Talking
about the island of Madura, it is inseparable from the discussion about
Madurean women. Madurese women for the outside community are synonymous with
their hard work ethic, having a unique identity, characteristics, skills and
abilities is a potential that can be sold. The qualities of Madurese women that
are closely linked to the system exemplify the idea of "adhandhan,
arembi', amasak" (self-care, family care, and cooking), which is basically
a type of family devotion for Madurese women. Therefore, the phenomenon that
will be raised in this work is about the history of Puputan Pamekasan's war
against Mataram where Madurese women, especially Pamekasan, had an important
role in fighting the Mataram kingdom. In the Puputan war there were women who
fought, that's when the woman would join the war to help the man from among the
common people who also participated in the war. Where the figure illustrates
how tough a woman is to help fight for Pamekasan's territory. The choreographer
has the initiative to determine the appropriate and suitable title in this
choreography, namely "Lober". The title has a meaning in the
Indonesian "finished, finished" where the title tells the story of
the role of Pamekasan women who fought to the last drop of blood to defend their
territory, even though in the end they were defeated.
The
focus in the creation of the dance work "Lober" is divided into two,
namely form and content. The form contains the concept of Dramatic type dance,
while the content tells the story of the toughness of Pamekasan women, when the
fighting man gets a cut wound on the back it means that the man left the war,
and when the man gets a cut on the front it means that the man is responsible
for the war, That's when the woman will join the battle to help the man by
risking his body and soul to jointly maintain his power, even though in the end
he still suffers defeat. The choreographer expressed the idea of using the
Madurese dance style based on the construction method I by Jacquiline Smith.
In
this dance work "Lober", the arranger uses live accompaniment with
the collaboration of tong-tong (daul) and Madura gamelan musical instruments.
The music of "Lober" the arranger combines the slendro-barreled
gamelan musical instrument combined with a modern musical instrument, namely
daul music. The writing of this thesis aims to describe the form of
presentation of "Lober" dance including title, theme, synopsis,
style, technique, makeup and clothing, dance music and supporting elements. The
creation process is based on the theory of Y. Sumandiyo Hadi and Jacquiline
Smith. The techniques and styles in this dance work use Madurese style derived
from traditional forms of movement developed by processing the bodies of five
female dancers in order to adjust the characters in this dance work.
Keywords:
Puputan War,
Pamekasan Women, Dramatic.