Abur-aburan Gathutkaca: the Work of Sabet Motion of the Samberan War in the Classical Shadow Puppet Performing Arts

Abstract

This article describes the artistic research work on garap sabet of Gathutkaca character in classical shadow puppet by the artists; Jaka Rianto and Andi Wicaksono. The focus of the work is the design of abur-aburan motion and Samberan war of the creative-innovative Gathutkaca character, as well as blending them into a classical shadow puppet (wayang Purwa) performance. The method of creating works was carried out from the stage of determining ideas, studies of previous works, and literature studies. After that, the concept of the work embodied by wayang dramaturgy; sambung-rapet, and greget-sahut was formulated. The process of realizing the work was carried out by searching for the exploratory motion of Gathutkaca's sabet and making a dramatic script. The performance of the work was carried out using the rules of Surakarta-style wayang performances after the exercise stage was considered to be solid. The conclusion obtained in the process of this work is that the search for creative-innovative forms of sabet movement must be carried out with exploratory and repeated. The basic rules of cepengan, tanceban, bedholan and solah elements in working on sabet classical shadow puppet cannot be abandoned in order to achieve the aesthetics of classical shadow puppet performances.

Keywords: abur-aburan Gathutkaca, perang samberan, garap sabet, dramaturgi wayang

DOI: 10.7176/JCSD/66-06

Publication date:September 30th 2021