Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Bogard, Mitchell.
3. Guiraud, Rose Marie.
4. Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo
5. Tyler, Edwina Lee.
6. Giraud, Tiyé.
7. Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
8. Guirivoires (Dance company)
9. Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
10. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
11. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (137 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. Wild women don't get the blues (Choreographic work : Zollar)
2. Anarchy, wild women and Dina (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Alternative title

1. Today's rhythms, drums toward the future
2. Drums toward the future
3. DanceAfrica, today's rhythms, drums toward the future

Subject

1. Dance, Black > United States
2. Dance > Senegal
3. Television > DanceAfrica
4. Mask dances
5. Baoulé (African people) > Dances
6. Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Africa
7. Rites and ceremonies > Côte d'Ivoire
8. Video
9. Guro (African people) > Dances
10. Dance > Côte d'Ivoire
11. Dan (African people) > Dances
12. Dance > Africa, Sub-Saharan

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (48 min.): Greeting by Chuck Davis -- Libation and welcoming / by Davis, Rose Marie Guiraud, and others -- Wild women don't get the blues and excerpts from Anarchy, wild women and Dinah / choreographer, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar ; music, Edwina Lee Tyler ("Goin' to see Aunt Dinah" and "Knee bone walk") ; vocal music direction, Tiye Giraud.
2. Disc 2 (32 min.): This is the village : dance of the Djun-Djun and The Wolloff drums / performed by Sabar Ak Ru Afriq.
3. Disc 3 (57 min.): Dances / by Les Guirivoires ; introduced by artistic director Rose Marie Guiraud ; including Ballo, Zaouli (mask dance), Tematé, Kotou, Banti, Walé, and finale ; performed by Les Guirivoires -- Bows and dancing by participating companies.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-638

Note

1. Eleventh annual festival of African-American dance.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Artistic director/griot [narrator], Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Character Generators at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 4, 1988.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Dance Africa : today's rhythms, drums toward the future [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Artistic director/griot [narrator], Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard.

Performer

1. Participating companies: Urban Bush Women, Sabar Ak Ru Afriq, Les Guirivoires.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Character Generators at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 4, 1988.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1755.

Local subject

1. Guro (African people) -- Dances.
2. Dan (African people) -- Dances.
3. Baoulé (African people) -- Dances.

Local subject

1. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
2. Mask dances.
3. Television. DanceAfrica.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- narrator.
3. Bogard, Mitchell. Lighting designer
4. Guiraud, Rose Marie. Speaker
5. Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo, choreographer.
6. Tyler, Edwina Lee. Composer
7. Giraud, Tiyé. Composer
8. Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
9. Guirivoires (Dance company)
10. Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
11. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
12. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Added title

1. Wild women don't get the blues (Choreographic work : Zollar)
2. Anarchy, wild women and Dina (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-638