The Opportunity Spaces in JamJaneng Cultures as the Basis of Creating Works do Janeng Mas Dance

Abstract

Jam Janeng is one of the arts which was originally created as an instrument for the spread of Islam in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia. In a dance creation, there are several elements which underlying one of them is tempo. Tempo is a measure of dance movements in the form of time to complete a dance movement in a series of dance presentations. To find out the dynamics of the tempo or time, a choreographer or dancer must also be able to adjust some of the rhythm in the movement. Besides this, the dancers must also be very accurate in carrying out movements and controlling changes in rhythm from fast and slow movements or rhythms, short tempos and long tempo, especially Do Janeng Mas’s which uses a combination of rhythm from the Dolalak movement and Banyumasan with a flowing rhythm, fast, stomping, and slowly adjusted to JamJaneng poetry which is presented in it. Keywords—JamJaneng, the opportunity space, the creation, do Janeng mas’s dance.