Pada Suatu Drama: Studi Seni Pagelaran dalam Wacana Pergerakan

Abstract

A stage performance is not only a play, it has also become a medium to state something
else. It is possible that through the performance presented, the dynamics of life could be
an inspiration for the creator to produce certain stories; constructing new reality. Every
single scene seems unrelated at fi rst, but then combined to a story containing values.
It can be social critique, politic strategy, entertainment, or money machine. Regarding
the context, this article is meant to be a critical refl ection to a particular play in Taman
Budaya Yogyakarta (TBY). Here the writer is willing to share about spectator’s world
and a play performance carrying women movement issue; a stage imagined to be a
refl ection of daily life, yet live so close to appreciations and full of paradoxes.