Research Catalog
[Travels in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java]
- Title
- [Travels in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java] [videorecording].
- Publication
- 1989.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-4333 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 1 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-4333 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (124 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Travel footage recorded during Deena Burton's stay in Indonesia under a Fulbright Scholarship. Disc 1 begins in Malaysia with a brief glimpse of the Batu Caves, followed by views of resorts and a nature preserve in the Cameron Highlands, with many closeups of trees and plants. The city of Penang is seen in the distance. A boat trip across the sea passes the port of Belawan before reaching the city of Medan in Sumatra. The first 36 min. of Disc 2 contain an informal musical performance by Batak musicians, possibly at the University of Northern Sumatra. They demonstrate various instruments and discuss their music with Burton and Skip La Plante. As the trip continues to the Sumatran highland town of Brastagi, the recording includes views of the Sibayak volcano, called Gunung Sibayh on a signpost, and examples of elaborately decorated Batak houses. The recording ends in Java, with views from a train on a journey from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. This recording has no dance content.
- Series Statement
- Deena Burton Collection
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Note
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at various locations in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java in 1989 or 1990.
- 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 5-4333
- OCLC
- 275198518
- Title
- [Travels in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java] [videorecording].
- Imprint
- 1989.
- Series
- Deena Burton Collection
- System Details
- DVD.
- Event
- Recorded at various locations in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java in 1989 or 1990.
- 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
- Burton, Deena.La Plante, Skip.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4333