Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Sipala, Wiwiek
2. Kardjono, S.
3. Nrangwesti, Endang
4. Burton, Deena

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (49 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Informal demonstration of Indonesian dances, performed in practice clothes to recorded music. S. Kardjono is a teacher of Indonesian dance; Deena Burton studied with him in Jakarta in 1979-1980. Wiwiek Sipala, a member of the faculty of the Institut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ), was born in Sulawesi and frequently performed dances from Sulawesi and Sumatra.

Series statement

1. Deena Burton Collection

Subject

1. Dance > Indonesia
2. Dance > Indonesia > Java
3. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Dance solo with fan (ca. 9 min.) / danced by Wiwiek Sipala -- Dance quartet, possibly a serimpi (ca. 12 min.) / danced by S. Kardjono (performing in Javanese female style), Deena Burton, Wiwiek Sipala, and Endang Nrangwesti -- Combat dance (ca. 11 min.) / danced by S. Kardjono and Deena Burton -- Dance solo, possibly a martial arts dance (ca. 3 min.) / danced by Wiwiek Sipala -- Dance solo (ca. 14 min.) / danced by S. Kardjono.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4314

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger.

Credits (note)

1. [Sponsored by] Arts Indonesia.

Event (note)

1. Recorded at Deena Burton's loft in New York City, 198-?

Funding (note)

1. Funding for the preservation and cataloging of the Deena Burton Collection was provided in part by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Skip La Plante.

Biography (note)

1. Deena Burton, 1948-2005, was an American dancer, choreographer, and scholar of Indonesian dance. During her first trip to Indonesia in 1976-1980, she studied a variety of Indonesian dance styles. After returning to New York City, she obtained a master's degree in arts administration from Columbia University in 1982. Working with several dance, music, and theater groups, she staged both original and Indonesian choreographies, and founded her own company, Bali-Java Dance Theater. She frequently collaborated with composer Skip La Plante, whom she later married. She was among the founders of the New York Indonesian Consulate Gamelan ensemble, later called Gamelan Kusuma Laras. She was a major force behind the not-for-profit organization Arts Indonesia. At the New York Public Library, she edited the Tassilo Adam films, an invaluable collection shot in Indonesia in the 1920s, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to take the edited films to Indonesia in 1989-1990. She received a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University in 1997, writing her dissertation on Claire Holt. For a fuller biography, see: http://www.gamelan.org/deenaburton/deenabio.html.

Title

1. [Indonesian dance demonstration] [videorecording].

Imprint

1. [198-?]

Series

1. Deena Burton Collection

System details

1. DVD.

Performer

1. Danced by Wiwiek Sipala, S. Kardjono, Deena Burton, Endang Nrangwesti.

Credits

1. [Sponsored by] Arts Indonesia.

Event

1. Recorded at Deena Burton's loft in New York City, 198-?

Funding

1. Funding for the preservation and cataloging of the Deena Burton Collection was provided in part by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography

1. Deena Burton, 1948-2005, was an American dancer, choreographer, and scholar of Indonesian dance. During her first trip to Indonesia in 1976-1980, she studied a variety of Indonesian dance styles. After returning to New York City, she obtained a master's degree in arts administration from Columbia University in 1982. Working with several dance, music, and theater groups, she staged both original and Indonesian choreographies, and founded her own company, Bali-Java Dance Theater. She frequently collaborated with composer Skip La Plante, whom she later married. She was among the founders of the New York Indonesian Consulate Gamelan ensemble, later called Gamelan Kusuma Laras. She was a major force behind the not-for-profit organization Arts Indonesia. At the New York Public Library, she edited the Tassilo Adam films, an invaluable collection shot in Indonesia in the 1920s, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to take the edited films to Indonesia in 1989-1990. She received a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University in 1997, writing her dissertation on Claire Holt. For a fuller biography, see: http://www.gamelan.org/deenaburton/deenabio.html.

Source

1. Gift; Skip La Plante.

Added author

1. Sipala, Wiwiek, dancer.
2. Kardjono, S., dancer.
3. Nrangwesti, Endang, dancer.
4. Burton, Deena, dancer.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4314