Abstract:
This thesis aims at studying the possibility to creatively produce a Javanese dance drama based upon a Thai dramatic literature as a cross culture performance from Thailand to Indonesia. Phra Lor on the Siang Nam episode as a dance drama is selected as the subject for adaptation into Sendratari, a dance drama of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Wayang Kulit or a Javanese puppet shadow similar to Nang Talung is also used to present in the scenes. The performance is about 25 minutes performed by two main characters Prince Phra Lor and Boon Leua, the Queen Mother. The script is composed in Javanese language with Matuya Metta as a performance name which means the mothers love. Music, costume and movements are based upon the Yogyanese tradition with some Thai elements are employed to give a Thai flavor. The research found that the creative experimentation of producing a Javanese dance drama based on Phra Lor is successful since it has a similarity in dramatic literature, characters, and mythology along with their style of singing, dancing and play development. Thus, the experimental creative research should be conducted in order to complete the full version of Phra Lor and could be developed and experimented to produce more appropriate cross-culture performances with other nations in order to enhance the academic of performing arts in the future.