Moral Criticism: Social Stigma About LGBT on Didik Nini Thowok’s Dancing Skills in Cross-Gender Dances

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10.2991/assehr.k.210602.014How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social Stigma, LGBT, Cross-Gender, Didik Nini Thowok

Abstract

Dance functions, design patterns, and dancing skills begin to change a lot. The female-character dance that was originally performed by men (cross-gender) is now being performed by women. The emancipation of women has influenced changes in cultivation and forms of dancing skills. In the past, it was considered taboo if women followed all trends of arts. Women were not allowed to expose their bodies in public. As time goes on, women begin to pursue careers in the field of arts. Female dancers are no longer taboo, because of the development of thinking patterns and shifting norms in society. This habit seems to make the settled things in common. A dance artist from Temanggung, Didik Nini Thowok, makes a lot of art exploration while carrying out cross-gender practices in its implementation. The activities are carried out by him as one of the Indonesian art ambassadors to promote and reintroduce the traditional culture which is slowly eroded. However, many times his efforts have drawn criticism and critique because of the social stigma. It also creates pros and cons arguments because his creation is considered a form of the LGBT movement which is currently viral. This study aims to alter public perceptions of misconceptions about gender and its understanding. In practice, in the world of past traditional dance, cross-gender dance had often been performed for reasons of safety and moral and ethical laws, but nowadays it is considered uncommon because it is associated with the LGBT movements. This research is expected to be able to change the perception and social stigma about cross-gender dancers.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ratih Dwi Anjani
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BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts and Arts Education (ICAAE 2020)
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