Performance Art Education In Indonesia In Entering Cultural Change In The Industry 4.0 Revolution Era

ABSTRACT: Performance art education in Indonesia has entered the moment of cultural change in the Industry 4.0 Revolution Era. This change is affecting various aspects that underlay policies made to revitalize art education paradigm in Indonesia. Such policies were actually ever made by educational institutions, such as Teacher Education Institute and the Indonesian Association of Drama Dance Education Study Programs. Both national and  international seminars also put into discussion of these policies. These seminars suppose to be the strategic forums to understand the conditions needed for cultural change in the Industry 4.0 Revolution Era. This cultural change is a signal that cultural constellations are no longer determined by art education competencies, which until now still rely on conventional performance art function. Nowadays, performance art education institutions are more widely used as negotiation tools that no longer recognize ethnic, national and dimensional boundaries. Revitalization to this status has made those institutions considering as important of youth aspirations, spontaneous ideas, popular performance art for tourism, and rejection over gender domination. Interview was conducted with senior educators who promote progressive views such as Sofyan Salam, AJ. Soeharjo, or Tjetjep Rohendi Rohidi. Their ideas were explored and interpreted to understand how should art education institutions play their role in cultural change. It was found that these institutions play three roles, respectively, (1) providing creative, appreciative and aesthetical experiences to learners; (2) building more sensitive personality that makes learners becoming aware with life change dynamic; and (3) encouraging learners to see their education institution as learning source, facilitator, and technical instrument that allows them to use social and multi-media networks to prepare their access to cybernetic era.
KEYWORDS: art education, cultural change, industrial revolution