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African origins: Transferring traditions to stage

Title
African origins: Transferring traditions to stage [videorecording]
Publication
1989.

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  • Brooks, Marie, 1929-
  • Boudon, Michel.
  • Berge, Colette.
  • Ipiotis, Celia.
  • Bush, Jeffrey C.
  • Marie Brooks Dance Theatre.
  • Percussions de Guinée (Company)
  • ARC Videodance (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Guests are choreographer Marie Brooks, head of Marie Brooks Dance Theatre; Michel Boudon, a specialist in French and African music; and actress Colette Berge, who interprets for Boudon. They discuss the living traditions of African music and dance, along with their offshoots in the Caribbean and South America, and the importance of preserving this heritage in the U.S. today. Boudon describes the function of the griot, or oral historian, which Brooks compares to that of the calypsonian in Trinidad. Other topics include ritual dancing among the Pende of Zaire, the universality of dance, and drumming. Depicted in performance footage are Brooks and her company dancing outdoors, and numerous excerpts from the revue Africa Oyé!, including a Kanouri (Niger) instrumental piece, dances of the Pende and Batwa-Ekonda (Zaire), the Peul acrobats of Guinea, and Percussions de Guinée.
Series Statement
Eye on dance ; 286
Uniform Title
Africa Oyé!
Subjects
Note
  • Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on May 15, 1989 at the studios of WNYC-TV, New York. Telecast on May 25, 1989. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3072
OCLC
NYPY926005047-F
Title
African origins: Transferring traditions to stage [videorecording]
Imprint
1989.
Series
Eye on dance ; 286
Local Subject
Television. African origins.
Television. Eye on dance.
Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
Local Subject
Calypso.
Local Subject
Mask dances.
Acrobatic dancing.
Added Author
Brooks, Marie, 1929- Interviewee. Performer
Boudon, Michel. Interviewee
Berge, Colette. Interviewee
Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer. Director
Marie Brooks Dance Theatre.
Percussions de Guinée (Company)
ARC Videodance (Firm)
Added Title
Africa Oyé!
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3072
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