ABSTRACT

Auditive stimuli focus works through using sounds or voices to stimulate creativity. Auditive stimulation is one of the initial stimuli in dance while auditive stimuli is one of the new methods to develop one’s creativity in dance. The Sekar Kinanti Art Studio (SSKS) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia uses auditive stimulation methods to support the learning process. This research is a descriptive, qualitative study that reveals the progression of events that occur in the SSKS, and in particular investigates the learning methods used in the studio. As part of the learning process in SSKS auditive stimulation methods successfully shape the studio students’ kinaesthetic abilities. Kinaesthetic abilities (motion and the sense of motion) is observed in SSKS graduates who have passed the learning process after a period of two to five years in the SSKS. Auditive stimulation is one method implemented to help form one’s kinesthetic abilities.