REGIONAL ART IN INDONESIA

1. Traditional Dance
Traditional dance is a dance which have had a long history and are always
patterned to the rules of the existing tradition in Indonesia
a. Folk Dance
Folk dance is the dance of birth or origin also live and thrive among the
people or groups in the population. Dance of the people actually rely on
primitive elements, primitive dance is a dance has existed since humans
existed and there in the hinterlands with the movement, accompaniment, and
the costume is very simple.
Examples are; Dance Reog of Ponorogo
b. Classical Dance
Classical dance is a dance that is worth artisitk high and has a strong
enough norm so there is standardization of motion and contains symbolic and
philosophical concepts. Usually develops in the neighborhood king or
nobleman.
Examples are from Surakarta Dance Bedhaya

2. Creative Dance
Dance is a dance creations that arise because of the desire to process, create or
change the motion was based on. Dance is a media creation that opens the freedom
to dance artists in the search for new possibilities in the field of dance art.