The Footsteps of Resistance Ideology in Mangkunegaran Dance-Style

Abstract

This study aims to describe the ideology of resistance that grew and became the basis of  the  politics  of  cultural  movement  during  the  war  to  the  establishment  of  Puro Mangkunagaran up to maintainaning the existence to the present. The study was descriptive analytic  using  12  advanced-steps  method  of  Spradley  Ethnography,  which  was  shortened into  4  research  steps.  Triangulation  data  research  includes  direct  observation  of  Bedhaya Anglir Mendhung dance performance, dance manuscripts in Mangkunagaran, and interviews with two respondents. The findings of this study are: a) dance art in Puro Mangkunagaran are all themed with resistance  except  free-patterned  dance  like  gambyong  and  golek;  b)  Bedhaya Anglirmendhung  dance  is  the  first  Puro  Mangkunegaran‘s  Bedaya  dance  as  well  as  an attribute of power in which ideologically articulates resistance;c) the ideology of resistance is  also  evident  in  the  archetypal  orstate  logo  artefacts,  batik  cloths,  and  the  family  of Mangkunagaran creeds.