MEDIAXIOCEAN,Padang-Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) students from Jakarta performed the traditional MinangkabauRandai dance last May 2, 2011 at the Taman Budaya, Padang. This was their third performance already. They had two other viewings at their school at Jakarta. The second one was for their rector, who eventually gave them the opportunity to showcase the traditional dance at Taman Budaya.
Randai is a combination of traditional Padang music, dance, martial arts and theatre arts. The performance runs through one storyline and ranges from forty minutes to almost an hour. Though a Randai performer narrates the story, the dance is still decorated with music. Their Golembong or traditional pants also produce percussion music that resonates through the performance. Tari Piriang and Sile local dance styles are mainly utilized in their rendition of Randai.
Firstly initiated by Bp. Arif Anas, a professor at ISI Padang Panjang, the performance group is now constituted by eight international members from the said university: Olivia, Jackie, Pop, Rita, Nicolson, Kristina, Poo and Trang. Coming off from different countries such as America, Vietnam, Thailand, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic and Granada, the dance group has travelled from Jakarta just to showcase their talents for the Padang populace. Their Randai story was simply running on students putting up a performance for their rector.
When asked what is special about the Randai dance, Jackie answered that it is really an engaging performance – different from Javanese and Balinese performing arts. In fact, when it was first viewed at Jakarta, the audience was amazed with its uniqueness and very fun characteristics.
Coming off from only ten sessions of practice, the ISI international traditional dance group has given the Randai dance their own exceptional rendition and consequently gained patrons for this traditional Padang dance.
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