This study focuses on the creative process of creating the Melaghong Wabah dance by Syaputri which was inspired by the traditional ceremony of Ghatib Beghanyut. The Ghatib Beghanyut Traditional Ceremony is a ritual of rejecting reinforcements by the Siak community. It was this ceremony that inspired Syaputri to create the Melaghong Plague dance.
This research is a qualitative research using descriptive analysis method. Syahputri's creative potential was analyzed using Rhodes' 4P creativity concept which includes person, process, press, and product. By focusing on the creative process of creation, it can be explained that the creative person and the supporting or driving factors that can produce Melaghong Wabah dance products can be explained. Furthermore, to describe the process of creating the Melaghong Wabah dance, Hawkins' creation concept was used including exploration, improvisation, composition, and evaluation.
The results showed that Syaputri's creative process was influenced by internal factors, namely experience in art and the desire to create Malay dance creations and external factors, namely support from the surrounding environment from parents, family, community and government which made her very enthusiastic to work. By carrying out these stages of the process, we finally produce a dance work, namely Melaghong Wabah which was inspired by the Ghatib Behanyut ceremony
