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Lembaga Teater Perempuan (LTP) M.A.S. Yogyakarta in collaboration with Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta, and the Lemhannas Alumni Family Association (IKAL) Batch '49 presents Musical Theater Performance THE VORTEX OF LOVE (A Streetcar Named Desire) The work of Tennessee Williams. Translation by Toto Sudarto Bachtiar, with Director Prof. Dr. Yudiaryani, M.A and Astrada Bambang Wartoyo. The performance took place at Balai Sarbini Building, Plaza Semanggi, Jakarta on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, 2020 at 19.30-22.00 WIB.
About A Streetcar Named Desire (WHIRLPOOL OF LOVE)
The performance PUSARAN CINTAGE is a new interpretation of the original script entitled A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, American playwright.
A Streetcar Named Desire is Tennessee Williams' greatest work, which won the Pulitzer Prize for dramatic literature and played on the US Broadway stage for two years without interruption.
This text shows the conflict between old-world (European) and new-world (American) values.
Conflicts of thought occur between elegance versus aggressiveness and materialism. The psychological conflict that occurs between the individual and his environment, between the individual and his own thoughts, hopes and fantasies.
What is the relevance of PUSARAN CINTAGE musical theater to the Indonesian audience?
- The musical theater performance PUSARAN CINTA is a portrait of the life of Indonesian society today. There is a strong relationship between the story and the life of the people in Indonesia, namely the struggle of marginalized people and the struggle of women's lives.
- Indonesia as a developing country has psychological and sociological impacts on people's lives. The materialism, capitalism and individualism typical of developed and metropolitan societies have also changed the way of thinking, mental constructs and attitudes, as well as the values of daily beliefs of people in Indonesia. As a result, there are tensions between rich and poor, educated and uneducated, job discrimination between men and women.
What is the message and value of the musical theater of PUSARAN CINTAGE for Cultural and National Resilience
- Strengthening cultural resilience. Development in Indonesia has led many regional residents to migrate to big cities. They are the urban community. They live in the suburbs. They are able to support the suburbs with a typical urban lifestyle. In America, rock n roll, blues and jazz have emerged as the hallmarks of the urban community, while in Indonesia, ballads, dangdut and other traditional music have emerged. There is even a new musical creativity that reinterprets jazz music by combining it with various traditional music genres. This is cultural resilience.
- The struggle for gender equality. The musical theater performance of PUSARAN CINTAGE is a manifestation of the struggle and resilience of women demanding their rights to be equal in the public sphere where men have been the sole rulers. In the patriarchal structure, women are always marginalized,
- Multicultural art development. The musical theater performance PUSARAN CINTA, as a form of modern theater in Indonesia today, represents the multicultural and multilingual society of Indonesia.
- Renewal of the performing arts stage. The change of performance form from realism to postrealism. The musical theater performance PUSARAN CINTA features a collaborative style of performance art, namely theater, dance, and music as well as visual art performances.
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