Research Catalog

Title

[Tassilo Adam film screenings in Java] [videorecording].

Publication

1989 or 1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Burton, Deena.

Description

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

Summary

In 1989-1990 a Fulbright Scholarship enabled Deena Burton to take copies of Tassilo Adam's ethnographic dance films, which she had edited, back to Indonesia. She presented screenings for Indonesian artists and scholars, eliciting their comments and background information. These screenings were recorded on 8mm videocassette. Adam's films are not visible on the screen, and there is no dance content. The language spoken is usually Bahasa Indonesia, but the participants may speak Javanese among themselves. The first segment of this recording depicts a screening for Rama Dino. Others are present, and Burton appears on camera at left. The remainder of the recording was made at Sriwedari Park in Surakarta or Solo. Originally established as a royal resort, it is now a public amusement park, where performances of wayang wong or dance drama are presented nightly. The performers form the audience for the screening, which takes place in a mirrored dressing room. The composition of the group changes as the viewers come and go; Burton appears among them. At the end of Disc 2, performers are seen applying makeup and preparing for performance.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subject

• Adam, Tassilo
• Dance > Indonesia

Genre/Form

Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• Recorded in Java in 1989 and/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.

Contents

Disc 1: Screening for Rama Dino (ca. 33 min.) -- Screening at Sriwedari Park (ca. 29 min.) -- Disc 2: Continuation of screening at Sriwedari Park (ca. 61 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4368

OCLC

275364629

Title

[Tassilo Adam film screenings in Java] [videorecording].

Imprint

1989 or 1990.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Recorded in Java in 1989 and/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.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4368