DISMANTLING PUSPANJALI DANCE TECHNIQUES TO INCREASING INTEREST IN LEARNING BALINESE DANCE IN CHILDREN

Abstract

This study aims to determine how the level of dance difficulty affects the interest in participating in the dance learning process in Balinese dance studios. This paper also seeks to explain the variety of movements in Puspanjali dance to improve children’s mastery of gestures. Puspanjali dance can attract interest in learning Balinese dance in children because the movements are simple and easy to imitate. The Puspanjali dance is a welcoming dance created by N.L.N. Swasthi Widjaja, and I Nyoman Windha worked on the accompaniment music, built in 1989 at the Indonesian Sports Women’s Association (PORWOSI) conference at the Pertamina Cottage Bali hotel. Puspanjali dance transformed into a monumental dance work in terms of its development and sustainability. Puspanjali comes from the word puspa, which means flower, and anjali means tribute; in other words, a sprinkling of flowers is a tribute. The qualitative descriptive method collects data through interviews, traces written sources through literature studies, videos, and photos, critiques the head, and then corroborates. Interviews were conducted from various sources, including creators, dancers, and composers. Puspanjali’s simple dance movements, at this time, have been classified as monumental works because they still survive and are widely used by people in Bali. Puspanjali dance is suitable for learning in early childhood because of its simple movements and accompaniment. Elementary-age beginners can also learn music because of the simplicity of its composition.