Creative Performance Process on the Legend of Destroyed Cities Affecting Child Development

Abstract

This academic article was a part of the thesis of creative performances for children on the Legend of Destroyed Cities that had the objective to study the concept of a creative performance format for children on the Legend of Destroyed Cities to become a learning media that disseminated the content of the legend that focused on teaching children the virtues of honesty and gratitude through performances with the idea of being a children's drama that combined various art forms together, such as performing arts, music, dance, music, fine and literary arts that relied on the dramatic process as a systematic step in combining with various forms of performance to connect to current child development by creating images of movement and using the art of telling stories so that the audience can relate and follow by using music, scenes, lights, music, costumes of actors and various techniques for children to learn. From the experience of communication and seeing from the actions of the characters, they were the creative performances for children on the Legend of Destroyed Cities that had their own unique stories and strategies in order to be appropriate and provide the greatest benefit to children starting with designing a story to write a play.  It was a new creation by compiling from the original outline of the legend and adding additional adjustments to be consistent with the times and easier to understand including the design of various performance elements such as the use of music and singing songs that were appropriate for the audience of children. Costume design based on economy and simplicity including designing and creating puppet characters for performances using various materials and equipment that were easily available and cheap. There was also scene design, colored lights and special effects to make the show more complete and interesting.