Research Catalog

Title

[Music and dance of Indonesia] [videorecording].

Publication

1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia.

Description

4 videodiscs (NTSC) (250 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Selections of music and dance presented as part of Temu Ilmiah II, a conference and festival held by the Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia (MMI), the Indonesian Musicological Society. The festival brought together performers from different regions of Indonesia, among them Sunda, Lombok, Nias, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subject

• Music > Indonesia
• Dance > Indonesia
• Music festivals > Indonesia
• Dance festivals > Indonesia

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• Recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, in Nov. 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: Vocal solo (ca. 28 min.) / performed by a male singer/instrumentalist, who is off-camera for most of this footage -- Music and dialogue (ca. 33 min.) / performed by three men and a woman. Continued on Disc 2.
• Disc 2: Continuation of music and dialogue (ca. 17 min.) -- Music from Lombok (ca. 7 min.) / recorded in rehearsal; performed by five men -- Vocal music (ca. 3 min.) / recorded in rehearsal; performed by men's group -- Music from Lombok (ca. 37 min.) / recorded in performance; performed by five men. Continued on Disc 3.
• Disc 3: Continuation of music from Lombok (ca. 9 min.) -- Music and dance from Nias (ca. 28 min.) / performed by eight men -- Music and dance from Kalimantan (ca. 24 min.) / performed by men's ensemble. Continued on Disc 4.
• Disc 4: Continuation of music and dance from Kalimantan (ca. 19 min.) -- Vocal and instrumental music (ca. 6 min.) / performed by three men -- Vocal music and dance (ca. 6 min.) / performed by five women -- Weapon dance (ca. 9 min.) / accompanied by drumming; performed by six men -- Drumming, vocal music, and dance (ca. 11 min.) / performed by two men and a woman -- Vocal music and dance (ca. 13 min.) / performed by mixed ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4369

OCLC

275471465

Title

[Music and dance of Indonesia] [videorecording].

Imprint

1990.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, in Nov. 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.

Local Subject

Weapon dances.

Added Author

Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4369