Folklore-Based Creative Dance in West Java, Indonesia

People’s representation expressed an idea of unlimited dance creation. Creativity competitions or various dance festivals became the stimulus for the creators in making dance creativity. One of the inspirations in dance creation process was folklore. Folklore as the treasury of the Indonesians’ verbal culture was rich of local culture’s wisdom. The aim of this paper was to describe the creative process of creative dance which was based on the folklore in West Java entitled Tangkuban Perahu, with the dance title of “Lara Sumbi”. In order to analyze the problems stated in this research, a grounded theory related with choreography was used. The research method used was descriptive analysis method with the data collection methods of documentation and literature study. The results of the research were: 1) The folklore-based creative dance had Gunung Tangkuban Parahu as the basic idea and produced text analysis and creation context of dance creation in the form of gestures and pure movements; (2) The analysis depth was in the form of the movement elements of the folklore-based creative dance of Gunung Tangkuban Parahu. This research could be used as an inspiration of the process ground of dance creation.