Site Specific Dance: Relationship Between Body and Space

Abstract

The art of dance has experienced tremendous development. Now, dance is no longer in the realm of fairies, but has entered the center of modern civilization, from pockets of tradition shifting to pockets of industry and academia. This cannot be separated from the role of academic dancers who conduct research, both creation studies and scientific studies. Dance has become a laboratory object in the studios of art academics in Indonesia and various parts of the world, so that laboratories and dance studios have sprung up in various places in Indonesia. Dance is now seen as not only cultivating the soul, dance is no longer limited to aesthetic beauty that is visible to the eye. However, dance has explored other art worlds, such as theater and fine arts.It is now difficult to distinguish between dance and theater presentations. This phenomenon is often the trend of individual artists. Art observers call this phenomenon a contemporary phenomenon. Contemporary phenomena continue to develop in artists and academic circles. In addition to being critical of the social issues that surround it, contemporary art is also critical of its own art. The contemporary spirit does not only break the barriers of one art discipline, but also across art disciplines. Almost all dance elements are explored and developed, one of which is site specific dance. A contemporary dance genre that focuses on creating dance works using special places.This research used artistic research methods, in which the researcher is also the creator of site specific dance works.

Keywords: dance, site specific, space, body, time.

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/97-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2021