Presenting Traditional Dance ‘Tari Silat’ at Tertiary Level Using Social Media as an Alternative Performance Space Platform for Community Engagement in the 21st Century
‘Tari Silat’ is commonly known as part of a martial art. Every gesture and step bounce a signal language that represents a meaning while pertaining to the politeness of the movements. Tari Silat is taught in one of the syllabuses at the Faculty of Film Theatre and Animation UiTM Puncak Perdana under the Centre of Theatre. The current pandemic situation has affected the world of the education system widely and requires a new paradigm. Many issues have arisen especially in the field of performing arts education since this discipline is about being on stage to see the output. Alternatively, the use of social media is becoming a new game changer to showcase art performances virtually and this approach was implemented for final assessment in student’s projects as one of the new paradigms in teaching methods at higher institutions. The centre focus for this research is looking into the use of YouTube and Facebook Live Streaming as a replacement for an actual performance space in this 21st century and indirectly provide knowledge to a wider spectrum on martial art dance. Within this research, the students, art communities, stakeholders, and dancers are indirectly able to articulate and analyse the major concepts of performance space through the idea of performance studies by Richard Schechner. Besides, it will also analyse the performances within the “broad spectrum of performance” based on everyday life and social media to performance art for global spectacles. The new idea by using social media as a performance space will allow the stakeholders to see the ability and visibility of these art education and indirectly assure the direction for the students on the possibility of a future performing arts field.
Citation:
Mohd Zahid, Muhammad Fairul Azreen, et al. ''Presenting Traditional Dance ‘Tari Silat’ at Tertiary Level Using Social Media as an Alternative Performance Space Platform for Community Engagement in the 21st Century.'' International Journal of INTI, vol. 26, no. 1, 2022, pp. 34-45, ISBN / ISSN: 0126-5822.
