Folk Dance

Indonesian dance show social complexity and social levels of society coating, which also shows the social class and the degree of smoothness. Based protectors and supporters, folk dance is a dance that is developed and supported by many people, both in rural and urban areas. Compared to the dance palace (palace) developed and protected by the court, the Indonesian people dance more dynamic, energetic, and relatively free from the strict rules and discipline specific, though some styles of movement or posture characteristic often retained. Dance people pay more attention to the function of entertainment and social interaction rather than ritual function.

Dance Jaipongan Ronggeng and Sundanese dance is a good example of the folk dance tradition. Both are social dance that is more entertainment. Often featured dance movements that are considered less appropriate when viewed from the perspective of court dance, folk dance result is often misunderstood too erotic or too rough in the standard of the palace. Despite these dances still thrive in the tradition of the people of Indonesia because it is supported by the community. Some of the traditional folk dance has developed into a mass dance with simple movements in order, such as Poco-poco dance from Minahasa North Sulawesi, and dance Sajojo of Papua

Palace Dance

Dance in Indonesia reflects the long history of Indonesia. Some noble families; various castles and palaces that still survive in various parts of Indonesia, and conservationists be a bastion of culture palaces. The most obvious difference between the palace dances with folk dance tradition appears in Javanese dance. Javanese strata are layered and multilevel reflected in its culture. If the nobility class pay more attention to subtlety, elements of spirituality, nobility, and keadiluhungan; most people pay more attention to entertainment and social elements of the dance. As a result of more stringent palace dances and has a set of rules and discipline are maintained from generation to generation, while people dance more freely, and open up a variety of influences.

 Protection of the royal palace of art and culture generally encouraged by the royal institution as guardians and protectors of their tradition. For example, the Sultan and the Sunan of Kraton Yogyakarta and Surakarta Palace known as the creator of a variety of dance palace complete with a dance accompanist gamelan composition. The dance palace is also present in the court tradition of Bali and Malay, which usually Java-like-also emphasizes the subtlety, the glory and prestige. Dances such as the former Palace of the Sultanate of Aceh Sumatra, Sultanate of Deli in North Sumatra, Riau Malay Sultanate and the Sultanate of Palembang in South Sumatra is more influenced by Islamic culture, while Java and Bali will thicker Hindu-Buddhist cultural heritage