THE VALUE OF YOGYAKARTA PALACE DANCES : RELEVANCE TO THE NATION CHARACTER NURTURING

Tan Keraton Yogyakarta bukan sekedar tontonan tetapi adalah sebuah media yang mengandung tuntunan. Bukan hanya bagi semuayang terlibat dalam pementasan tari, tetapi juga tuntunan bagi yang menonton Patokan bak.u dalam tari keraton yang hersumber pada nilai tata krama keratin merupakan etika moralitas, sebagai sarana penanaman karakter. Nilai-nilai tersebut terumuskan dalam empat prinsip yang wajib dimiliki penari yaitu sawiji, greget, sengguh, dan ora mingkub (falsafah Joged Mataram). Dikaji dari aspek aksiologis, tari keraton mengandung ajaran yang menempatkan \rasa sebagai rub' dan 'pengendalian diri sebagai inti'. Aspek rasa serta pengendalian diri ini lab yang memiliki relev ansi bagi pembangunan karakter bangsa saat ini.


A. Introduction
In d o n esian society now days has m any colored m ultiple conflicts, dem onstrations, religious conflict, the position seizure, and the seizure of Mataram is the way to perfectio n o r life guidelines th ro u g h its criteria. 380 M illab Vol. X U , N o. 2, Februari 2013 T h e research m e th o d used is descriptive qualitative ap p ro ach th a t is not only historically factual, b u t also interdisciplinary. T h e m e th o d used fo r this research involves u n d e rstan d in g the co ncepts, values, traits, and relationships am ong th e elem ents in the dance palace. H o w d o the values in h e re n t in the palacedances th a t affect the lives o f the palace, and its relevance to society today.

B. Dimension Value Dance Palace
A s it is know n, the dance palace as a show is n o t only related to aesthetic value, b u t also deals w ith m oral a n d ethical values th a t are useful for the fo rm atio n o f character in n u rtu rin g a noble character. According N o to n a g o ro (1971: 1), the value consists of: A . M a te ria l value is all things th a t are useful fo r h u m a n physical life, o r hum an bodily m aterial needs. In the dance, the physical m aterial can be e q u ated with nnraga. A dan cer is required to exercise th e m axim um m o tio n according to standard rules th at have b e en defined. W iraga have achieved as m u ch as possible to reach h a rm o n y w ith wirama.
B. V ita l value is everything th a t is useful fo r people to be able to hold events or activities. In the dance, it is the sam e w ith m ram a, fo r the m aterial m ovem ent activities m u st be balanced to achieve harm o n y w ith the rhythm o f the perform ance. W iram a is d eterm in ed by the settings o f the b re a th in the dance activities.
C. S p iritu a l value is useful for spiritual. In the dance, the sp in t or appreciation is a union o f rnrasa, cipta (creation), rasa (feeling), and ka rsa (intention). N otonegoro divided this spiritual value in to four types: 1. truth value, w hich is based o n m a n 's reaso n (ratio, cultivation, creation). In this case, a d an cer m u st be able to ru n standard rules correctly and tran sfo rm it ifl everyday life. In the dance w orld, the values as m en tio n ed earlier are n eeded to raise tite unity and cohesiveness am o n g the dancers' m ovem ents w ith o n e an other, in 0rder to form a sense o f unity am ong them . M otion displacem ent that accom panied the 'rasa (feel)' will be seen sim ultaneously, organized, flexible, ft*0, b u t the vice versa w ould disrupt the show , because it looks chaotic, ^regular, and rough. Social E thics, regards the u n derstanding o f the w isdom 382 M illah Vol. X I I , N o. 2, Februari 2013 based o n solidarity th a t leads to the co n sid erad o n to behave according to moral rules, th ereb y it builds h arm o n io u s, sturdy, stro n g relationships in socializing. D ances fo r the palace society are m eans to convey ideas and values held as:

Nyembah/sembahan
Starting a dance o r before standing up to dance, usually the dancers Such an attitude is expressed in the Javanese w ord neng-ning-nang-nutig (Endraswara, 2003: 95). Eneng-ening-enung p resen ts in the heart o r chest cavity as a flavor (rasa sejati / true feeling). E nang m eans win, m anage to beat their ow n desire and unify w ith the will to do. F ro m the condition o f silence it will achieve the m axim um restraint, w hich Javanese calls it nur-rasa. T herefore, from d id to 'sembahan' can be likened to a person w h o is doing m editation.

Ngenceng-encot
Ngenceng is synonym ous w ith a state o f tension, stiffness, w hile encot is a   T h erefo re, co nfidence is closely con n ected w ith the principle o r idealism.

G. Religious values
Sengguh is also needed in daily life due to having a sense o f sengguh positively, th en others will resp ect and appreciate.

J-Conglusion
T he study proved that the axiological aspects o f Y ogyakarta Palace dance contains teaching that puts the 'feel the spirit' and 'self-control' as the core. Self-control is based o n 'feel', is an im p o rtan t aspect to form a noble  i