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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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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- Description
- 1 cassette. 57 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Subject
- Note
- 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. AuthorBlair, Lorne. Producer. Director. PhotographerDaring, Mason. Composer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-943