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[Deena Burton and Skip La Plante's house in Yogyakarta]
- Title
- [Deena Burton and Skip La Plante's house in Yogyakarta] [videorecording].
- Publication
- 1989 or 1990.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 1 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-4349 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-4349 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (125 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- During Deena Burton's Fulbright year in Indonesia, she and Skip La Plante occupied a modest house about 1 kilometer east of Jalan Kaliurang, slightly north of the city of Yogyakarta. This recording depicts the house and its environs, which include houses, fields, and wooded areas. A collection of wooden masks used in Javanese wayang topeng or mask dance dramas, probably belonging to Burton, appears at ca. 19 min. into Disc 2. The setting then changes to Bali, with views of its houses, streets, and people. There is no dance content in this recording.
- Series Statement
- Deena Burton Collection
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Note
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in Java and Bali in 1989 and/or 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4349
- OCLC
- 275198587
- Title
- [Deena Burton and Skip La Plante's house in Yogyakarta] [videorecording].
- Imprint
- 1989 or 1990.
- Series
- Deena Burton Collection
- System Details
- DVD.
- Event
- Recorded in Java and Bali in 1989 and/or 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.
- Added Author
- Burton, Deena.La Plante, Skip.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4349