Research Catalog

Title

Artists Inspired by Asia [excerpts] [videorecording].

Publication

1984.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Arundhati
• Simons, David (Composer)
• Pitkow, Marlene
• Culver, Andrew, 1953-
• Ward, Penny
• Burton, Deena.
• Future Primitives (Musical group)
• Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (62 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Selections from a performance presented as part of the Artists Inspired by Asia festival. Conceived by Amy Sophia Marashinsky, the festival had the dual purpose of presenting traditional Asian performing arts and new creations that drew upon traditional elements. Both American and Asian creative artists contributed pieces.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subjects

• Avant-garde (Music)
• Bharata natyam
• Video
• Dance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from container.

Credits (note)

• Videography: Penny Ward/Video. Deena Burton was a director and co-producer of the festival.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Balinese American Dance Theatre Space, 88 Franklin Street, New York, N.Y., on June 22, 1984.

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

Dances of India: Bharata natyam / danced by Arundhati -- Instrumental works / performed by David Simons and the Future Primitives -- Dances of India: new Bharata natyam (?) / danced by Marlene Pitkow -- Instrumental works / performed by Andrew Culver with his Tensegrity Sound Source No. 5.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4375

OCLC

275482717

Title

Artists Inspired by Asia [excerpts] [videorecording].

Imprint

1984.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Performer

Performed by Arundhati, David Simons and the Future Primitives, Marlene Pitkow, Andrew Culver.

Credits

Videography: Penny Ward/Video. Deena Burton was a director and co-producer of the festival.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Balinese American Dance Theatre Space, 88 Franklin Street, New York, N.Y., on June 22, 1984.

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

Arundhati, dancer.

Simons, David (Composer) Instrumentalist

Pitkow, Marlene, dancer.

Culver, Andrew, 1953- composer.

Culver, Andrew, 1953- instrumentalist.

Ward, Penny, videographer.

Burton, Deena. Producer

Future Primitives (Musical group)

Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4375