POHACI

Abstract

This research on art work is entitled “Pohaciâ€, (Hartanto, S. Sn., M. Sn., 2012, 50 pages). The Grants are funded by DIPA 2012 ISI Surakarta. Pohaci is a dance which is inspired by the story of Dewi Sri or Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Sri, the rice goddess story from West Java. This work takes the figure of Dewi Sri as a reflection of Javanese women who have the elegance, beauty, softness, flexibility, goodness and perfection of a woman. The creation lasts for 27 minutes which is performed as a new form of work. The problem of research includes how the story of Sanghyang Sri Pohaci treated in a different concept is and how the form of the dance work “Pohaci†is. The purpose of the study is asan abstraction of the female figure as well as the contents which will be realized in art form through Bedhayan genre. In addition, it adds knowledge and repertoire of dance work that comes from the literature of arts. The method used in the research is interpretation and construction. Interpretationmethod is a method through interpretation of the various elements on the content, form, movement, music, fashion and make up lighting. Construction method is a method to do the activity of composing starting from the movement design until the work composition.Alpha The result of study is the dancework “Pohaci†which pick up the figure of Dewi Sri which is identified by Javanese women. The form of treatment is Bedhayan using seven (7) female dancers accompanied by Javanese gamelan and its development.Keywords: Pohaci, the art of dance, Dewi Sri, Javanese women.