Research Catalog

Title

[Wayang kulit performance at Mangkunegaran] [videorecording].

Publication

1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (90 min.) : si., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subject

• Shadow shows > Indonesia > Java
• Wayang kulit

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• Recorded in performance at the Pura Mangkunegara, Surakarta, also called Solo, Java, on July 18, 1996.

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, 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.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4347

OCLC

269412957

Title

[Wayang kulit performance at Mangkunegaran] [videorecording].

Imprint

1996.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Recorded in performance at the Pura Mangkunegara, Surakarta, also called Solo, Java, on July 18, 1996.

Summary

The wayang kulit or shadow puppet plays of central Java customarily last several hours; this 90-min. recording captures only excerpts. The camera alternates between the front of the screen and the back, where the dalang or puppeteer sits. Views from the dalang's side provide glimpses of the intricately painted details on the puppets. Unfortunately, since this recording lacks audio, the dalang's powerful vocalizing is missing, as well as the gamelan music that accompanies the play. The play was recorded at Mangkunegaran, one of the four princely courts of central Java; each developed its own styles of dance, music, and other performing arts.

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, 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 La Plante.

Local Subject

Wayang kulit.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4347