Tari Kecak

Kecak Dance - Balinese danceKecak dance which is often called "The Monkey Dance" for the tourists is a dance drama in the form of relatively new but has become a very popular show / famous and has become a must watch show for both domestic and foreign tourists. Kecak dance scenes have been promoted in several poscard, tourist guide and others.Kecak is the name is a name that is directly taken after the sound "cak, cak" which are pronounced continuously throughout the show. There are some who explains that the word or sound "cak" actually means a very important and significant in the show.
Kecak dance originsNot known exactly where the Kecak dance originated and which was first developed, but there is a kind of agreement on the Balinese Kecak was first developed into art pertujukan in Bona, Ganyar, as additional knowledge kecak at first is a song or musical sound produced from the fusion that form a melody that is usually used to accompany the sacred dances Sahyang. And can only be performed in the temple. Kemudaian astist in the early 1930s from the village of Bona, Gianyar trying to develop a Kecak dance by taking the story of Ramayana Dance Sanghyang didramatarikan as a substitute so that it could eventually dipertontontan dance in public as a performance art. Part Ramayana story is taken first is that when Goddess Sita was abducted by King Ravana.

Development the Kecak Dance In BaliKecak Dance in Bali has continued to experience changes and developments since the 1970's. Progress can be seen is in terms of story and staging. In terms of story for staging not only based on the one part of the Ramayana but also other parts of the story from the Ramayana.Then in terms of staging also began experiencing growth not only found in one place like the village of Bona, Gianyar but also other villages in Bali started to develop so that the Kecak dance in Bali there are dozens kecak group whose members are usually members of the banjo. Activities activities such as Kecak dance festivals are also often held in Bali either by governments or even by the art school in Bali. And the largest number of dancers who had performed the Kecak dance was recorded in 1979 which involved 500 people dancing. At that time kecak staged by taking the story from the Mahabharata. But the record is broken by the Government of Tabanan regency which organizes Colossal Kecak dancers to 5000 on 29 September 2006, at Tanah Lot, Tabanan, Bali.

Kecak Dance PatternAs a Kecak dance performance is supported by several factors which are very important, more is more in the show presents the Kecak dance as an introduction to the story, of course the music is vital to accompany lenggak swing dancers. But in the Kecak Dance music generated from voice synthesis cak members amounting to about 50-70 people all of them will make music in akapela, a leader who will act as an early tone memberika a longer acting as a suppressor which will provide low pressure or a high tone act as penembang solo, and alone again will act as ki mastermind who brought the story line. Kecak dance dancer in the movement did not properly follow the standard norms of dance accompanied by gamelan. So in this Kecak dance dancer gestures more relaxed because the main priority is the way the story and voice synthesis