Research Catalog

Title

Memorial for Deena Burton [videorecording].

Publication

2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, Deena.
• La Plante, Skip
• Karrer, Lisa.
• Simons, David J.
• Samuelson, Ralph.
• Wallace, Peter, speaker.
• Perlman, Marc.
• Siegel, Marcia B.
• Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara.
• Benamou, Marc.
• Solberg, Anastasia.
• Caporale, Judy.
• Scheele, Carla.
• Frank, Ruth, speaker.
• Marashinsky, Amy Sophia.
• Gillett, Cobina, speaker.
• Lewis, Martha., speaker.
• Music for Homemade Instruments (Musical group)

Description

2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Deena Burton memorial tribute with speakers sharing their fond memories and experiences pertaining to Ms. Burton, along with various performances.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subjects

• Burton, Deena
• Filmed interviews
• Filmed performances
• Video
• Dance
• Interviews

Genre/Form

• Filmed performances.
• Interviews.
• Dance.
• Video.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Poor image quality; dark.

Credits (note)

• Memorial organizers, Lisa Karrer and Bebe [Soloway].

Event (note)

• Recorded during memorial at Kimmel Center at New York Univ., New York, N.Y., on Dec. 11, 2005.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Skip LaPlante;

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

• Reel 1 (120 min.). Welcome / by Lisa Kerrer -- Ralph Samuelson (director, Asian Cultural Council) -- Peter Wallace (former chair of theater program, New School Univ.) -- Marc Perlman (associate professor of music, Brown Univ.) -- Marcia B. Siegel (formerly associate prof. of perf. studies, NYU; advised Deena on her master's and doctoral dissertations) -- Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (prof. of perf. studies, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts) -- Marc Benamou (associate prof. of music, Earlham College, Richmond, Ind.) [speaker and performance] -- Anecdotes from colleagues/ read by Lisa Kerrer -- Skip La Plante -- Representative from Asian Consulate -- Skip La Plante [speaker and performance] -- Music for Homemade Instruments / music, David [J.] Simons -- Skip La Plante -- Elegy / music and performance, David [J.] Simons -- Film [ends abruptly] -- Lisa Karrer & readings from colleagues -- Anastasia Solberg [violin performance] -- Judith Caporale -- Ruth Frank -- Carla Scheele.
• Reel 2 (53 min.). Performance / dancers, Hakim? and unidentified female dancer -- Amy Sophia Marashinsky -- Cobina Gillett -- Martha Lewis -- Lisa Karrer [song performance] -- Skip La Plante -- Anectodes by random friends and colleagues -- concludes with a look at the audience and Bebe Soloway, Deena Burton's mother, speaking to camera.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6187

OCLC

730943140

Title

Memorial for Deena Burton [videorecording].

Imprint

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 2 videocassettes (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Credits

Memorial organizers, Lisa Karrer and Bebe [Soloway].

Event

Recorded during memorial at Kimmel Center at New York Univ., New York, N.Y., on Dec. 11, 2005.

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 LaPlante; Oct. 2010.

Added Author

Burton, Deena. Honoree

La Plante, Skip, musician.

La Plante, Skip, speaker.

Karrer, Lisa. Speaker

Karrer, Lisa. Singer

Simons, David J. Composer

Simons, David J. Speaker

Samuelson, Ralph. Speaker

Wallace, Peter, speaker.

Perlman, Marc. Speaker

Siegel, Marcia B. Speaker

Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. Speaker

Benamou, Marc. Speaker

Solberg, Anastasia. Musician

Caporale, Judy. Speaker

Scheele, Carla. Speaker

Frank, Ruth, speaker.

Marashinsky, Amy Sophia. Speaker

Gillett, Cobina, speaker.

Lewis, Martha., speaker.

Music for Homemade Instruments (Musical group)

La Plante, Skip. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6187