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Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances

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Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances

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Title
Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances
Names
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Dancer)
Steares, George (Dancer)
Weidman, Charles (Dancer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1926
Table of Contents
Kandy, Ceylon, during Buddha's birthday celebration, various groups of dancers, processions preceding bearers of gifts covered by canopy; Temple of Buddha's Tooth in background. Ted Shawn, George Steares and Charles Weidman join Kandyan dancers -- Two Malay women dancers, Singapore -- Buddhist monks perform animal mask dances and Black hat dance, Buddhist lamasery near Darjeeling.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5091
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-175 (former)
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 4-275
Topics
Dance -- Sri Lanka
Dance -- Malay Peninsula
Dance -- India
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Motion pictures
Documentary films
Physical Description
Film reel
Extent: 1 film reel (11 min.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737035394-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12147401
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5f476cc0-b5b7-0134-f776-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1891: Creator Born
  • 1926: Created
  • 1972: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1926. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/455dd230-a9ea-0133-c7ed-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/455dd230-a9ea-0133-c7ed-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1926). Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/455dd230-a9ea-0133-c7ed-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Ceylon, Singapore and Darjeeling dances