Research Catalog

Title

[Javanese dance in Yogyakarta] [videorecording].

Publication

1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (124 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Subject

• Dance > Study and teaching > Indonesia > Java
• Court dancing > Indonesia > Java
• Dance > Indonesia > Java
• Golek (Dance)
• Klono (Dance)
• Tōpéng
• Mask dances
• Combat dances

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Pujokusuman, Yogyakarta, Java, and another location. First three segments recorded on June 14, 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: Rengga mataya (ca. 23 min.) / danced by Shu Jian and others -- Golek lambang sari (ca. 15 min.) / danced by Shu Jian and others -- Sudarawerti-Sirtupilaeli (ca. 24 min.) / danced by Shu Jian and others -- Klana topeng, beginning only (ca. 1 min.) -- Disc 2: Klana topeng (ca. 11 min.) / recorded in full -- Srikandi-Larasati (ca. 20 min.) -- Rengganis-Widaninggar (ca. 15 min.) -- Unidentified dance, possibly a solo (ca. 15 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4330

OCLC

275198391

Title

[Javanese dance in Yogyakarta] [videorecording].

Imprint

1990.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Recorded at Pujokusuman, Yogyakarta, Java, and another location. First three segments recorded on June 14, 1990.

Summary

Javanese court dances, some danced in class or rehearsal in practice clothes. The female dancer Shu Jian is the focus of the first three dances, performed in costume at a rehearsal or demonstration at Pujokusuman, site of a dance academy headed by Rama Sasminta Mardawa, with whom Deena Burton studied in 1989-1990. Golek lambang sari is the longest in the Yogyanese golek repertory, named after its musical composition, Lambang sari. Sudarawerti-Sirtupilaeli is a combat dance between two women warriors, rivals for the hand of the hero Menak. The location changes in the fourth segment, which depicts an evening performance of Klana topeng, a mask dance performed by a male dancer in the "gagah" or strong style. This dance depicts Klana or Klono, a character in stories of the Javanese hero Panji. Described as a king from foreign lands, Klana is known for his violent lack of self-control. The remaining dances were recorded in Pujokusuman. Srikandi-Larasati is a combat dance between two women warriors. In Rengganis-Widaninggar, the antagonists are the Chinese princess Widaninggar and Rengganis, a Javanese woman. The final dance, possibly a dance solo, is performed by a group of children and adults in practice clothes, dancing in unison. Roan, the infant son of Deena Burton and Skip La Plante, is seen briefly on Disc 2.

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

Golek (Dance)

Klono (Dance)

Tōpéng.

Mask dances.

Combat dances.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4330