Research Catalog

Title

[Mask dances of Indonesia] [videorecording].

Publication

1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (123 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Topeng or mask dances from different regions in Indonesia.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subject

• Dance > Indonesia > Sumatra
• Batak (Indonesian people)
• Dance > Indonesia > Kalimantan
• Dance > Indonesia > Java
• Dance festivals > Indonesia

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Credits (note)

• Presented by the Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia (MMI).

Event (note)

• Recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, in Nov. 1990. All except the second segment were recorded in performance at the Festival Topeng Tradisional Indonesia. Second segment recorded as part of Temu Ilmiah II, Ceramah Demonstrasi, or the lecture-demonstration portion of the MMI's second scientific meeting.

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: Batak mask dance from Sumatra (ca. 25 min.) -- Demonstration of a Topeng Cirebon mask dance solo from West Java (ca. 5 min.) -- Mask dance from Kalimantan (ca. 16 min.) -- Topeng Cirebon performance (ca. 13 min.) -- Disc 2: Continuation of Topeng Cirebon performance (ca. 64 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4351

OCLC

275198620

Title

[Mask dances of Indonesia] [videorecording].

Imprint

1990.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Presented by the Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia (MMI).

Event

Recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, in Nov. 1990. All except the second segment were recorded in performance at the Festival Topeng Tradisional Indonesia. Second segment recorded as part of Temu Ilmiah II, Ceramah Demonstrasi, or the lecture-demonstration portion of the MMI's second scientific meeting.

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

Tōpéng.

Mask dances.

Added Author

Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4351