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Description

1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (33 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. Filmed in the Dan village of Nyor Diaple. Three small girls between the ages of four and six and their adult male "trainer" perform acrobatic feats to musical accompaniment.

Series statement

1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica, E 1579

Subject

1. Dance -- Côte d'Ivoire
2. Dan (African people)
3. Côte d'Ivoire
4. Africa, West
5. Television. Gere (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste)
6. Acrobatic dancing
7. Child dancers

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 1620

Note

1. Filmed in 1968. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
2. English title: Gere [also spelled Guere], West Africa, Ivory Coast; Acrobatic dance of the "snake maidens." For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2318

Title

1. Gere (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste) [electronic resource] : Akrobatischer Tanz der "Schlangenmädchen".

Imprint

1. 1968.

Series

1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica, E 1579

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Television. Gere (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste).

Local subject

1. Acrobatic dancing.
2. Child dancers.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 1620