Every traditional dance must have a message to convey to every movement. There are stories that inspire a choreographer in terms of creating his dance moves, such as love, passion, struggle and so forth. One of the dances that are inspired by this is the Lenggang Nyai Dance, a dance from Betawi or Jakarta that tells the story of Nyai Dasimah. The origin of this lenggang dance comes from the story of a beautiful girl from Betawi named Nyai Dasimah who was in confusion to choose two choices of a spouse, a Dutch and an Indonesian. He later became the wife of a Dutchman named Edward William. Feeling constrained by the rules that her husband made, Nyai Dasima also made the excuse to rebel for the abuse committed against him. This struggle for women's rights inspired Wiwiek Widiastuti to commemorate Nyai Dasima's struggle in the form of Lenggang Nyai dance movement. Lenggang Nyai dance character is more using the form of a lively movement as a personification of Betawi society. Somet
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