Research Catalog

Title

[Dance and music of Irian Jaya] [videorecording].

Publication

1990?

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (18 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Performance of dance and music by members of the Asmat tribe of Irian Jaya, the Indonesian province on the west end of New Guinea, probably presented at a conference or festival sponsored by the Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia (MMI).

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subject

• Dance > Indonesia > Papua
• Music > Indonesia > Papua
• Asmat (Indonesian people)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• Probably recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, in Nov. 1990 as part of the Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia's Temu Ilmiah II.

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 5-4350

OCLC

275198608

Title

[Dance and music of Irian Jaya] [videorecording].

Imprint

1990?

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Probably recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, in Nov. 1990 as part of the Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia's Temu Ilmiah II.

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

Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4350