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SUMMARY:(P61) Streaming the Tradition: Court and Grassroots Performing Arts in Yogyakarta during the Pandemic
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DESCRIPTION:Present-day Java maintains a remarkable variety of traditional 
 performing arts that are still alive and practiced today. Theatrical and mu
 sical, puppet and trance performances are held for various occasions, from 
 national and religious holidays to family celebrations. Even during the pan
 demic, when large social gatherings were restricted, traditional performers
  did not abandon their vocation and employed internet and variousstreaming 
 platforms (mainly Facebook, YouTube and Instagram) to share their art, crea
 tively express their longing for the things going back to normal, but also 
 address the issues directly connected to the pandemic.\n\nWhile the use of 
 social media for advertising (and, occasionally, streaming) traditional per
 formances (on both court and village levels) was not entirely unprecedented
 , the circumstances of 2020 have clearly contributed to the significant acc
 eleration of this trend. Following it, this panel aims to bring together sc
 holars researching traditional arts in the Special Region of Yogyakarta who
  were forced by the pandemic to move their research into virtual space. In 
 the era known as jaman now (‘the time of now’), many wayang kulit puppeteer
 s have already started to adopt live streaming on their personal YouTube ch
 annels or in cooperation with other channels with the aim of reaching large
 r audiences. Especially during the pandemic, some of the most famous dalang
 s went a step further by inventing new formats such as wayang elektrik and 
 wayang climen to meet the new demand for online performances and to gain ‘f
 ollowers’. Increased use of social media has reached even the ‘highest sphe
 re’ of Javanese culture – the court\narts. Court dance and gamelan sessions
  as well as ‘backstage’ documentaries have become fertile grounds for promo
 ting the use of masks and sanitary protocols thanks to the Instagram visibi
 lity of the Yogyanese royal family. Even in case of jathilan trance dance, 
 which in the past might have been a target of criticism for its chaotic and
  unruly nature, the emphasis on compliance with the new health rules has co
 me to the fore, with face coverings, sanitizer bottles and disinfectant spr
 ayers occasionally replacing traditional props and attributes.\n\nCollectiv
 ely, this panel’s presentations intend to outline how performing traditions
  with different historical, cultural and even class connotations enter the 
 common leveled playing field of the Web and search for their place and stra
 tegy in this mostly uncharted territory
URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/streaming-the-tradition-court-and-grassroots-performing-arts-in-yogyakarta-during-the-pandemic
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