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Bekasan Menak (Motion picture)

Title
Bekasan Menak (Motion picture)
Publication
1975.

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Film, slide, etc.Use in library *MGZHB 8-2231Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Film Forms International (San Francisco, Calif.)
Description
1 reel. ca. 20 min. 640 ft. : sd. color.; 16 mm.
Subject
  • Dance > Indonesia > Java
  • Motion pictures. Bekasan Menak
  • Court dances > Indonesia > Java
  • Bird dances
  • Women's dances
  • Gamelan
  • Combat dances
  • Weapon dances
  • Dance drama > Indonesia > Java
  • Motion pictures. Traditional dances of Indonesia
  • Puppets and marionettes > Indonesia > Java
Note
  • One of a series of films entitled Traditional dances of Indonesia (Tari-tarian tradisionil di Indonesia) sponsored by Pertamina, Caltex Pacific Indonesia, Bechtel Inc., Jakarta, and produced by Film Forms International, San Francisco.
  • Subtitled Dances of Yogyakarta, Central Java (Tari Jawa gaya Yogyakarta, Jawa Tengah) Performed at the Kraton of Yogyakarta, Central Java, in May, 1975. Titles in both Indonesian and English. Voice-over introduction in Indonesian with printed English translation. Music: Gamelan of the Yogyanese court.
  • The story for this Javanese court dance, created in 1942, is taken from the Serat Menak cycle, which are Islamic adventures of an ancient mythic royalty.
  • Dialect spoken by the dancers is in Basa Kedaton (Bagongan), a Javanese high court dialect. The dancers perform in a refined female fighting style and in the "Wayang Golek" style, i.e. they imitate the movements of wooden puppets.
Call Number
*MGZHB 8-2231
OCLC
NYPY857017036-F
Title
Bekasan Menak (Motion picture)
Imprint
1975.
Summary
Two princesses enter mounted on dancers costumed as Garuda birds. The princesses dismount and the Garuda birds fight and dance. The princesses, in conflict over the love of a king called Sri Jayengrana, then attack each other armed with bow and arrow and with knives, interrupted by a long conversation in which they threaten each other. The Garuda birds re-enter, fight again, and are remounted by the princesses as the dance ends.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Bekasan Menak.
Court dances -- Indonesia -- Java.
Bird dances.
Women's dances.
Local Subject
Combat dances.
Weapon dances.
Dance drama -- Indonesia -- Java.
Motion pictures. Traditional dances of Indonesia.
Puppets and marionettes -- Indonesia -- Java.
Added Author
Film Forms International (San Francisco, Calif.)
Research Call Number
*MGZHB 8-2231
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