Research Catalog

Title

Pergelaran tari Yogyakarta [videorecording] / Yayasan Pamulangan Beksa Sasminta Mardawa Yogyakarta.

Publication

1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Yayasan Pamulangan Beksa Sasminta Mardawa Yogyakarta

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (171 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Deena Burton Collection

Alternative Title

Pergelaran tari gaya Yogyakarta.

Subject

• Dance > Indonesia > Java
• Court dancing > Indonesia > Java
• Wayang wong (Dance drama)
• Klono (Dance)
• Combat dances
• Golek menak
• Langendriya

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Event (note)

• Recorded in performance at the Bangsal Kepatihan, Yogyakarta, on March 2, 1999.

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: [Preliminary speeches] (ca. 13 min.) -- Klana alus (ca. 14 min.) / danced by Alin Sasmintadipura -- Langen beksa sekar "Bhagavad Gita" (ca. 36 min.) / danced by female ensemble, including two singer-dancers -- Beksan "Bugis" (ca. 15 min.) / danced by four men -- [Introduction to] Kelasworo polokromo (ca. 8 min.) -- Disc 2: Kelasworo polokromo: fragment of Golek menak (ca. 85 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4372

OCLC

275358873

Title

Pergelaran tari Yogyakarta [videorecording] / Yayasan Pamulangan Beksa Sasminta Mardawa Yogyakarta.

Imprint

1999.

Series

Deena Burton Collection

System Details

DVD.

Event

Recorded in performance at the Bangsal Kepatihan, Yogyakarta, on March 2, 1999.

Summary

Performance of Javanese court dances in the style of Yogyakarta. The dances are introduced in Bahasa Indonesia or Javanese and English. The first piece, Klana alus, portrays a character from the Javanese stories of the hero Panji. Klana, a king from foreign lands, is flawed by his lack of self-control. Here he is danced in the "alus" or refined male style rather than the "gagah" or strong style. In Langen beksa sekar "Bhagavad Gita," the Hindu god Krishna gives advice to the hero Arjuna. Sung as well as danced, it appears to be an example of langendriya or dance-opera. Beksan "Bugis" is a Javanese interpretation of Buginese soldiers from the island of Sulawesi as they practice the martial arts. The final piece, Kelasworo polokromo: fragment of Golek menak, represents wayang wong or dance drama performed in the Golek menak style, in which human performers imitate the movements of golek or wooden rod puppets. It depicts a complicated tale of love and war, based on an Islamic epic.

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

Klono (Dance)

Combat dances.

Golek menak.

Langendriya.

Added Author

Yayasan Pamulangan Beksa Sasminta Mardawa Yogyakarta.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4372