Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Mardawa, Rama Sasminta.
2. Burton, Deena.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (112 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. In 1989-1990 a Fulbright Scholarship enabled Deena Burton to take copies of Tassilo Adam's ethnographic dance films, which she had edited, back to Indonesia. She presented screenings for Indonesian artists and scholars, eliciting their comments and background information. These screenings were recorded on 8mm videocassette. Adam's films are not visible on the screen, and there is no dance content. The language spoken is usually Bahasa Indonesia, but the participants may speak Javanese among themselves. This recording was made at Pujokusuman, home of a dance academy headed by Rama Sasminta Mardawa, with whom Deena Burton studied in 1989-1990. The viewers include Rama Sas, as he was called, and the academy's teachers and students. Burton is seated to the right of Rama Sas.

Series statement

1. Deena Burton Collection

Subject

1. Adam, Tassilo
2. Dance > Indonesia

Genre/Form

1. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4367

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

1. Recorded at Pujokusuman, Yogyakarta, Java, in 1989 or 1990.

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. [Tassilo Adam film screening at Pujokusuman] [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1989 or 1990.

Series

1. Deena Burton Collection

System details

1. DVD.

Performer

1. Participants: Rama Sasminta Mardawa and others.

Event

1. Recorded at Pujokusuman, Yogyakarta, Java, in 1989 or 1990.

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. Mardawa, Rama Sasminta.
2. Burton, Deena.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4367