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Serimpi dance is a classical dance from Yogyakarta. This dance is performed by four female dancers are beautiful and graceful. Serimpi word itself means four. But there are also Serimpi danced by five dancers are on Serimpi Renggowati. In addition means four, the term serimpi also associated with the word 'IMPI' which means dream. That is, someone who saw this dance will probably feel like being in a dream.
Serimpi dance performances usually last for ¾ hour to 1 hour. The composition of the four dancers representing the four winds and the four elements of the world. World elements include grama (fire), wind (air), Toya (water), and earth (ground). Classical dance was originally only developed in the Kraton. According to belief, Serimpi is a noble art and the heritage of the Palace. In this dance, the theme of which is served by exactly the same with dance dancer Bedhaya Sanga. This dance depicts the contradiction between the two things, namely between right and wrong, passion and reason, and right and wrong.
Serimpi dance performed by four daughters, each of which represents an element of life and direction of the wind. In addition, these dancers also have the name of the role each Buncit, Dhada, Gulu, and Batak. Currently Serimpi dance, composition dancers form a rectangle. This form is not without significance, but it symbolizes the verandah pole rectangular.
The emergence of this dance is said to come from the kingdom of Mataram when the reign of Sultan Agung. This dance is considered very sacred because it is only done in the palace for a state ceremony and a memorial to the throne of the sultan. In 1775, broke into two Mataram Sultanate of Surakarta and Yogyakarta Sultanate. It is also an impact on this dance. Although the core of the dance is still the same, but Serimpi in Yogyakarta become Serimpi Dhempel, Genjung, and Babul screen. While in Surakarta be Serimpi Bondan and Anglir Overcast. Although dance has been around a long time, but the dance is only known by the public about the '70s because it was so sacred dance is Kraton.
The theme of war in this dance is actually a philosophy of life of eastern culture. War in this dance is symbolic battle that never runs out is between evil and good. Even in expressing their war dance movement, dance is seen more clearly because two pair soldiers against other soldiers with the same movement assisted with the dance in the form of weapons supplies. Property dance used in them are jebeng, cundrik or small dagger, pistol, arrow and spear.
In terms of clothing, the clothing worn by the dancer is also experiencing growth than before. If initially the clothing worn like underwear bride Kraton with bight bowl as a headdress and dodotan, is now turning into a dancer's costume sleeveless garments, bun with fried flower decoration, and cassowary feather headdress. Characteristics of Serimpi dancer is wearing a small dagger tucked in the front of the cross to the left.
In addition to a dagger, the dancers Serimpi also sometimes use a kind perisak jembreng. During the reign of Sri Sultan HB VII namely in the 19th century, there are also dance Serimpi the tools of war in the form of a gun fired downward. This dance accompaniment patterns using gending sabrangan for exit and entry of dancers accompanied by the sound of drums and brass. At the time of dancing with the piece ageng or mid-which then enter gending ladrang. Furthermore, crane fly and srebengannya diguanakn to accompany scenes of warfare.
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