Research Catalog

Title

[Siaran at Mangkunegaran] [and] Baris dance, Bali [videorecording].

Publication

1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (125 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Alternative Title

Baris dance, Bali

Subject

• Gamelan music
• Music > Indonesia > Java
• Dance > Indonesia > Bali (Province)
• Baris (Dance)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• First title supplied by cataloger. Second title from cassette.

Event (note)

• Siaran at Mangkunegaran recorded in Surakarta, Java, on Sept. 21, 1990.
• Baris dance recorded in Bali on Oct. 5, 1990.

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.

Contents

Disc 1: Siaran at Mangkunegaran (ca. 63 min.) -- Disc 2: Continuation of Siaran at Mangkunegaran (ca. 24 min.) -- Baris dance, Bali (ca. 38 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4340

OCLC

275203850

Title

[Siaran at Mangkunegaran] [and] Baris dance, Bali [videorecording].

Imprint

1990.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Siaran at Mangkunegaran recorded in Surakarta, Java, on Sept. 21, 1990.

Baris dance recorded in Bali on Oct. 5, 1990.

Summary

The term siaran is used for radio broadcasts of live gamelan performances at the Pura Mangkunegara in Surakarta, also called Solo, and the Pura Paku Alaman in Yogyakarta, which are both the homes of central Javanese courts. The footage on this recording focuses on different views of the gamelan instruments, but the musical compositions also include singing. The footage for the Baris dance was recorded at a nighttime ceremony. Danced by a group of men wearing triangular headdresses, it can be identified as a Baris Gede. The men assume martial attitudes, as though taking part in a military drill, and brandish various weapons, including rifles and spears.

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

Baris (Dance)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4340