Research Catalog

Title

Concert for Deena Burton [excerpts] [videorecording].

Publication

2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, Deena.
• Burton, Deena
• La Plante, Skip
• Karrer, Lisa.
• Simons, David (Composer)
• Benary, Barbara.
• Diamond, Jody.
• Orikawa, Kumi
• Caporale, Judy
• Rudden, Leslie
• Scheele, Carla
• Xiaofeng, Ellen
• Pinder, Islene
• Fittante, Carlos
• Gilbert, Robin
• Music for Homemade Instruments (Musical group)
• Gamelan Son of Lion.
• Gamelan Kusuma Laras.
• Balam Dance Theatre.
• Gamelan Dharma Swara.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (113 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Excerpts from a concert of music and dance presented in honor of Deena Burton, who died on April 3, 2005. She was present at the concert, and speaks briefly from off-camera at the start. The concert included examples of both Javanese and Balinese gamelan music and dance, as well as the Balam Dance Theater's blend of Indonesian and western forms. Also included, though not recorded on this video, were Barbara Anello's reading from Burton's doctoral thesis on Claire Holt, and a video titled I pause in stillness, a collage of Burton's performances between 1982-2001, edited and mastered by Lisa Karrer.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Alternative Title

• Deena Burton's tribute concert
• Deena Burton tribute

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from program.
• Second half of this performance is similar to *MGZIDVD 5-6053 but not exactly the same.

Credits (note)

• Event organizer, Lisa Karrer.

Event (note)

• Recorded in performance at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, New York City, on February 5, 2005.

System Details (note)

• DVD, transferred from VHS videocassette.

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

• Speeches / by Lisa Karrer, Deena Burton, and the Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia. Because of the fixed position of the camera, the speakers' faces are not always visible.
• Touris / music, Skip La Plante ; performed by Music for Homemade Instruments.
• Naked we stand / music, David Simons ; performed by Gamelan Son of Lion. Introduced by Barbara Benary.
• A rag for Deena / music, Barbara Benary ; performed by Gamelan Son of Lion.
• Woman's song / music, Lisa Karrer ; music performed by Gamelan Son of Lion ; danced by Kumi Orikawa.
• Sabbath bride / choreography, Deena Burton ; music, Jody Diamond ; music performed by Gamelan Son of Lion ; danced by Judy Caporale, Leslie Rudden, Carla Scheele. Introduced by Jody Diamond.
• Ladrang bayangkari to kemuda / slendro pathet manyura ; performed by Gamelan Kusuma Laras.
• Golek ayun-ayun / music, Ladrang ayun-ayun, pelog pathet nem ; music performed by Gamelan Kusuma Laras ; danced by Ellen Xiaofeng.
• Tigerlily & the dragonfly / presented by Balam Dance Theatre ; choreography, Islene Pinder and Carlos Fittante ; music, I Ketut Carter ; set and props, Anom Tilem ; costumes, Jana Rosenblatt-Larsen, Kate McDowell ; danced by Robin Gilbert and Carlos Fittante.
• Baris / music performed by Dharma Swara. The dancer Kadek Bhayu Saptanyana, who performed the baris dance, is off-camera in this recording.
• Cendrawasih / music performed by Dharma Swara. Dancers Nezia S. Asmi and Miranti Kisdarjono are off-camera in this recording.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6054

OCLC

707099637

Title

Concert for Deena Burton [excerpts] [videorecording].

Imprint

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD, transferred from VHS videocassette.

Performer

Performed by Music for Homemade Instruments: Michael Evans, Lisa Karrer, Skip La Plante, David Simons, Carole Weber, Sima Wolfe.

Performed by Gamelan Son of Lion: Barbara Benary, Iris Brooks, David Demnitz, Jody Diamond, Daniel Goode, Bill Jacobs, Laura Liben, Lisa Karrer, Jody Kruskal, David Simons; with dancers Kumi Orikawa, Judy Caporale, Leslie Rudden, and Carla Scheele.

Performed by Gamelan Kusuma Laras: artistic director, I.M. Harjito; co-directors, Leslie Rudden and Anne Stebinger; musicians, Nicholas Brooke, Jody Diamond, Stuart Frankel, Barry Frier, Vivian Fung, Marvin Goldman, David Haiman, Denni Harjito, Ronald Kienhuis, Skip La Plante, Matt Luker, Debie Morris, Jacob Potter, Nina Rubin, Carla Scheele, Amy Scott, Miranda VonDornum, Carole Weber; guest musicians, Barbara Benary, Wayne Forrest, Chris Miller, Marc Perlman.

Performed by Balam Dance Theatre [formerly Balinese American Dance Theatre]: artistic directors, Islene Pinder and Carlos Fittante; dancers, Robin Gilbert and Carlos Fittante.

Performed by [Gamelan] Dharma Swara: director, Nyoman Saptanyana; musicians, Putu Bagus Krisna Saptanyana, Kadek Saptanyana, Matt Welch, Elizabeth Leininger, Tom Burckhardt, Mike Tencer, Noriko Manabe, Tomoko Deguchi, Seth Nehil, Talia Weiner, Terry Dame, David Simons, Judith Caporale, Lawrence Ross, Sonya Hofer, Rachel Cooper.

Master of ceremonies, Lisa Karrer.

Credits

Event organizer, Lisa Karrer.

Event

Recorded in performance at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, New York City, on February 5, 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. NN-PD

Added Author

Burton, Deena. Honoree

Burton, Deena, choreographer.

Burton, Deena. Speaker

La Plante, Skip, composer.

La Plante, Skip, musician.

Karrer, Lisa. Speaker

Karrer, Lisa. Singer

Karrer, Lisa. Composer

Simons, David (Composer)

Benary, Barbara. Composer

Benary, Barbara. Speaker

Benary, Barbara. Musician

Diamond, Jody. Composer

Diamond, Jody. Speaker

Diamond, Jody. Musician

Orikawa, Kumi, dancer.

Caporale, Judy, dancer.

Rudden, Leslie, dancer.

Scheele, Carla, dancer.

Xiaofeng, Ellen, dancer.

Pinder, Islene, choreographer.

Fittante, Carlos, choreographer.

Fittante, Carlos, dancer.

Gilbert, Robin, dancer.

Music for Homemade Instruments (Musical group)

Gamelan Son of Lion.

Gamelan Kusuma Laras.

Balam Dance Theatre.

Gamelan Dharma Swara.

Spine Title

Deena Burton's tribute concert

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6054