Research Catalog

Title

[Deena Burton and Skip La Plante at the Children's Parade for Peace] [and] Sabbath bride [and] [Balinese dance demonstration excerpts] [videorecording].

Publication

[1981]-1985.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, Deena
• La Plante, Skip.
• Diamond, Jody.
• Becker, Margo
• Caporale, Judy
• Fain, Carla
• Wittig, Joan
• Gordon, Beate.
• Dancers and Musicians of Bali (Company)
• Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The first segment is an excerpt from the Hindu epic the Ramayana, told through words, Javanese topeng or masked dance, and music. Deena Burton plays a succession of characters in different masks; Skip La Plante and another musician provide accompaniment on homemade instruments. In the second segment, Sabbath bride, Burton incorporates elements of Javanese dance into her own choreography. Jody Diamond's haunting score is played by Gamelan Son of Lion, a musical ensemble with which Burton often collaborated.The third segment contains excerpts from a longer presentation on Balinese dance, and includes a variant of the kebyar dance, a virtuosic solo; a demonstration of topeng or mask dance patterns; a topeng dance solo; and a girls' duet.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Uniform Title

Sabbath bride (Choreographic work : Burton)

Alternative Title

• Sabbath bride
• [Balinese dance demonstration excerpts]
• Children's Peace Parade.

Subject

Dance > Indonesia > Bali (Province)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Titles of first and third segments supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• [Deena Burton and Skip La Plante at the Children's Parade for Peace] recorded in open-air performance in New York City on Oct. 24, 1985.
• Sabbath bride recorded in performance at the Synod House of St. John the Divine, New York City, on June 1, 1985.
• [Balinese dance demonstration excerpts] recorded in performance at Asia Society, New York City, probably in May 1981.

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

[Deena Burton and Skip La Plante at the Children's Parade for Peace] (ca. 10 min.) / performed by Deena Burton, Skip La Plante, and an unidentified man -- Sabbath bride (ca. 8 min.) / presented as part of the Artists Inspired by Asia festival ; choreography, Deena Burton ; music, Jody Diamond ; danced by Bali-Java Dance Theatre: Margo Becker, Deena Burton, Judy Caporale, Carla Fain, and Joan Wittig ; music played by Gamelan Son of Lion -- Credits only for Alusan variations ; no dance footage -- [Balinese dance demonstration excerpts] (45 min.) / probably performed by members of the Dancers and Musicians of Bali company ; probably narrated by Beate Gordon ; topeng demonstration by Gede Ata (?).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4373

OCLC

275494579

Title

[Deena Burton and Skip La Plante at the Children's Parade for Peace] [and] Sabbath bride [and] [Balinese dance demonstration excerpts] [videorecording].

Imprint

[1981]-1985.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

[Deena Burton and Skip La Plante at the Children's Parade for Peace] recorded in open-air performance in New York City on Oct. 24, 1985.

Sabbath bride recorded in performance at the Synod House of St. John the Divine, New York City, on June 1, 1985.

[Balinese dance demonstration excerpts] recorded in performance at Asia Society, New York City, probably in May 1981.

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.

Kebyar (Dance)

Added Author

Burton, Deena, choreographer.

Burton, Deena, dancer.

La Plante, Skip. Composer

La Plante, Skip. Instrumentalist

Diamond, Jody. Composer

Becker, Margo, dancer.

Caporale, Judy, dancer.

Fain, Carla, dancer.

Wittig, Joan, dancer.

Gordon, Beate. Narrator

Dancers and Musicians of Bali (Company)

Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Added Title

Sabbath bride (Choreographic work : Burton)

Children's Peace Parade.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4373