Research Catalog

Title

Deena Burton [videorecording] : I pause in stillness / video/audio editing and mastering by Lisa Karrer.

Publication

c2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, Deena
• Burton, Deena.
• Holt, Claire.
• Karrer, Lisa.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (14 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Video collage created in honor of Deena Burton, mainly depicting her in performance as a dancer. Contains fragments from traditional and original works: the Ramayana, Patchwork Girl of Oz, Arjuna Wiwaha, The ancestors of Pak Kandeg, Deshima (conceived and directed by Ping Chong), Woman's song: the story of Roro Mendut (composed by Lisa Karrer), and Sabbath bride, choreographed by Deena Burton to music by Jody Diamond.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Alternative Title

• I pause in stillness
• Deena Burton, dance and choreography 1980s-2001
• Deena Burton : I pause in stillness, dance and performance 1981-2003

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Choreography, Deena Burton and others ; music/soundtrack, Skip La Plante ; music for Homemade Instruments, Lisa Karrer, Jody Diamond, Deena Burton, with traditional Javanese and Balinese works chosen for CURE, a work-in-progress ; narration and spoken text by Deena Burton, created for CURE [called The dancing cure on slipcase], a new work exploring the life and works of Claire Holt ; recorded by David Simons.

Event (note)

• Recorded at various locations and events: the 6th Street Garden, 262 Bowery, cable television (for the programs Folk people and Horses sing none of it), Artists Inspired by Indonesia, Ohio Theatre, La Mama Etc., The Kitchen, WAH Center.

System Details (note)

• DVD, transferred from VHS videocassette.

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.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6006

OCLC

701108928

Title

Deena Burton [videorecording] : I pause in stillness / video/audio editing and mastering by Lisa Karrer.

Imprint

c2005.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD, transferred from VHS videocassette.

Credits

Choreography, Deena Burton and others ; music/soundtrack, Skip La Plante ; music for Homemade Instruments, Lisa Karrer, Jody Diamond, Deena Burton, with traditional Javanese and Balinese works chosen for CURE, a work-in-progress ; narration and spoken text by Deena Burton, created for CURE [called The dancing cure on slipcase], a new work exploring the life and works of Claire Holt ; recorded by David Simons.

Performer

Performed by Deena Burton and others.

Event

Recorded at various locations and events: the 6th Street Garden, 262 Bowery, cable television (for the programs Folk people and Horses sing none of it), Artists Inspired by Indonesia, Ohio Theatre, La Mama Etc., The Kitchen, WAH Center.

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; Oct. 2010. NN-PD

Added Author

Burton, Deena, choreographer.

Burton, Deena, dancer.

Burton, Deena. Speaker

Holt, Claire. Associated name

Karrer, Lisa. Film editor

Note

Deena Burton, dance and choreography 1980s-2001

Title on slipcase: Deena Burton : I pause in stillness, dance and performance 1981-2003

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6006