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Wayang Golek in the World of Man: Puppetry and Dance in West Java (1973 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min.

About West Javanese (Sundanese) rod puppets, Wayang Golek, and the relationship between puppetry and classical Sundanese human dance. Gives an introduction to the Sunda area and its people, shows fragments...

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The Big Melt

Date

27 Jan 2015, 08:04

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Big Melt. 2014. GB. DVD. BFI. 71 minutes + 90 minutes extras. £19.99 About the reviewer: Dr E. Anna Claydon, Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, is author of The...

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Tune-Up at the Ship (1982 Video)

Director

Carole Pegg

Producer

Carole Pegg

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

A ‘tune-up’ of traditional folk song, music and dance in the Blaxhall Ship, East Suffolk. ‘Chairman’ Clive Woolnough calls upon those present to contribute. Instrumental music from Oscar Woods, Jen...

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Sundanese Culture Alive (1988 Video)

aka: Sundanese Popular Culture Alive

Director

Jean Hellwig

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Music

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows the richness of Sundanese art, concentrating on the performing arts, particularly on the place of Jaipongan, a new style of music and dancing invented around 1978 on Western Java. The roots of...

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Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow: A Century of Folk Customs and Ancient Rural Games (2011)

Subject

Anthropology; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 365 minutes), £22.99

A collection of films celebrating British folk customs and rural games, ranging from morris and maypole dancing, sword and step dances to Shrove Tuesday football games and the Padstow Obby Oss ceremony. The...

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Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! New Adventures Dance Company (2003)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

Matthew Bourne’s clever, funny, and touching modern take on The Nutcracker begins in the bleak setting of Dr. Dross’s Orphanage and follows Clara’s journey through a shimmering ice-skating wonderland...

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Way of the Morris (2011)

Director

Tim Plester

Subject

Dance; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £13.40

Morris Dancing is a form of English folk dancing that dates back to the 15th Century, in which men in costumes adorned with bells would offer their version of the dance of the Moors, with scarves, sticks and...

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Oba Kaso (1975 Video)

Subject

Dance; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 28 min., 2000 sale: US$189.00 (+p&p)

Excerpts from the National Theatre of Nigeria’s production of ‘Oba Koso’ a Yoruba folklore drama about a wicked man who tries to overthrow the king. Features intricate dance steps, brilliantly coloured...

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Yunist Zakarpattya Dance Ensemble, The: A Performance of Ukranian Dancing (1987 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 38 min.

The Yunist Zakarpattya is a youth collective from Uzhgorod which has given dance performances across Europe. They are the product of an active ‘house of culture’ in their region and there are five groups...

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Land of Smiles, The: Thailand (1994 Video)

Director

Deben Bhattacharya

Producer

Deben Bhattacharya

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Thai folk songs, dances and a performance of the classical Ramakien dance drama. Also shows temple ceremonies and the monastic architecture, religious paintings as well as the Buddhist way of life in the...

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