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Ring of fire: Dream wanderers of Borneo (Videotape)

Title: Ring of fire: Dream wanderers of Borneo (Videotape)
Publication: c1987.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	VHS	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-943	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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1 cassette. 57 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

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Volume 4 of four programs originally telecast on the PBS Adventure series. A co-production of Blair Brothers Productions Inc. and WGBH/Boston. Distributed as a videotape by Mystic Fire Video, Montauk, New York. Producers: Lawrence and Lorne Blair. Director: Lorne Blair. Photography: Lorne Blair. Writer: Lawrence Blair.
Music: Mason Daring and the people of Indonesia.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS. - Kalimantan (Borneo): Kenyah Dyak women's dance, performed with hornbill feather props. Punan Dyak dance of the hornbill and men's dance with swords and shields.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-943

OCLC

NYPY906011490-F

Title

Ring of fire: Dream wanderers of Borneo (Videotape)

Imprint

c1987.

Summary

Travelogue culled from a ten-year journey through the Indonesian archipelago by the brothers Lawrence and Lorne Blair, who studied its natural environments, history, and ethnic and cultural diversity. Brief glimpses of dance and dance-related rituals, some performed by ethnic groups little known to the west, are seen in their cultural context.

Local Subject

Television. Ring of fire.

Dance -- Indonesia.

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Indonesia.

Weapon dances.

Dayak (Indonesian people)

Bird dances.

Dance -- Borneo.

Added Author

Blair, Lawrence. Producer. Author

Blair, Lorne. Producer. Director. Photographer

Daring, Mason. Composer

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-943

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