Research Catalog

Title

[Sukarji Sriman in performance at Smith College] [videorecording].

Publication

2000.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sriman, Sukarji
• Smith College.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (23 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Excerpts from a performance of Javanese court dances, including scenes of wayang wong or dance drama. Sukarji Sriman, an Indonesian dancer and choreographer, graduated with a B.A. in dance from the Jakarta Institute of the Arts, where he became a member of the dance department faculty. At the time of this performance, he was studying in the graduate program of the dance department at Smith College, under a grant from the Asian Cultural Council. He frequently performed "alus" or refined male roles in the repertory of Javanese court dances.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subjects

• Dance
• Dance > Indonesia > Java
• Court dancing > Indonesia > Java
• Video
• Wayang wong (Dance drama)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• Recorded in performance at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., on Apr. 26, 2000.

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)

• Sukarji Sriman's M.F.A. thesis at Smith College, entitled A time of darkness : modern movement and traditional tales, included a thesis concert on Feb. 8, 2001. A video of that performance is located at Smith College.
• 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.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4322

OCLC

269415590

Title

[Sukarji Sriman in performance at Smith College] [videorecording].

Imprint

2000.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Recorded in performance at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., on Apr. 26, 2000.

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

Sukarji Sriman's M.F.A. thesis at Smith College, entitled A time of darkness : modern movement and traditional tales, included a thesis concert on Feb. 8, 2001. A video of that performance is located at Smith College.

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

Gift; Skip La Plante.

Added Author

Sriman, Sukarji, dancer.

Smith College.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4322