Rethinking Dance Aesthetic: The Presence Of Ephemerality In Virtual Choreography
Riana Diah Sitharesmi

Gorontalo State University

Abstract

Today virtual world allowed the rise of new culture of Indonesian dance, a virtual culture. It is somehow an obligation to advancing creativity so that we can well posit the challenge towards the dance existence. As a virtual choreography differed from recording dance performance, I am addressing some crucial matters, e.g. the competence of a choreographer to master digital technology, the presence of ephemerality as the nature of dance, and the prospect of an economically breakthrough in contemporary works productivity. For this paper, my imperative is to investigate the aesthetic significance of virtual contemporary choreography and to emphasizing ephemerality, the nature of the dance itself.

Since my experiment on creating virtual dance failed to complete, I carried on the research within a more theoretical investigation, which caused a slight change on the process. I observed contemporary (virtual) dance presentations to seeing and understanding the essentials, which also a reflective evaluation upon my own failure. The selected literature sources on virtual art and technology were used to deconstruct a previous insight to bring the analysis into philosophical inquiries. At the end, the research found that doing virtual contemporary choreography is not only a matter of epistemology but also a matter of value, which necessarily reach an ontological aesthetic.

Keywords: aesthetic, virtual choreography, contemporary dance, philosophical inquiry

Topic: Aesthetics