang terilhami oleh dokumentasi yang dimiliki oleh Keraton Kasepuhan berupa foto-foto. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara, studi pustaka, dan dokumentasi. Observasi dilakukan untuk mengamati objek secara langsung yang diteliti saat melakukan penelitian, wawancara dilakukan melalui proses tanya jawab secara lisan, bertatap muka dengan narasumber yang diperlukan, studi pustaka berupa sumber tertulis yang diperoleh dari beberapa buku yang sesuai dengan permasalahan untuk membantu penulisan dan kerangka berpikir. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa, dalam karya tari Bedaya Putri Pakungwati, menghadirkan nafas-nafas baru untuk tari yang ada di Cirebon khususnya tari bedaya. Secara keseluruhan ada banyak unsur kreatif yang tertuang dalam karya tari Bedaya Putri Pakungwati. Terlihat dari konsep rancangan ide garapan, materi gerak tari yang berasal dari pengembangan gerak gaya Cirebonan, iringan tari yang terinspirasi dari iringan yang ada di Keraton Kasepuhan, kostum yang mengambil konsep islami hingga properti yang disajikan. This research have purpose to find and analize the process of Putri Putri Pakungwati Bedaya Dance by Sultan Sepuh XIV Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadiningrat, dance that inspired by photo documentation that owned by Keraton Kasepuhan. Using data collecting technique like observation, interview, literature, review, documentation. Observation for observasing object directly when doing research. Interiew for having process question and answer orally, face to face with interviewees needed, literature review like written sources that taken from few books that suitable with problem to help writing and design thinking. The result of research shows that ini Putri Pakungwati Bedaya Dance gives new knowledge for dance in Cirebon, there are many creative element in Putri Pakungwati Bedaya Dance. Seen from the idea of arable design concept, dance mves material from Cirebon style moves development, music for dance that inspired from music in Keraton Kasepuhan, and costume andproperty using Islamic concept.

A writing that dictates the choreography: Dante sonata by Frederick Ashton

If Liszt’s early work Don Sanche ou le Château d’Amour, that includes danced parts, is not taken into account, he never composed music for dance. In the twentieth century, however, the composer’s music became an interesting material for choreographers and dancers. My paper is focused on a choreographic interpretation of Liszt’s Dante Sonata, made by Frederick Ashton. This choreography was realized by Ashton in 1940 in London, in collaboration with Constant Lambert. Ashton’s Dante Sonata is an abstract and symbolic ballet. He created the association between dance and music on a relationship of correspondence point to point of the two languages and on a cultural and emotive communion with Liszt. My study wants to show what the Ashtonian choreography highlights: Liszt renews the traditional sonata form from its inside; he gives it a new lymph by making it go through a symbolic content; the symbolized literary content is the Dantesque medieval allegory of the Christian ascensional course transformed by Hugo in metaphor of the restless walk of the romantic man. So, Liszt invests the medieval epic literary model of the great themes of the Romantic generation and renews, under its influence, the sonata form.

Music Fundamentals for Dance

Music Fundamentals for Dance provides students with a fundamental understanding of music and how it applies to dance performance, composition, and teaching. This valuable reference helps professional choreographers, dance educators, and dancers expand their knowledge of music and understand the relationships between music and dance. Fundamentals of Music for Dance helps dancers understand of the elements of music—form and structure, musical time, melody, texture, and score reading—and how they relate to dance performance and choreography. They will learn music vocabulary for easier communication with other dancers, musicians, and conductors. Overviews of musical forms, styles, and genres are complemented by an examination of their relation to dance and choreography. Each chapter ends with exercises, activities, and projects that offer students a range of active learning experiences to connect music fundamentals to their dance training. An accompanying web resource contains these features: • Extended learning activities and support materials, including practice opportunities combining music skills with dance or choreography, chapter summaries, a glossary, websites, and handouts to help students practice music skills • Music clips on the website offer ready-made examples, which students can use in applying concepts from the book Written by an experienced dance educator, dancer, and choreographer, Music Fundamentals for Dance is the only current text that explains essential concepts of music and examines these concepts in relation to dance performance, composition, and teaching. By providing readers with a foundation of music knowledge, Music Fundamentals for Dance assists both future and current professionals in understanding the art form that will enhance their contributions as performers, choreographers, and educators.