CREATIVE CONCEPTS OF KATAYANI DANCE DRAMA

Abstract

The research article on The creative concepts of Kattayani dance drama has the objective to study specific concepts from Kattayani dance drama: the innovation of creative dance performances based on Bharatanatyam and Thai dance performance. The study is done using a literature review and the creation of Kattayani dance drama.                  Results from the study show that the creative concepts of Kattayani dance drama consist of 3 concepts, namely: (1) literary adaptation based on Durga, an Indian movie, and the myth of feminine deities in Hinduism when purposes and cores are maintained but some parts are edited for performances; (2) traditional dance combinations such as Thai dancing pictorial figures from Thai dance textbooks and mudras (sign language) to create new dancing styles, and (3) rebellion against patriarchal power by faith which showed that Indian women rebel against patriarchal power using beliefs towards sacred things in Shaktism through Indian movies