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[Master class taught by Ibu Savitri]

Title
[Master class taught by Ibu Savitri] [videorecording].
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Savitri
  • Burton, Deena
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Master class in Indonesian dance taught by Ibu Savitri [Ibu is an honorific] with dancers and musicians from her company. Deena Burton, in blue shirt, is among the students; Skip La Plante is glimpsed among the musicians.
Series Statement
Deena Burton Collection
Subject
Dance > Indonesia
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Deena Burton's loft, New York City, on Nov. 17, 1993.
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.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4318
OCLC
275234440
Title
[Master class taught by Ibu Savitri] [videorecording].
Imprint
1993.
Series
Deena Burton Collection
System Details
DVD.
Event
Recorded at Deena Burton's loft, New York City, on Nov. 17, 1993.
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.
Added Author
Savitri, dancer.
Burton, Deena, dancer.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4318
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