Remo Dance

Tari Remo is one of the great dance to welcome guests, who displayed either by one or more dancers. This dance originated from East Java Province.

Remo Dance comes from Jombang, East Java [citation needed]. This dance is a dance that was originally used as an introduction to the show ludruk. However, the development of this dance is often danced separately as a reception for state guests, danced in ceremonies of state, as well as in local arts festivals. This dance is actually a prince spoke of the struggle in the battlefield. However, in its development is becoming more frequent dance danced by women, giving rise to other dance styles: Princess or Dancing Remo Remo female style.
Procedures Motion

Characteristics of the most major of Dance Remo is smart footwork and dynamic. This movement was supported by the bells are mounted on the ankle. This bell sounds when the dancers stepping or stomping on the stage. In addition, other characteristics of the movement shawl or Sampur, nod and shake of her head movements, facial expressions, and the horses dance dancers make this more attractive.
Dressmaking

Clothing from Remo dancers there are various styles, including: Style Sawunggaling, Surabayan, Malangan, and Jombangan. In addition there are also distinctive clothing worn for the dance style Remo women.

Clothing styles Surabayan

Consisting of a red headband, shirt without buttons that are black with royal style in the 18th century, mid-calf pants extent been associated with gold needles, coastal batik sarongs hanging to the knees, setagen tied at the waist, and the dagger slipped in rear. Dancers wearing two scarves, which one worn at the waist and the other one pinned at the shoulder, with each dancer holding the hand of each end of scarf. In addition, there is also a collection of bells anklet that looped the ankle.

Clothing Style Sawunggaling

Basically the same fashion used Surabayan style, but what distinguishes the use of a long-sleeved white shirt instead of black clothes kingdom.
Clothing Style Malangan

Clothing styles are basically the same Malangan with Surabayan style clothing, but the difference that is on long pants to touch the ankles and not embeddable with a needle.


Clothing Style Jombangan

Clothing style is basically the same Jombangan Sawunggaling style, but the difference is that dancers do not use jerseys but using the vest.


Princess Dress Remo

Remo Princess has a different clothing style of the original remo. Dancers wore a bun, wearing a black mekak to cover the chest, using Rapak to cover the waist to the knee, and only use one scarves are embeddable in the shoulder.

Accompaniment

Remo Dance music that accompanies this is a gamelan, which usually consists of bonang barung / babok, bonang successor, saron, xylophone, gender, slentem siter, flute, kethuk, kenong, kempul, and gongs. The type of rhythm that is often sung to accompany the Dance Remo is Jula-July and Tropongan, but can also be gising Walangkekek, Gedok Rancak, gising-gising Krucilan or new creations. In ludruk show, dancers usually interject a song in the middle of the dance.