Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Bogard, Mitchell.
3. Guiraud, Rose Marie.
4. Ishangi, Kwame.
5. Payne, Amaniyea
6. Amoatemaa, Imani
7. Williamson, Enoch
8. Gordon, Oliver
9. Latham, Nunulu
10. Camara, Laye
11. Guirivoires (Dance company)
12. M.F.O.A. (Message from our Ancestors) (Dance company)
13. Chuck Davis Dance Company.
14. Muntu Dance Theatre.
15. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
16. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 4 videodiscs (NTSC) (156 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. African beat creates dance
2. DanceAfrica, the African beat creates dance

Subject

1. Rites and ceremonies -- Côte d'Ivoire
2. Dance -- Côte d'Ivoire
3. Guro dance
4. Dance, Black -- United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (36 min.): Rhythm I: Greeting by Chuck Davis -- Libation by Baba Ishangi -- Rhythm II: [Untitled dance] / choreography, Chuck Davis ; performed by M.F.O.A. Message From Our Ancestors [stilt dancers] with Earth musicians and dancers from the Chuck Davis Dance Company.
2. Disc 2 (55 min.): Rhythm III: Dances / by Les Guirivoires ; introduced by artistic director Rose Marie Guiraud.
3. Disc 3 (14 min.): Continuation of dances / by Les Guirivoires.
4. Disc 4 (51 min.): Rhythm IV: Kakilambe / choreography, Abdoulaye Camara, assisted by Imani Amoatemaa and enhanced by Amaniyea Payne ; musical arrangement, Enoch Williamson ; performed by Muntu Dance Theatre: Oliver Gordon (Fire sorceror), Amaniyea Payne (Possessed woman), Nunulu Latham (Kakilambe), and others -- Rhythm V. Bows and dancing by participating companies.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-651

Note

1. Twelfth annual festival of African-American dance.
2. Dances by Le Guirivoires include Dance of the initiates, Celebration after initiation, Zaouli ensemble (mask dance).

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Artistic director, Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard; Griot [narrator]/Preserver of truth, Baba [Kwame] Ishangi.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Peter Richards of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 4, 1989.

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 : the African beat creates dance [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1989.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Artistic director, Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard; Griot [narrator]/Preserver of truth, Baba [Kwame] Ishangi.

Performer

1. Participating companies: M.F.O.A. Message From Our Ancestors, Les Guirivoires, Muntu Dance Theatre.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Peter Richards of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 4, 1989.

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 9-1978.

Local subject

1. Tribes -- Africa.

Local subject

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

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- choreographer.
3. Bogard, Mitchell. ldg
4. Guiraud, Rose Marie. Speaker
5. Ishangi, Kwame. Narrator
6. Payne, Amaniyea, choreographer, dancer.
7. Amoatemaa, Imani, choreographer.
8. Williamson, Enoch, choreographer.
9. Gordon, Oliver, dancer.
10. Latham, Nunulu, dancer.
11. Camara, Laye, choreographer.
12. Guirivoires (Dance company)
13. M.F.O.A. (Message from our Ancestors) (Dance company)
14. Chuck Davis Dance Company.
15. Muntu Dance Theatre.
16. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
17. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-651