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Dancing.

Title: Dancing. Dance at court [videorecording]
Publication: c1993.

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1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

Episode 4 of an eight-part documentary series exploring the ramifications of dance around the world. France, Japan, Ghana, and Java show how court dances serve to reinforce the power of a sovereign, preserve social hierarchies, express cultural ideals, support the state religion, and serve other functions vital to government. Historian Elizabeth Aldrich and Francine Lancelot, artistic director of Ris et Danceries, examine dance at the court of Louis XIV. Bugaku, the court dance of Japan, is discussed by Tadamoro Ōno, a member of the Imperial Household, and composer Toshirō Mayuzumi. Dances at the palace of the Asantehene, the elected king of the Asante people of Ghana, are described by Albert Opoku and Kwame Arhin. The palace of Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Yogyakarta in central Java offers examples of the wayang wong (dance drama), bedoyo (women's court dance), and other dances, with commentaries by Rio Sasminta Mardawa (also called Romo Sas), Suharti Soedarsono, and Benedictus Suharto.

Series Statement

Dancing, 4

Uniform Title

Dancing (Television series)

Alternative Title

Dance at court.

Subjects

Note

Produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with RM Arts and BBC-TV. Created by Rhoda Grauer, executive producer. Producers: Geoff Dunlop and Jane Alexander, Screenlife Limited. Director: not credited on frame. Director, performance programs: Jac Venza. Directors of photography: Mike Coles and Chris O'Dell. Telescript: Gerald Jonas and Rhoda Grauer. Story: Rhoda Grauer. Host/narrator: Raoul Trujillo.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS: Excerpts from: The sleeping beauty: Act I, Lilac fairy variation. -- Baroque dances in rehearsal and performance, including excerpts from Atys. Reconstructed by Francine Lancelot and perf. by members of Ris et Danceries. -- Bugaku performance, including mask dances. -- Dances associated with an Adae [festival] at the court of the Asantehene. -- Wayang wong, including masked dancers and a combat dance. -- Dance rehearsal, supervised by Romo Sas. -- Javanese girls' dance lesson. -- Bedoyo. -- Asante dances. -- Bugaku performance. -- Girls' ballet class in Russia.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4111

OCLC

NYPY946031464-F

Title

Dancing. Dance at court [videorecording]

Imprint

c1993.

Series

Dancing, 4

Local Subject

State aid to dance.

Local Subject

Baroque dancing.

Social dancing -- 17th century

Social dancing -- 18th century.

Opera ballet. Atys.

Local Subject

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Japan.

Local Subject

Ashanti (African people) -- Dances.

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Ghana.

Local Subject

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Indonesia -- Java.

Added Author

Trujillo, Raoul. Host. Narrator

Aldrich, Elizabeth, 1947- Commentator

Lancelot, Francine. Commentator. Restager

Ōno, Tadamoro, 1933- Commentator

Mayuzumi, Toshirō, 1929- Commentator

Opoku, Albert A. Commentator

Arhin, Kwame. Commentator

Mardawa, Rama Sasminta. Commentator

Soedarsono, Suharti. Commentator

Suharto, Ben. Commentator

Hamengku Buwono X, Sultan of Yogyakarta. Commentator

Dunlop, Geoff. Producer

Jonas, Gerald, 1935- Screenwriter

Venza, Jac. Director

Grauer, Rhoda. Producer. Screenwriter

Ris et danceries (Musical group)

Added Title

Dancing (Television series)

Dance at court.

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4111

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