Research Catalog

Title

Deena Burton/Choreography [videorecording].

Publication

1983-1984.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, Deena
• Diamond, Jody.
• Goode, Daniel.
• La Plante, Skip.
• Benary, Barbara.
• Becker, Margo
• Caporale, Judy
• Fain, Carla
• Rudden, Leslie
• Sipala, Wiwiek
• Gamelan Son of Lion.
• Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (23 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Uniform Title

• Sabbath bride (Choreographic work : Burton)
• Clowns (Choreographic work : Burton)
• Fox spirit (Choreographic work : Burton)
• Java rag II (Choreographic work : Burton)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from cassette.

Credits (note)

• Choreography, Deena Burton.

Event (note)

• Sabbath bride, Clowns (excerpts), and Golek (fragment) recorded in performance at Washington Square United Methodist Church, New York City, on Jan. 29, 1984.
• Fox spirit (fragment) recorded in performance at the Balinese American Dance Theatre Space, 88 Franklin St., New York City, on June 24, 1984.
• Java rag II recorded in performance at Washington Square United Methodist Church, New York City, on Jan. 30, 1983.

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 described the Golek as "my own arrangement of a traditional Central Javanese dance, using the traditional vocabulary."
• 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

Sabbath bride (ca. 7 min.) / music, Jody Diamond ; danced by Margot Becker, Deena Burton, Judy Caporale, Carla Fain, Leslie Rudden ; music played by Gamelan Son of Lion -- Clowns (excerpts) (ca. 3 min.) / choreography and performance, Deena Burton ; music, Daniel Goode ; music played by Gamelan Son of Lion -- Golek (fragment) (ca. 4 min.) / danced by Deena Burton ; music played by Gamelan Son of Lion -- Fox spirit (fragment) (ca. 5 min.) / presented as part of the Artists Inspired by Asia festival ; music composition and performance, Skip La Plante ; danced by Deena Burton -- Java rag II (ca. 4 min.) / music, Barbara Benary ; danced by Wiwiek Sipala and Deena Burton ; music played by Gamelan Son of Lion.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4376

OCLC

275457950

Title

Deena Burton/Choreography [videorecording].

Imprint

1983-1984.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Choreography, Deena Burton.

Event

Sabbath bride, Clowns (excerpts), and Golek (fragment) recorded in performance at Washington Square United Methodist Church, New York City, on Jan. 29, 1984.

Fox spirit (fragment) recorded in performance at the Balinese American Dance Theatre Space, 88 Franklin St., New York City, on June 24, 1984.

Java rag II recorded in performance at Washington Square United Methodist Church, New York City, on Jan. 30, 1983.

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 described the Golek as "my own arrangement of a traditional Central Javanese dance, using the traditional vocabulary."

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.

Local Note

Fox spirit appears in full on *MGZIDVD 5-4325 [Artists Inspired by Asia excerpts].

Source

Gift; Skip La Plante.

Local Subject

Golek (Dance)

Added Author

Burton, Deena, choreographer.

Burton, Deena, dancer.

Diamond, Jody. Composer

Goode, Daniel. Composer

La Plante, Skip. Composer

Benary, Barbara. Composer

Becker, Margo, dancer.

Caporale, Judy, dancer.

Fain, Carla, dancer.

Rudden, Leslie, dancer.

Sipala, Wiwiek, dancer.

Gamelan Son of Lion.

Artists Inspired by Asia (Festival)

Added Title

Sabbath bride (Choreographic work : Burton)

Clowns (Choreographic work : Burton)

Fox spirit (Choreographic work : Burton)

Java rag II (Choreographic work : Burton)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4376