Research Catalog

Title

[Artists Inspired by Asia excerpts] [videorecording].

Publication

1984.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, Deena
• Burton, Deena.
• Patrik, Janaki
• La Plante, Skip.
• Marashinsky, Amy Sophia.
• Ward, Penny
• Chameleon Theatrix.
• Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Selections from a performance presented as part of the Artists Inspired by Asia festival.
• The Artists Inspired by Asia festival, conceived by Amy Sophia Marashinsky, had the dual purpose of presenting traditional Asian performing arts and new creations that drew upon traditional elements. Both American and Asian creative artists contributed to the festival.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subjects

• Kathak (Dance)
• Avant-garde (Music)
• Video
• Dance
• Mask dances

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Disc 2 ends abruptly; the last piece, Barefoot kyogen: Unseen pigeons, is incomplete.

Credits (note)

• Videography: Penny Ward/Video. Deena Burton was a director and co-producer of the festival.

Event (note)

• Recorded in performance at the Balinese American Dance Theatre Space, 88 Franklin Street, New York, N.Y., on June 24, 1984.

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: http://www.gamelan.org/deenaburton/deenabio.html.

Contents

• Disc 1: Unidentified mask dance (ca. 4 min.) / performer not identified -- Unidentified mask dance (ca. 6 min.) / performer not identified; possibly Deena Burton -- Unidentified mask dance (ca. 3 min.) / performer not identified -- Kathak dance solo (ca. 6 min.) / performed by Janaki Patrik -- Japanese combat dance (ca. 9 min.) / performed by two men -- Manu and the fish (ca. 8 min.) / performed by unidentified woman -- Music on homemade instruments (ca. 24 min.) / performed by Skip La Plante with three men and a woman.
• Disc 2: Barefoot kyogen: New Year's bells (ca. 11 min.) / written and directed by Amy Sophia Marashinsky; performed by members of Chameleon Theatrix -- Fox spirit (ca. 10 min.) / choreographed and danced by Deena Burton; music played by Skip La Plante -- Barefoot kyogen: Unseen pigeons [incomplete] (ca. 11 min.) / written and directed by Amy Sophia Marashinsky; performed by members of Chameleon Theatrix.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4325

OCLC

275175044

Title

[Artists Inspired by Asia excerpts] [videorecording].

Imprint

1984.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Performer

Performed by Deena Burton, Janaki Patrik, Skip La Plante, Chameleon Theatrix, others.

Credits

Videography: Penny Ward/Video. Deena Burton was a director and co-producer of the festival.

Event

Recorded in performance at the Balinese American Dance Theatre Space, 88 Franklin Street, New York, N.Y., on June 24, 1984.

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.

Source

Gift; Skip La Plante.

Local Subject

Mask dances.

Added Author

Burton, Deena, choreographer.

Burton, Deena, dancer.

Burton, Deena. Producer

Patrik, Janaki, dancer.

La Plante, Skip. Composer

La Plante, Skip. Instrumentalist

Marashinsky, Amy Sophia. Author

Marashinsky, Amy Sophia. Director

Ward, Penny, videographer.

Chameleon Theatrix.

Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4325