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[Asian dance and art]

Title: [Asian dance and art] [videorecording] / produced by Beate Gordon.
Publication: [197-?]

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (117 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Compilation of four videos on various Asian dance and art forms.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Sun Ock Lee.

Alternative Title

Korean dance with Sun Ock Lee
Chhau, the masked dance of Bengal
Suiboku
Shaman ritual from Korea

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Educational/cultural films and programs.
Compilations.
Video.

Contents

Korean dance with Sun Ock Lee [1978] (ca. 29 min.) / presented by Brooklyn College in cooperation with the Performing Arts Program of the Asia Society ; directed by Don MacLennan ; written, narrated and produced by Beate Gordon for the Asia Society ; scenery and lighting, Bill Chase ; three dances performed by Sun Ock Lee: Sal poo ri [also spelled salpuri] (shamanistic ritual dance from southern Korea) ; Shinjang nori (guardian gods' dance from northern Korea) ; Seung moo (Buddhist drum dance). An unedited version of this program appears on *MGZIC 9-1395 Sun Ock Lee.
Chhau, the masked dance of Bengal [1975] (ca. 30 min.) / presented by Brooklyn College in cooperation with the Performing Arts Program of the Asia Society ; directed by Michele Braithwaite ; written, narrated and produced by Beate Gordon for the Asia Society ; scenery and lighting, Christian Dahl ; performed by the Chhau Dancers of West Bengal ; includes a mask dance depicting Durga's battle with the buffalo demon ; a demonstration of various Chhau movements, performed by a dancer without masks ; and a dance depicting the defeat of Abhimanyu, partly performed under the closing credits. This program also appears on *MGZIC 5-460.
Suiboku [n.d.] (ca. 30 min., b&w) / presented by the Japan Society ; directed by Philip Beigel ; produced by Beate Gordon for the Japan Society ; narrator, Beate Gordon ; demonstration of suiboku (Japanese brush painting) by the artist Hozan Matsumoto.
Shaman ritual from Korea: Chaesu-gut, the rite of good fortune [n.d.] (ca. 28 min.) / presented by the Asia Society ; directed by Richard Breyer ; produced by Beate Gordon ; writer and consultant, Theresa Ki-ja Kim ; additional research, Jung-on Kim ; narrators, Jenifer Breyer, Jung-on Kim ; performed by Keum-Hwa Kim, Ok-Ja Lee, Jeong-Hwa Yoon, and others ; reenactment and explanation of a Korean shamanistic ritual, led by Keum-Hwa Kim, a female shaman. The various components of the ritual, generally a week-long celebration, include food offerings, music, dance, the representation of a series of spirits (differentiated by costume), and ordeals by knifeblade.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3025

OCLC

NYPY98-F3024

Title

[Asian dance and art] [videorecording] / produced by Beate Gordon.

Imprint

[197-?]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Local Subject

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Korea.

Drum dances -- Korea.

Mask dances.

Added Author

Gordon, Beate. Producer. Narrator

Yi, Sŏn-ok, dancer.

Matsumoto, Hōzan, 1925- Artist

Kim, Keum-Hwa, dancer.

Lee, Ok-Ja, dancer.

Yoon, Jeong-Hwa, dancer.

MacLennan, Donald W. Director

Chase, Bill. Designer

Braithwaite, Michele. Director

Beigel, Philip. Director

Breyer, Richard. Director

Kim, Theresa Ki-ja. Consultant

Chhau Dancers of Bengal.

Brooklyn College.

Asia Society. Performing Arts Program.

Japan Society (New York, N.Y.)

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3025

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