Disposisi Tari Gambyong

Abstract

This study was conducted to see the occurrence of cultural dispositions that occur in the Gambyong dance. Researchers saw a change in dance patterns and elements which were gradually adopted by the community, especially the people of Central Java. This change is seen when the Gambyong dance, which was originally the Taledhek dance, developed and became the palace Gambyong dance which is part of the aristocratic culture. This makes the researcher want to know how the habitus disposition in this Gambyong dance culture is and how the structure and social capital are in society. This research is positioned in a critical thinking system using critical theories in the postmodern paradigm using Bourdieu's theory of cultural disposition. Where it is positioned as the main theory to see the relationship between cultural capital and social capital that occurs in this Gambyong dance environment. It is this cultural capital and social capital that makes this dance even bigger and has standards that must be following its traditions. But there are also changes in the present, where this dance is getting more practical and simple. Gambyong dance is a symbol of showing that culture was in the low economic and social realm in the beginning. Creating social space and distance so that there is a sense of cultural and social taste. The background is education, social and cultural background, taste, and disposition of different people. The production of production agents in the social space with dynamic media on habitus creates practices that create creations or changes in Gambyong dance for the better in the composition and form of dance presentation.

Keywords: disposition, gambyong dance, lower class, and aristocratic culture