Research Catalog

Title

[Javanese dance and music in New York City] [videorecording].

Publication

1987.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Harjito, Tri Widyaningsih
• Burton, Deena
• Rudden, Leslie
• Murgiyanto, Sal
• Nrangwesti, Endang
• Harjito, I. M.
• Sumarsam.
• New York Indonesian Consulate Gamelan.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Three dances from a performance presented at the American Museum of Natural History, followed by excerpts from a Javanese dance class, in practice clothes. These dances provide examples of the male and female styles of Javanese court dance. The male style is further subdivided into the "alus" or refined and "gagah" or strong styles. Golek manis portrays a young girl as she prepares herself inwardly and outwardly to greet the world. Perang putri is a combat dance for two warrior queens, Srikandi and Larasati, both wives of the Pandawa hero Arjuna. In the Panji-Bugis duet, which depicts a fight between the Javanese hero Panji and an emissary from the demon king Klana, Sal Murgiyanto dances in the strong style, while Endang Nrangwesti, playing the male character Panji, performs in the refined style. In Retna pamudya, a duet for the warrior queens Srikandi and Larasati, both dancers perform in the female style. The final segment appears to be a dance solo; Nrangwesti leads Deena Burton (in white) and another woman through the movements, which the three perform in unison without interacting with one another.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subjects

• Dance
• Combat dances
• Video
• Court dancing > Indonesia > Java
• Dance > Indonesia > Java
• Golek (Dance)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Credits (note)

• Performance at the American Museum of Natural History presented by the Museum and the World Music Institute.

Event (note)

• Performance at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, recorded on April 23, 1987.
• Javanese dance class held at a loft at Westbeth, New York City, ca. 1987.

Funding (note)

• 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)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Skip La Plante.

Biography (note)

• 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

Contents

• Performance at the American Museum of Natural History: Golek manis (ca. 10 min.) / danced by Triwidyaningsih Harjito -- Perang putri (ca. 10 min.) / choreography arranged by S. Kardjono ; danced by Deena Burton and Leslie Rudden -- Panji-Bugis (ca. 13 min.) / danced by Endang Nrangwesti and Sal Murgiyanto.
• Javanese dance class: Retna pamudya (ca. 11 min.) / danced by Endang Nrangwesti and Sal Murgiyanto -- Dance solo (?) (ca. 13 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4313

OCLC

269413873

Title

[Javanese dance and music in New York City] [videorecording].

Imprint

1987.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Performer

Performers at the American Museum of Natural History: the New York Indonesian Consulate Gamelan with special guest artists Sumarsam, I.M. Harjito, Sal Murgiyanto, Endang Nrangwesti, Triwidyaningsih Harjito; Deena Burton, Leslie Rudden.

Performers at the Javanese dance class: Endang Nrangwesti, Sal Murgiyanto, Deena Burton, and others.

Credits

Performance at the American Museum of Natural History presented by the Museum and the World Music Institute.

Event

Performance at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, recorded on April 23, 1987.

Javanese dance class held at a loft at Westbeth, New York City, ca. 1987.

Funding

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

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.

Local Note

Note from Skip La Plante: Triwi Harjito is I.M. Harjito's daughter. She dance/performed several times with gamelan Kusuma Laras. Leslie Rudden danced for several years with Deena, and became associate director of gamelan Kusuma Laras.

Source

Gift; Skip La Plante.

Local Subject

Combat dances.

Golek (Dance)

Added Author

Harjito, Tri Widyaningsih, dancer.

Burton, Deena, dancer.

Rudden, Leslie, dancer.

Murgiyanto, Sal, dancer.

Nrangwesti, Endang, dancer.

Harjito, I. M. Instrumentalist

Sumarsam. Instrumentalist

New York Indonesian Consulate Gamelan.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4313